Dr. Katayoun Mobasher
Assistant Professor
Petrology
Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Mobasher is a faculty member in the Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis (IESA). She began her academic career in 2001 as a teaching assistant at Georgia State University. In 2005 she worked as a lecturer of geology at Berry College in Rome, GA teaching environmental geology, and introductory geology courses and labs. She then moved to Georgia State University and worked as a visiting instructor of geology teaching introductory geology courses and Introductions to Earth’s Materials. Dr. Mobasher came to the Gainesville campus in 2008 as an assistance professor of geology. She became an associate professor in 2012 at UNG. Dr. Mobasher is a certified GIS Professional (GISP).
Research Interest
Physical Geology
Publications
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Mobasher, K., Babaie, H.A., 2008. Kinematic Significance of Fold- and Fault-related Fracture Systems in the Zagros Mountains, Southern Iran – Tectonophysics, Volume 451, Issues 1-4, 2008, Pages 156-169. Asia out of Tethys: Geochronologic, Tectonic and Sedimentary Records.
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Khalatbari Jafari, M., Sepehr, H., Mobasher, K., 2015. Tectonomagmatic Evolution of The South Dehshir Ophiolite, Central Iran, Geological Magazine, Cambridge University Press Doi: 10-1017/S0016756815000618
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Mobasher, K., Moore, L., Khalatbari Jafari, M., Kraemer, C., Lithologic mapping and structural Analysis of the Khoy Ophiolite Complex, Northwest Iran from ASTER Remote Sensing Data, GIS, and Field Studies - Proposed Submittal Date: October 2017
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Dr. Mobasher has published and presented aspects of her research in the areas of structural geology, petrology and geochemistry, GIS and remote sensing applications in geology and education. She has written several grants and remains active in mentoring student projects.
