Cynthia Ebinger

[8][9] While Ebinger was at NASA, she worked with anthropologists on images of the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia to find eroded sediments indicative of fossil beds that were visible from space.

[10] She has also worked on the magmatic margins of the Main Ethiopian rift,[11][12] modeled the plume of magma beneath the Ethiopean plateau,[13] and examined changes rock-magma interactions to determine how magmatic intrusion causes earthquakes.

[23][24] Ebinger shares her research expertise through appearances on National Public Radio.

In 2009, Ebinger talked with National Public Radio about her work in the Ethiopian desert which she described as "creating new ocean floor".

In 2013, Ebinger was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union,[27]For fundamental work on the evolution of continental rifts toward seafloor spreading in East Africa and afar.

Bends in the Appalachian mountain range
Ebinger's research has shown that a bend in the Appalachian mountain ranged is caused by the presence of volcanic rock that shifted the mountain range during it formation millions of years ago.