Micah Jessup
Assistant Professor
Structural Geology and Tectonics
I arrived at UTK this fall and I am excited about initiating a new research program within the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. By integrating my specialties, structural geology and metamorphic petrology, with geochronology, thermochronology, and isotopic geochemistry, I test various aspects of the tectonic evolution of orogenic systems in the southwestern US and Asia. My master’s degree (University of New Mexico; 2003) involved constraining the tectonic evolution of Proterozoic rocks exposed in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Colorado. The main objective of my Ph.D. project (Virginia Tech: 2007) was to quantify the kinematic evolution, metamorphism and exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Sequence exposed in the Mt Everest region, Tibet–Nepal. Most recently, my interests have shifted to the trans-Himalayan Ama Drime range. Please explore <my website> to learn more about these projects and don’t hesitate to contact me about any questions. I am currently looking for graduate students, so let me know if you’re interested in getting started on any of these projects.
Micah Jessup
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
1412 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
Phone: (865) 974-6007
Email: mjessup@utk.edu