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Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
2009
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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KY EPSCoR: FY26: Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS) Match for 3200006309
Thigpen, J. (PI), Andrews, R. (CoI) & Brown, S. (CoI)
7/1/25 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: GEO-CM Critical Mineral Provenance of Southeastern U.S. Clastic Systems - Focus on Detrital Monazite
Moecher, D. (PI), Massey, M. (CoI) & Thigpen, J. (CoPI)
8/1/24 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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KY EPSCoR: FY25: Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS) Match for 3200006309
Thigpen, J. (PI), Andrews, R. (CoI) & Brown, S. (CoI)
7/1/24 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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RII Track-1: Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS)
Andrews, R. (PI), Blandford, B. (CoI), Brown, S. (CoI), Bryson, L. (CoI), Carpenter, S. (CoI), Chen, M. (CoI), Crawford, M. (CoI), Crofcheck, C. (CoI), Dortch, J. (CoI), Erhardt, A. (CoI), Felima, C. (CoI), Fox, J. (CoI), McGlue, M. (CoI), Moecher, D. (CoI), Swallom, M. (CoI), Thigpen, J. (CoI), Wang, Z. (CoI), Woolery, E. (CoI), Zhu, J. (CoI), Imran, A.-A.-Z. (Former CoI), Tobin, B. (Former CoI) & Yeager, K. (Former CoI)
7/1/24 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project
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KY EPSCoR: FY26: Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS) Match for 3200006309
Andrews, R. (PI), Brown, S. (CoI), Bryson, L. (CoI), Fox, J. (CoI), Spanbauer, T. (CoI), Thigpen, J. (CoI) & Zhu, J. (CoI)
7/1/24 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project
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Investigation of paleoseismic deposits in Jackson Lake, WY associated with the far afield 1959 Mw 7.2 Hebgen Lake earthquake (MT, USA)
Whitehead, S. J., Yeager, K. M., McGlue, M. M., Thigpen, J. R., Schindler, K. J. & Woolery, E. W., Sep 2026, In: Sedimentary Geology. 502, 107129.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modern Crustal Extension Across the Yellowstone Caldera Indicates Linkage of the Teton and East Gallatin Faults
Swallom, M. L., Thigpen, J. R., Dortch, J. M., Johnson, S. E., Goldsby, R. C., Woolery, E. W., Brown, S. J., Hoar, R. M., Vicroy, S., McGlue, M. M. & Yeager, K. M., Mar 2026, In: Tectonics. 45, 3, e2024TC008752.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Monazite and Xenotime U-Pb Geochronology and Thermometry of the Blue Ridge and Inner Piedmont of North Carolina: Implications for the Thermal-Metamorphic Evolution of the Southern Appalachian Metamorphic “Core”
Powell, N. E., Thigpen, J. R., Spencer, B. M., Merschat, A. J., Moecher, D. P., Mako, C. A., Hatcher, R. D., Stowell, H. H. & Kylander-Clark, A., May 2026, In: Tectonics. 45, 5, e2025TC009167.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the effects of anthropogenesis on Appalachian flood severity: An eastern Kentucky case study
Swallom, M. L., Dortch, J. M. & Thigpen, J. R., Aug 1 2025, In: Geomorphology. 482, 109818.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating root strength index as an indicator of landslide-prone slopes in eastern kentucky
Swallom, M. L., Koch, H. J., Dortch, J. M., Crawford, M. M., Thigpen, J. R. & Andrews, W. M., Feb 2025, In: Landslides. 22, 2, p. 567-578 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Prizes
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George D. Swingle Fellowship for Outstanding Field Research
Thigpen, J. (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Honorary award