Principal Research Interests:
Tectonics, Natural Hazards, Structural Geology, Precambrian Geology and Crustal Evolution, Evolution of Orogenic Systems, Remote Sensing and GIS, Tectonics and Mineral Deposits, Environmental Science and Society.
Summary of Main Research Expertise and Accomplishments
Timothy M. Kusky’s research and teaching focuses on the fields of plate tectonics and the early history of the Earth, as well as in natural hazards and disasters, satellite imagery, mineral and water resources, and relationships between people and the natural environment.
He has worked extensively in North America, Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the rims of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. He has authored more than 25 books, 600 research papers, and numerous public interest articles, interviews with the media (newspapers, international, national and local television, radio, and international news magazines), and regularly gives public presentations on science and society. Some specific areas of current
interest include:

• Precambrian crustal evolution
• Tectonics of convergent margins
• Natural disasters: hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami, floods, etc.
• Environmental Science and the Interface between Science and Society
• Drought and desertification
• Africa, Madagascar, China
• Middle East geology, water, and tectonics