Brandi Lenz
  • Instructional Assistant Professor
  • Undergraduate Program Director
  • Geophysics
  • Geohazards
  • Sediment Mechanics

Research Interests

I am an Earth scientist with interests in natural hazards, subsurface geophysics, disaster mitigation, and Earth science education. My most recent research project focuses on slope stability, marine geohazards, and geomechanics using reflection seismic data collected offshore Oregon, USA.

Research Focus

  • Geophysics
  • Geohazards
  • Sediment Mechanics

Educational Background

  • 2021 - Ph.D. Earth Science, The Ohio State University
  • 2019 - M.S. Earth Science, The Ohio State University
  • 2017 - B.S. Earth Science (Research Distinction), The Ohio State University
  • 2016 - A.S. Columbus State Community College

Awards & Honors

  • 2021 - Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

Selected Publications

  • Lenz, B. L., Griffith, W. A., & Sawyer, D. E. (2023). Impact‐Induced Seafloor Deformation From Submarine Landslides: Diagnostic of Slide Velocity?. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(18), e2023GL104818. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104818

  • Tréhu, A. M., Tominaga, M., Lyle, M., Davenport, K., Phrampus, B. J., Favorito, J., Zhang, E., Lenz, B.L., Shreedharan, S., & Yelisetti, S. (2022). The hidden history of the south‐central Cascadia subduction zone recorded on the Juan de Fuca plate offshore southwest Oregon. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, e2021GC010318, doi:10.1029/2021GC010318

  • Lenz, B. L., Sawyer, D. E. (2021). Mass Transport Deposits In Reflection Seismic Data, Offshore Oregon, Basin Research, doi:10.1111/bre.12611.

  • Lenz, B. L., Sawyer, D. E., Phrampus, B., Davenport, K., & Long, A. (2019). Seismic Imaging of Seafloor Deformation Induced by Impact from Large Submarine Landslide Blocks, Offshore Oregon. Geosciences, 9(1), 10, doi:10.3390/geosciences9010010.

  • Sawyer D. E., R. S. Reece, S. P. S. Gulick, and B. L. Lenz (2017), Submarine landslide and tsunami hazards offshore southern Alaska: Seismic strengthening versus rapid sedimentation, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL074537.