Alex Simms

Biography

Originally from Oklahoma with degrees from Oklahoma State University (BS) and Rice University (PhD), Alex is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Durham University in the United Kingdom in 2017-2018.

Research

Our lab is interested in documented the geologic history of coastlines. We are particularly interested in reconstructing records of Holocene and Late Pleistocene sea-level changes and how these changes impacted coastal evolution. We have active projects in California, Antarctica, Scotland, and Texas.