About Me

My name is Kevin Gardner, a PhD candidate at the University of Oregon. I study ancient and modern surface processes, and sedimentation in tectonically active regions. In my work I combine field-based geology, machine learning, and numerical modeling to provide new insight into paleo-depositional systems and modern surface processes.

I am heavily invested in undergraduate education, with 9 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate level as both a teaching assistant and an instructor-of-record. In addition to course instruction, I have acted as an undergraduate research mentor for NSF IRES projects abroad, and as an honors thesis committee member for University of Oregon students.