Kelly D. Thomson, PhD
I am a Geologist interested in applying geochronology and thermochronology to sedimentary rocks in order to understand the evolution of Earth’s surface and investigate interactions between tectonics, climate, and surface processes.
I joined the USGS as a Geologist in 2022 to work on the National Geochronology Database. Prior to joining the USGS I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department. There I helped build a new low-temperature thermochronology lab and worked to revitalize a 20 year old, custom built He extraction line for (U-Th)/He thermochronology. I received my M.Sc. (2016) and Ph.D. (2020) from the University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences where I investigated ancient and modern sediment routing systems with detrital geochronology and thermochronology. I was born and raised in Juneau Alaska and received my B.Sc. from the University of Alaska Anchorage (2013).
