James (Jake) Gearon

James (Jake) Gearon

Sedimentologist and geoinformaticist in the Global Hydrology Lab @ UNC Chapel Hill. Looking at sand from space. Currently working on SWOT data to investigate coastal backwater dynamics and river hazards. PhD from Indiana University (July 2025). opinions are my own.

Curriculum Vitae

James H. Gearon

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Global Hydrology Lab
Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

You can download my full CV as a PDF here.

Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, Indiana University (July 2025)

My research focuses on how sedimentary landscapes organize and reorganize across scales, investigating patterns, thresholds, and transitions that emerge from fundamental physical processes. I specialize in geospatial data engineering and applied data science approaches to geomorphology and sedimentology.