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Texas A&M University
O&M Building 810
MS 3147,
College Station, Texas 77843
Dr. Vatche P. Tchakerian
Department Head and Professor in Geography / Professor in Geology & Geophysics
Ph.D. 1989 University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. 1983 University of California, Los Angeles
B.A 1981 University of California, Los Angeles
ResearchResearch interests include desert geomorphology, especially Aeolian processes and land forms, mineral aerosols and desert dust, coastal dunes and Quaternary environments of the American Southwest. Current research focuses on the nature and frequency of late Quaternary Aeolian activity in the southwestern deserts of North America, in particular the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, and dune dynamics and sediments of the Wahiba Sands in Oman. Other research projects include the dynamics of coastal dune/beach systems in central California, Texas and Sonora, Mexico, and the Quaternary alluvial and Aeolian geomorpholoby of the Guadlupe Mountains National Park and the Salt Basin of West Texas. ProjectsSonora & Baja California/Mexico & Big Bend National Park GAAN: Interdisciplinary Fellowships for Nanotechnology, Materials and Sensors, US Dept. of Education, 2003-2006, $262,000 (with 4 other PIs from Engineering, Science and the Office of Graduate Studies at TAMU). Experience
- 1997-98: Associate Professor and Assistant Head, Geography, TAMU
- 1999-00 Visiting Fellow, Monterrey Tech, Guaymas Campus, Sonora, Mexico
- 2002: Professor, Geography and Geology & Geophysics, TAMU
- 2002: Acting Associate Dean for Academics, College of Geosciences, TAMU
- 2004: Associate Dean for Academics, College of Geosciences, TAMU
Selected Publications
- Tchakerian, V. P. 2004. Desert Geomorphology. Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, London: Routledge (A. S. Goudie ed.), pp. 248-251.
- Pease, P. P. and Tchakerian, V. P. 2003. Geochemical analysis of sediments from Quaternary sand ramps, southern Mohave Desert, California. Quaternary International, 104:19-29.
- Lancaster, N. and Tchakerian, V. P. 2003. Late Quaternary aeolian dynamics, Mojave Desert, California. Paleoenvironments and Paleogydrology of the Mohave and Southern Great Basin Deserts, Boulder, Colorado (S. G. Wells, Y. Enzel and N. Lancaster eds.), Geological Society America Special paper 368:231-249.
- Pease, P. P. and Tchakerian, V. P. 2002. Composition and sources of sand in the Wahiba Sand Sea, Sultanate of Oman. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93:416-434.
- Tchakerian, V. P. and Lancaster, N. 2001. Late Quaternary arid/humid cycles in the Mojave Desert and western Great Basin. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21:799-810.
Awards
- Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching from the Association of Former Students, May 2002 (University Award).
- First recipient of the College of Geosciences, Robert E. Runnels Award for Undergraduate Advising, 1996.
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