Current Position Doctoral candidate, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics (expected graduation, Spring 2002)
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota, 1994-2002
B.S., 1993, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara (Highest Honors)
Riverside Community College 1988-1991 (no degree)
Northwestern College, 1980-81 (no degree)
Research projects
Effects of rainfall and uplift rates on erosional processes and topography in
a physical experiment (thesis project) 1997-2001. Project involved design and
construction of an erosion facility, including an automated device for measuring
sediment/water fluxes, as well as software development for photogrammetric measurement
and statistical analysis of gridded topography.
Rates and styles of bedrock incision in streams along Lake Superior, 1996. Project involved field mapping bedrock/glacial till contacts around canyons, and EDM and hand level surveys of canyon cross sections and stream profiles.
Evaluating Pleistocene climate in SE Oregon using paleoshorelines in closed basins, 1995. Project involved identification and hand level surveys of shorelines in several closed basins.
Diagenetic effects on Uranium-Thorium disequilibrium in old corals, Prof. Larry Edwards advisor, 1994. Project involved measurement of uranium and thorium isotopes on a TIMS, major elements on an ICPMS, and mineral identification with x-ray diffraction.
Course work
Sediment Transport Mechanics, Depositional Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Geostatistics,
Linear Algebra, Isotope geochemistry, Physical chemistry, Neotectonics, Advanced
Structure
Grants/Awards
GSA research grant ($1500) to investigate erosion in a sandbox (1997)
Summer research grant ($1500), University of Minnesota, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1999
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2000, U of M, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
NSF Geofluids Fellowship, 1995-1997
University of Minnesota Graduate Fellowship, 1994
Woodhouse Award (outstanding geology undergraduate), Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, 1993.
Presentations and Publications
Hasbargen, Leslie E., and Chris Paola, How predictable is local erosion rate in erosional landscapes? In press; submitted to AGU monograph Prediction in Geomorphology, 2002.
Hasbargen, Leslie E., and Chris Paola, Spatial erosion rates in a small drainage basin at dynamic equilibrium: an experimental study, session NG51A-0444, AGU Fall 2001.
Hasbargen, Leslie E., and Chris Paola, Landscape instability in an experimental drainage basin, Geology; December 2000; v28; no. 12; 1067-1070.
Hasbargen, Leslie E., and Chris Paola, Experimental tests of landscape erosion models, session H42A, Testing Models of Drainage Basin Geomorphology, AGU, Fall 1999; invited speaker.
Hasbargen, Leslie E., and Chris Paola, Experimental tests of long-term drainage basin stability, session H41A, Geomorphology of Mountainous Regions, AGU 1998.
Hasbargen, Leslie E., and Chris Paola, Effects of lithologic contrast, regional surface slope, and uplift rate on buried channel excavation and reoccupation in a two-layer landform evolution model, session 147, T33, GSA Fall 1996.
Work Experience
1999 Research Assistant to Chris Paola, assisted in braided river flume/vegetation experiment (topographic measurements and flow depth calibrations using dye concentration)
1998-2001 Teaching Assistant
-Introductory Geology laboratory
-Sedimentology laboratory
-Geodynamics of the solid Earth laboratory
1993-4 Staff Geologist (Tetra Tech, Inc. Santa Barbara, CA)
1992-3 Research Assistant, UCSB, geodetic surveys across active faults (Prof. Art Sylvester, supervisor)
1987-1991 Roofer in southern California
1984-1987 Commercial Reforestation Technician (tree planter), Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains
1983-4 Logistics Coordinator, Honduran refugee resettlement program, World Relief (under auspices of United Nations High Commission on Refugees)
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
last modified: December 28, 2001