Michael Lamb

Michael Lamb is a geomorphologist and professor of geology at Caltech. His group studies how water and sediment transport shape Earth's surface from its mountains to the coastal plains. Current research includes river delta sedimentation and coastal land loss in response to sea-level rise; riverbank erosion and carbon cycling in Arctic permafrost floodplains; and post-fire erosion and debris flow initiation in southern California. He also works to understand ancient water-rich environments on Mars as team member on the rovers Curiosity and Perseverance. He received his B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Minnesota, M.S. in Oceanography from the University of Washington, and PhD in Earth and Planetary Science at U.C. Berkeley.