Suzanne Carbotte

[5] Carbotte started at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory as a post-doctoral research fellow and in 2007 she was named the Bruce C. Heezen Senior Scientist.

[2] In 2015, Carbotte was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and the citation reads:[6] For seminal contributions to understanding the global mid-ocean ridge system and the formation and evolution of the oceanic crust.Carbotte uses sonar to map the seafloor[7][8] and applies the resulting data to understanding of how tectonic plates move over time and space.

She has characterized spreading of tectonic plates in regions characterized by fast versus slow spreading rates,[9] and conducted research on the East Pacific Rise[10][11] and the Juan de Fuca Ridge.

[12] In the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the western coast of the United States, Carbotte uses seismic data to examine water[13][14] and sediments[15][16] found within oceanic crust, and quantifies the level of stress in different regions of the tectonic plates.

[17] In 2021, Carbotte lead a cruise on the RV Marcus G. Langseth to estimate the scale of earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest with a particular focus on why the tectonic plates in the region have been unexpectedly quiet in recent geological time.