Drew Levy
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Education: Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, 2022; B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
Bio: Drew’s work applies structural geology, petrology and geochronology to investigate the chemical and mechanical processes that control the rheology of fault zones in the lithosphere. Currently, Drew is an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on a project to study slow earthquakes in continental transform faults. Slow earthquakes are a variety of seismic events that occur at rates below typical earthquakes, but which account for a significant component of the strain budget in fault zones such as the Cascadia subduction zone. Slow earthquakes are also observed in continental settings such as the San Andreas fault, yet the geological mechanisms causing these events is understudied. This research applies field mapping and laboratory analysis to reveal the processes modulating seismic slip style in the crust.