J. Christopher Hepburn

Chris Hepburn is a Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College. His research focuses on the tectonics of the northern Appalachians, particularly the use of geochemistry and metamorphic petrology to analyze the origin and accretional history of the geological terranes in New England. His more recent work has concentrated on the Nashoba terrane, an enigmatic ancient volcanic arc, now metamorphosed to high grade that accreted to the edge on North America during the closure of the ancient Iapetus Ocean in the mid-Paleozoic.

Hepburn received a BA in geology from Colgate University and an MA and Ph.D. in geology from Harvard University. His Ph.D. work was a field, metamorphic and structural study of the Brattleboro area, southeastern Vermont, which is dominated by a large refolded recumbent fold at varying metamorphic grades. He is a Fellow of the GSA, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of London and a member of the American Geophysical Union.

Chris serves as the Chair of the Provost’s University Council on Teaching at Boston College and was department Chair for over 15 years. Prior service to GSA includes: Section representative on the Council (2002-2006), member of the Executive Committee (2003-2006), Chairman of the Nominations Committee (2004-2006), General Chairman of the 2001 Annual Meeting in Boston and currently Chair of the Annual Program Committee.

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