Office: SEB 4129
Phone: (702) 895-3696
Email: Kevin.Konrad@unlv.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Oregon State University 2017
M.S., Oregon State University 2012
B.S., City University of New York – Queens College 2010
Research Interests:
My research focuses on using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology to address a diverse suite of scientific questions. Currently, our research team are working on the following topics:
*I’m currently not able to take on additional graduate students. However, I am always happy to discuss research opportunities for undergraduates.
Recent Publications:
Koppers, A.A., Becker, T.W., Jackson, M.G., Konrad, K., Müller, R.D., Romanowicz, B., Steinberger, B. and Whittaker, J.M., 2021. Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2(6), pp.382-401.
Buff, L., Jackson, M.G., Konrad, K., Konter, J.G., Bizimis, M., Price, A., Rose-Koga, E.F., Blusztajn, J., Koppers, A.A.P. and Herrera, S., 2021. “Missing links” for the long-lived Macdonald and Arago hotspots, South Pacific Ocean. Geology, 49(5), pp.541-544.
Konrad, K., Koppers, AAP., Balbas, AM. Miggins, and D., Heaton, D. (2019) Dating clinopyroxene phenocrysts in submarine basalts using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Geochemisry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20(2), 1041-1053
Konrad, K., Graham, DW., Kent, AJ., and Koppers, AAP. (2018). Spatial and temporal variability in Marquesas Islands volcanism revealed by 3He/4He and the composition of olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Chemical Geology. 477. 161-176
Konrad, K., Koppers, AAP., Steinberger, B., Finlayson, VA., Konter, JG., and Jackson, MG. (2018). On the relative motions of long-lived Pacific mantle plumes. Nature communications, 9(1), 854.