Chance B. Ronemus (Geologist)
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2025)
Fulbright Scholar, IANIGLA CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina (2024)
B.S. & M.S., Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana (2019 & 2021)
Contact me: chanceronemus [at] isu.edu
About Me
I’m currently a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Idaho State University. I recently earned my Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and returned from a Fulbright scholarship in Mendoza, Argentina.
My research integrates field-based sedimentology and structural geology with analytical techniques like geo/thermochronology and geochemistry to reconstruct how tectonic processes shape continental margins, from the deep Earth to the surface.
Some of my overarching research interests include:
- Tectonic evolution of Cordilleran Orogenic systems (N & S America)
- Sedimentary records of terrane accretion and subduction polarity
- Evolution of forearc and foreland basin systems
- Climate-Tectonics Interactions
- Fluvial, alluvial fan, and deep-water depositional systems
- Zircon geo-, petro-, and thermochronology
- Geochemical proxies for paleo-crustal thickness and surface elevation
Places where I have active or recent projects include:
- Coastal Cordillera, Chile
- High Andes Mountains, Argentina and Chile
- Central Andean foreland basin, Argentina
- Northern US Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, WY)
- Great Valley forearc basin, CA, USA
Sunset over a braided river system in the High Andes.
Additional information
- Curriculum Vitae (my CV)
- Research (My active research projects)
- Research Group (Bios and photos of student researchers in my group)
- Media (science communication and outreach videos)
- Photography (photos of people and places in my research)
- Climbing (trip reports from personal and research expeditions)
(All uncredited photos are my own. Please ask if you’d like to use one.)
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