2024- ................. Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
2022-2023......... Postdoc, University of Minneapolis Twin Cities
2021-2022 ........ Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin
2021 .................. Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University
2015 .................. B.Sc., Geological Sciences, Brown University
[3] C.E. Seyler, S. Shreedharan, D.M. Saffer, and C. Marone (2023) The role of clay in limiting frictional healing in fault gouges, Geophysical Research Letters (doi:10.1029/2023GL104984)
[2] C.E. Seyler, J.D. Kirkpatrick, C. Faber, A. Licht, D. Šilerová, and C. Regalla (2022) Structural and metamorphic history of the Leech River Shear Zone, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Tectonics (doi:10.1029/2021TC007132)
[1] C.E. Seyler, J.D. Kirkpatrick, H.M. Savage, T. Hirose, and D.R. Faulkner (2020) Rupture to the trench? Frictional properties and fracture energy of incoming sediments at the Cascadia subduction zone, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116413)
[15] C.E. Seyler, S. Shreedharan, D.M. Saffer, and C. Marone (2023) Frictional healing of clay-bearing fault gouges and its influences on fault slip style (Invited), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[14] C.E. Seyler, A.J. Kotowski, J.D. Kirkpatrick, C. Thom, L.N. Hansen, and D. Hein (2023) Constraining the strength of cold subduction zones with experimentally deformed blueschist, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[13] R.A. Abel, C.E. Seyler, A. Dillman, and L.N. Hansen (2023) Transient creep of single crystal and polycrystalline plagioclase, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[12] A.J. Kotowski, C.E. Seyler, and J.D. Kirkpatrick (2023) Metamorphic and mechanical feedbacks facilitate plate boundary weakening during subduction initiation, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[11] J.D. Kirkpatrick, A. Gonzalez, W. Minarik, and C.E. Seyler (2023) Effects of melt-rock interactions on deformation fabrics and rock physical properties in the shallow mantle lithosphere, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[10] C.E. Seyler and J.D. Kirkpatrick (2021) How deformation mechanisms depend on microstructure in phyllosilicate-rich rocks (Invited), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[9] C.E. Seyler, P.K. Miller, and D.M. Saffer (2021) Frictional healing of natural dirty carbonates from subduction zones, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[8] C.E. Seyler and J.D. Kirkpatrick (2020) Deformation mechanisms of phyllosilicates and amphibole and the interdependence of deformation in polymineralic rocks, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[7] C.E. Seyler, J.D. Kirkpatrick, A. Licht, D. Šilerová, and C. Regalla (2020) Evidence for subduction along the Leech River Fault and implications for Cordilleran tectonics, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting
[6] A. Gonzalez, J.D. Kirkpatrick, C.E. Seyler, and W. Minarik (2020) Deformation history of mantle xenoliths of the Canadian Cordillera, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting
[5] C.E. Seyler and J.D. Kirkpatrick (2019) Role of hydrous minerals in the structure and rheology of the subduction plate interface (Invited), American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
[4] C.E. Seyler and J.D. Kirkpatrick (2019) Anatomy of a subduction plate interface downdip of the seismogenic zone: The Leech River Shear Zone, Vancouver Island, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
[3] C.E. Seyler, J.D. Kirkpatrick, and D. Šilerová (2017) Strength of the subduction plate interface beneath the seismogenic zone: A microstructural investigation of deformation mechanisms within a phyllosilicate- and amphibole-rich shear zone, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[2] Y.J. Tan, Q. Bletery, W. Fan, H. Janiszewski, E. Lynch, K. McCormack, N. Phillips, B. Rousset, C.E. Seyler, M. French, J. Gaherty, and C. Regalla (2017) Hunting for shallow slow-slip events at Cascadia, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
[1] C.E. Seyler, A. Getsinger, G. Hirth, and K. Robertson (2015) Relating amphibole abundance to the rheology of the lower crust, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
2024-2027 ........ NSF EAR-Geophysics: Collaborative Research: Subduction Megathrust Rheology: The Combined Roles of On- and Off-Fault Processes in Controlling Fault Slip Behavior (Co-I)
2022-2024 ........ NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship: Strength, deformation, and recovery of phyllosilicates: How do phyllosilicates accommodate large amounts of shear strain? (PI)
2018-2020 ........ B2X Doctoral Research Scholarship, Fonds de recherche du Quebec
2020 .................. AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA)
2019 .................. AGU GeoPRISMS Student Prize Honorable Mention
2017, 2019 ....... GSA Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America
2016, 2018 ....... GREAT Travel Grant, McGill University
2017 .................. Graduate Mobility Award, McGill University
2017 .................. LeRoy Memorial Fellowship, McGill University
2016 .................. Research Grant, European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD)
2014 .................. Karen T. Romer UTRA, Brown University
2023 .................. REU Research Co-advisor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
2017, 2019 ....... Undergraduate Research Co-advisor, McGill University
2015-2020 ........ Teaching Assistant, McGill University
2015 .................. Teaching Assistant, Brown University
2023 .................. Confronting Colonization, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
2018-2021 ........ Sustainability Committee, Adams Club, McGill University
2019-2020 ........ Speaker Committee, Adams Club, McGill University
2018 .................. Volunteer, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House, LDEO
2017-2018 ........ President, Adams Club, McGill University
2017 .................. Volunteer, Brainwaves: Student Research On Air, McGill University
2016-2017 ........ Graduate Student Representative, Adams Club, McGill University