Ph.D. candidate Geophysics, December 1999
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
M.S. Mineral Physics, May 1997
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
B.S.Physics, May 1995
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin

Experience

Research Assistant: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1996 - present.
Teaching Assistant: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995 - 1996.

Honors/Awards/Memberships

Best Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 2000
GAANN Fellow, 1998.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1996
Member of the American Geophysical Union
Member of the Geological Society of America

Collaborators and Advisors

Research Collaborator: A. John Hanies, Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge, UK
Doctoral Advisor: William E. Holt, Department of Geosciences, SUNY - Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
Masters Advisor: Robert C. Liebermann, Department of Geosciences, SUNY - Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Selected Publications

Flesch, L.M., A.J. Haines and W.E. Holt, The dynamics of the India-Eurasia collision zone, J. Geophys. Res., accepted, 2001.

Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, and B. Shen-Tu, Dynamic of the Pacific-North American plate boundary zone in the western United States, Science, 287, 834-836, 2000.

Flesch, L.M., B. Li, and R.C. Libermann, Sound velocities of MgSiO3 - orthopyroxene to 10 GPa at room temperature, Am. Min., 83, 444-450, 1998.

Liu, J., J. Zhang, L.M. Flesch, B. Li, D.J. Weidner, and R.C. Liebermann, Thermal equation of state of stishovite, Phys. Earth and Planet. Int., 112, 257-266, 1999.

Selected Abstracts

Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, B. Shen-Tu, and M.W. Hamburger, Kinematic and Dynamic Models of western North America, EOS Transactions, AGU, 81(48), Fall Meeting Supplement, 2000.

Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, and A.J. Haines, Dynamic Models of Central and Southeast Asia, EOS Transactions, AGU, 81(48), Fall Meeting Supplement, 2000.

Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, and B. Shen-Tu, Understanding the dynamics of the western United States using seismic, geologic, topographic, and geodetic data, Geological Society of America, A-243, 2000.

Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, A.J. Haines, and B. Shen-Tu, Stress and rheology in the lithosphere: Examples in Asia and the western United States, EOS Transactions, AGU, 81(19), Spring Meeting Supplement, 2000.

Flesch, L.M., W.E. Holt, and A.J. Haines, The dyanics of the India-Eurasia collision zone, Eos Trans., AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Supplement, 204, 1998.

Holt, W.E., L.M. Flesch, B. Shen-Tu, and A.J. Haines, The Kinematics and dynamics of the western US inferred from Quaternary fault data, GPS and VLBI velocities, and topography and Geoid data, Eos Trans., AGU, 79(45), Fall Meeting Supplement, 1998.

Flesch, L.M., B. Li, and R.C. Liebermann, Sound velocities of polycrystalline MgSiO3 - orthopyroxene to 11 GPa at room temperature, Eos Trans, AGU, 78(17), 312 Spring Meeting Supplement, 1997.