Rate My Professor Andrew Laskowski

Andrew Laskowski serves as Associate Professor of Structural Geology and Tectonics in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University. He specializes in the study of continental tectonics and orogenic processes, employing techniques such as geochronology, thermochronology, and structural analysis. Laskowski obtained his B.S. in Geology from the College of William & Mary in 2010, followed by an M.S. in Geology from the University of Arizona in 2012, and a Ph.D. in Geology from the same institution in 2016. Prior to joining Montana State University, he worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona from 2010 to 2016.

His research interests include tectonics, structural geology, geochronology, field geology, metamorphic petrology, geological mapping, crustal deformation, mineral exploration, regional geology, and exploration geology, with a particular focus on the Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet region, southern Tibet, and the Zagros collision zone. Key publications authored or co-authored by Laskowski include "Kinematic Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet" (2024), "Episodic Late Cretaceous to Neogene crustal thickness variation in southern Tibet" (2023), "Kilometer-scale recumbent folding, tectonic attenuation, and rotational shear in the western Anaconda Range, southwestern Montana, USA" (2023), "New Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Early Cretaceous Paleolatitude of the Lhasa Terrane (Tibet)" (2022), "Configuration and Timing of Collision Between Arabia and Eurasia in the Zagros Collision Zone, Fars, Southern Iran" (2021), "Provenance of Late Cretaceous accretionary complex within the Yarlung–Zangpo suture zone, Bainang, southern Tibet: Implications for the subduction–accretion of the Neo-Tethyan Ocean" (2022), and "Active Uplift of Southern Tibet Revealed". Laskowski organized the Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop at Montana State University in Bozeman in 2019. He is affiliated with the university's Spatial Sciences Center and Energy Research Institute, contributing to environmental monitoring, remote sensing, natural resources, and fossil energy. He also leads summer geology field courses in the Northern Rocky Mountains.