Whitney Maria Behr

She holds professional affiliations with the Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN) and Sigma Xi.

After receiving her PhD in 2011, she worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Geological Sciences at Brown University under the supervision of Greg Hirth till June 2012.

Her research methodology combines field, analytical and experimental techniques to improve understanding of deformation at active and ancient plate margins.

[3] She has extensive field experience spanning California (Mojave desert, Coachella Valley, Klamath Mountains); Betic Cordillera in southern Spain; Syros Island in Greece; Rio Grande in New Mexico; Kenai Peninsula in Alaska; Northeastern China; Morocco in Northern Africa.

Using GPS and LiDAR, 10Be exposure, and optically stimulated luminescence geochronology techniques, she observed that the ABF has an along-strike slip rate of ~3mm per year, which has remained relatively constant over time.

These studies have been influential for seismic hazard assessments which have previously lacked long-term slip rates along this portion of the San Andreas fault system.

By identifying preserved microstructures in exhumed mid-crustal rocks in the Whipple Mountains of California as points in a temperature-depth-stress space, Behr completed a profile of the crust's stress to a depth of 20 km.