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Member Since 2006
Seulgi Moon
Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Professional Experience
University of California Los Angeles
Associate Professor
2022 - Present
University of California Los Angeles
Assistant Professor
2015 - 2022
Education
Stanford University
Doctorate
2013
Seoul National University
Masters
2007
Seoul National University
Bachelors
2005
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Current Roles
Member
G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes Committee
Member
Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award Committee
Member
Marguerite T. Williams Award Committee
Member
Robert Sharp Lecture Committee
Associate Editor
JGR Earth Surface Section
Honors & Awards
Robert Sharp Lecture
Received 2022
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Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award
Received 2022
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Publications
Residence Time of Over‐Steepened Rock Masses in an Active Mountain Range

In uplifting mountains, hillslopes steepen toward a threshold angle set by substrate material strength. Hillslopes beyond the threshold angle, refe...

April 11, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Influence of Bedrock Weathering on Soil Production and Hillslope Morphology
FROM RIDGELINES TO VALLEYS: HILLSLOPE PROCESSES AND MORPHOLOGY ACROSS SCALES II POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Joshua Lee, Seulgi Moon, Clifford S. Riebe, Russel...
Quantifying the controls of soil production rates is essential for understanding hillslope evolution and morphology in soil-mantled landscapes. Previo...
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Linking geochemistry and geophysics to quantify controls on subsurface weathering in heterogeneous bedrock
FROM RIDGELINES TO VALLEYS: HILLSLOPE PROCESSES AND MORPHOLOGY ACROSS SCALES II POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Christina Kitamikado, Clifford S. Riebe, Bradley C...
We used seismic refraction surveys and observations from four deep boreholes to quantify the relative importance of the ambient stress field and litho...
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Unraveling subsurface hydrology in the Critical Zone: Implications for hydrologic response and shallow landslide initiation
ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF MOUNTAINOUS CRITICAL ZONES THROUGH OBSERVATIONS AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS I POSTER
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Giuseppe Formetta, Justin Higa, Riccardo Busti, Di...
Understanding the hydrologic responses occurring in the critical zone (CZ) is crucial for predicting and adapting to the intensification of extreme pr...
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Volunteer History
2023 - 2025
Associate Editor
JGR Earth Surface Section
2023 - 2024
Member
G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Robert Sharp Lecture Committee
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