2016 Seymour

Nikki Seymour, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, for her project: Timing and Magnitude of Slip along the Atacama Fault System, northern Chile Nikki Seymour is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Geosciences at Colorado State University. Originally from Athens, New York, Nikki received both her BBA in Marketing and MS in Geology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a fieldbased structural geologist with a particular interest in using geothermochronology to understand the thermal and temporal evolution of plate tectonic processes. Her Ph.D. work with Dr. John Singleton focuses on understanding the kinematic history of the Atacama Fault System in northern Chile and the influence of Mesozoic arc plutons on the brittle-ductile behavior of this 1,000 km long structure. Nikki also serves as this year's CSU summer field camp lead teaching assistant, and plans to remain involved in undergraduate education throughout the rest of her career.