Jane A. Gilotti
Curriculum Vitae

 

Dept. of Geoscience
121 Trowbridge Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Phone: 319-335-1097
email: jane-gilotti@uiowa.edu

Educational and Professional History:

Higher Education
B.A. 1978 Geology, University of Maine, Orono, ME (with highest honors)
M.A. 1984 Geology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Ph.D. 1988 Geology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
First reader: George W. Fisher (JHU); Second reader: Gautam Mitra (U of Rochester)

Professional and Academic Positions
July 2005 - present Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Jan 1999 - July 2005 Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Jan 1996 - Dec 1998 Adjunct Assoc. Prof., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
July 1994 - Jan 1999 Senior Scientist, New York State Geological Survey
Jan 1994 - June 1994 Visiting Scientist, Geological Survey of Greenland
July 1990 - Dec 1993 Senior Scientist, New York State Geological Survey
July 1989 - June 1990 Research Associate, Uppsala University, Sweden
1987 - 1989 Post Doctoral Fellow, Lund University, Sweden
1985 - 1986 Visiting Instructor, Hamilton College, NY

Memberships
Geological Society of America (Fellow), American Geophysical Union, International Tectonic Studies Group, Appalachian Tectonic Studies Group, Mineralogical Society of America, The Arctic Club.


Current Research Interests:
- Geodynamics and tectonics of collisional orogens, with emphasis on the the Appalachian–Caledonian mountain belt.
- Structures associated with high-pressure metamorphism and subsequent exhumation of overthickened crust.
- Deformation micromechanisms, material properties and rheology of rocks.