Josh Isaacs

Hi! I'm a first year Master's student in Professor Willy Guenthner's Helium Analysis Laboratory (HAL). I'm originally from San Jose, California, but I obtained my BA in geology at Carleton College in Minnesota.

My current research utilizes low- and medium-temperature thermochronology to understand the deep-time cratonic evolution of Finland basement rocks and what we can learn about the development of the deep biosphere. However, my academic interests more broadly include thermochronology as a means to constrain both recent- and deep-time histories of erosion, burial, and uplift; the geodynamic variables that control these processes; cratonic evolution; continental development; orogenic belts; and high-temperature geochemistry.

I also have a soft spot for pedagogy, epistemology, and increasing the accessibility, diversity, and inclusivity of the geosciences.