Christian TeyssierChristian Teyssier is a professor in the Department of Earth Science at the University of Minnesota and has been a professor of geoscience since 1985. His research interests are structural geology and tectonics, metamorphic geology, geochemistry/geocronology, numerical modelling, orogenic processes such as crustal melting and orogenic collapse as well as oblique tectonics, with an emphasis on field-based observations. He holds a University of Minnesota Distinguished Teaching Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-Baccalaureate Graduate and Professional Education, and a Best Paper Award from the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the Geological Society of America, of which he has been a Fellow. Professor Teyssier has authored/co-authored over 150 scientific publications. Read More Read Less