GRADUATED 2024
Nicholas J. Montiel is a geologist and planetary scientist. He was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics. Nicholas’s research interests encompassed geological processes in the mantle, supercontinent cycles on Earth, and the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets. He used 2D numerical models in concert with traditional geological observations, seismic imaging, and remote sensing.
Nicholas has extensive teaching experience, and was a TA at both the University of Tucson and the University of Texas. He taught introductory geology, structural geology, field geology, paleontology, sustainability, and Earth systems labs to undergraduate students (some of these during the COVID-19 pandemic). Nicholas has taught the general public, as well, through science talks at public venues and online. Outside of his scientific work, Nicholas is an TTRPG enthusiast, (novice) boulderer, (also novice) amateur astronomer, and book collector.
INTERESTS
Mantle geophysics, geodynamics, tectonic-magmatic processes, extensional tectonics, plate tectonics, planetary science, terrestrial planetary evolution
SUPERVISOR
Luc Lavier
ACADEMICS
Ph.D., Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
B.Sc., Geology, University of Arizona
CONTACTS & LINKS
nmontiel@utexas.edu
Publications
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website