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Katy Barnhart is a Research Civil Engineer in the Landslide Hazards program.
Katy does research on the mechanisms and impacts of landslide runout, primarily using numerical simulation. Her current work focuses on postfire debris flows and landslide tsunamis.
2020-present: Research Civil Engineer, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center
2020-2021: Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow
2018-2020: National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado at Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environment and Department of Geological Sciences
2016-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environment and Department of Geological Sciences
2015-2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
University of Colorado, Ph.D., 2015, Geological Sciences
University of Colorado, M.S., 2010, Geological Sciences
Princeton University, B.S.E., 2008, Civil and Environmental Engineering
CSDMS Terrestrial Working Group Member Spotlight Award, 2020
USGS Mendenhall Fellowship, 2020
NSF-EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017
NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, 2012-2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2010
W. Taylor Thom Jr. Prize, Princeton Department of Civil Engineering, 2008
Arthur F. Buddington Award, Princeton Department of Geological Sciences, 2008
Home damaged by post fire debris flow
Postfire debris flows pose a hazard to human life, property, and infrastructure when they travel from steep source areas to urbanized alluvial fans or other developed areas.
Postfire debris flows pose a hazard to human life, property, and infrastructure when they travel from steep source areas to urbanized alluvial fans or other developed areas.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Home damaged by post fire debris flow
Postfire debris flows pose a hazard to human life, property, and infrastructure when they travel from steep source areas to urbanized alluvial fans or other developed areas.
Postfire debris flows pose a hazard to human life, property, and infrastructure when they travel from steep source areas to urbanized alluvial fans or other developed areas.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
