On August 2023, I started a position as an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Geosciences. As a PI, I will be leading the Bedform Dynamics Lab with broad interests in surface processes, bedform dynamics, and process sedimentology in a range of environments including fluvial, aeolian and lacustrine. Continue to follow alongContinue reading “Started as Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech”
Category Archives: Research
The influence of dune lee side shape on time-averaged velocities and turbulence
Alice Lefebvre1 and Julia Cisneros2 1MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 2Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712, USA Underwater dunes are found in various environments with strong hydrodynamics and movable sedi- ment such as rivers, estuaries and continental shelves. They have a diversityContinue reading “The influence of dune lee side shape on time-averaged velocities and turbulence”
I received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
*since publishing this post, Dr. Jeff Nittrouer has transitioned to a position at Texas Tech University A few weeks ago, I received the official notice of my NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, entitled: ‘Morphodynamics of giant dunes in wind and water‘! This award will allow me to continue my interests and research on the morphodynamics of dunes.Continue reading “I received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship!”
The shape of dunes in the world’s big rivers
This work is part of my PhD and details the shape of dunes in the world’s big rivers. Here, I show that the shape of dunes in these rivers is flatter and smaller than previously thought. This work was recently published in Nature Geoscience. To read a recently published story about this paper see theContinue reading “The shape of dunes in the world’s big rivers”
Julia Cisneros - Geologist 