EXPERT PROFILE
Tammy Rittenour, Ph.D.
Geosciences Department
Professor
tammy.rittenour@usu.edu
435-213-5756
Field: Earth Science
Areas of Focus: Ancient Climate, Climate Change, Geology, Geomorphology
Expertise
- Geomorphology
- Quaternary geology
- Luminescence dating
- Paleoclimate research
Bio
Tammy Rittenour received her doctoral degree in 2004 from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, master's from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her bachelor's degree in Geology and Biology from the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Dr. Rittenour's research combines geomorphology, sedimentology/stratigraphy and geochronology to reconstruct past climate and landscape evolution from river, sand dune, glacial, and geoarchaeological records. She is the director of the USU Luminescence Lab and uses luminescence dating to provide age control for the deposits she studies.