Daniel T. Chupik
Visiting Lecturer in Earth and Climate Sciences
About
Hello everyone! I recently earned my Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Arizona State University and am excited to be teaching at Bates. This semester I am teaching Mapping and GIS with Lab and Earth Structure and Dynamics with Lab, and in May 2026 I’ll lead a short-term field course, Geology and Archaeology of Arizona. I’m looking forward to meeting you all!
My research focuses on reconstructing paleoenvironments associated with early hominins in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia and understanding how volcanism, tectonics, and sedimentary processes interact in active rift settings. I use a combination of field mapping, drone-based remote sensing, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and geochronology to study landscape evolution, rift basin development, and volcanic histories.