Daniel Murray Sturmer

My research interests lie in using geological, geophysical, and petrophysical tools to understand basin formation, evolution, and resource potential. I am particularly interested in interactions between sedimentation and tectonic processes.

Ph.D.: University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV, 2012 (Geology)

M.S.: University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV, 2007 (Geology)

B.S.: California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA, 2004 (Geology)

B.A.: California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA, 2003 (Business Administration)

2017 -2023 Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2016 -2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2012 -2015 Geologist, Shell E&P, Houston, TX

2011 -2012 Lecturer, Western Nevada College, Carson City, NV

2010 -2011 Geochemistry Intern, Shell International E&P, Houston, TX

2004 -2012 Graduate TA/RA, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV

2023 -To Present Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Grant: #EAR#1038702 Investigators:James H. Trexler, Jr., Simon Poulson, Daniel Sturmer (grad student) 2010 -2012 NSF EAGER: Carbon stable isotope ratio stratigraphy: a test of the method in Pennsylvanian limestones 59,736 Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #URS Sturmer New Faculty Development Award – 2017/18 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel 06-01-2018 -06-30-2019 UC's Research Support URS Sturmer New Faculty Development Award – 2017/18 Role:PI $2,500.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #PRF# 58626-DN18 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel 08-01-2018 -08-31-2020 American Chemical Society - National Chapter ACS PRF DOCTORAL NEW INVESTIGATOR Role:PI $110,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #G22AC00439 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel 07-26-2022 -07-25-2023 Department of the Interior EDMAP: Late Paleozoic tectonism and sedimentation at Spruce Mountain, Nevada Role:PI 34815.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Investigators:Sturmer, D.M. 2019 -2024 NSF CAREER: How things fall apart: assessing the role of mega-landslides in denudation of the Basin and Range Province, western USA Role:PI Pending Type:Grant Level:National

Investigators:Wanda Taylor (UNLV), Daniel Sturmer (UC), and Tandis Bidgoli(Mizzou) 2019 -2022 NSF Collaborative Research: Construction and destruction of the southern Nevadaplano: Uplift and erosion history of the southern Sevier orogenic plateau Role:Co-PI Pending Type:Grant

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian Pereshkafti, Mohamad Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:Collaborator 34264.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #G23AP0024-00 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel 05-15-2023 -05-14-2024 Federal Emergency Management Agency Building a CVM for Seismic Resilience in Western Nevada's Industrial Base: Collaborative Research with the Univ. of Nevada, Reno and Univ. of Cincinnati Role:PI 30156.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian Pereshkafti, Mohamad Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:Collaborator 34264.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian, Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:Collaborator 34264.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian, Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:Collaborator 34264.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #G24AC00185-00 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel 08-01-2024 -07-31-2025 U.S. Geological Survey Origin, emplacement, and timing of the Spruce Mountain landslide deposit, Elko County, Nevada Role:PI 44327.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #EAR-2447390 Investigators:Dietsch, Craig; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2025 -08-31-2028 National Science Foundation REU Site: DEsigning Sedimentation and Tectonic Research Experiences for Student Success (DE-STRESS) Role:PI 130499.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #3200007014 / G25AP00237 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-30-2025 -09-29-2026 U.S. Geological Survey Landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping for Cincinnati and northern Kentucky: improving hazard assessment in a landslide-prone urban region Role:Collaborator 36499.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian, Mohamad Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:Collaborator 34264.00 Closed Level:Federal

Published Abstracts

Sturmer, D., Koo, W.M., Mohrig, D., Buttles, J., Ponten, A., and Messina, C. (2017) Physical models of subaqueous transitional sediment-gravity flows: stacked flow interaction and remobilization. [Abstract]AAPG 2017 annual convention & exhibition abstracts,

Sturmer, D.M. (2016) Carlin-Type Gold Deposit Development as an Analogue for Unconventional Hydrocarbon Field Development. [Abstract]2016 PS-RMS AAPG joint section meeting abstracts,

Sturmer, D.M. (2016) Subsidence patterns and tectonic drivers of deformation revealed from carbonate-carbon isotopes: the case of the Early Pennsylvanian Ely-Bird Spring basin. [Abstract]Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,

Cashman, P.H., Trexler, J.H., and Sturmer, D.M. (2016) Spatial and temporal distribution of Late Paleozoic structures in Nevada: progressive tectonic evolution of the western Laurentian margin. [Abstract]Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,

Cashman, P., Trexler, J.H., Taylor, W.J., and Sturmer, D.M. (2016) The Pinon orogeny, a newly defined Pennsylvanian tectonic event recorded in the Basin and Range. [Abstract]Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,

Sturmer, D.M., Trexler, J.H., Jr., Cashman, P.H., and Poulson, S.R. (2013) How far west does the Ancestral Rocky Mountains orogen extend? Tectonic analysis of the late Paleozoic Ely-Bird Spring basin of Nevada and Utah. [Abstract]Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45 (7 ) ,888

Sturmer, D.M., Trexler, J.H., Jr., and Poulson, S.R. (2013) Low latitude isotopic responses to the late Paleozoic ice age: tracking icehouse carbonate facies shifts with whole-rock carbonate carbon and oxygen isotopes, the Ely-Bird Spring basin, Nevada and Utah. [Abstract]Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45 (7 ) ,615

Sturmer, D.M., and Trexler, J.H., Jr. (2013) Is the Late Paleozoic Ely-Bird Spring basin of Nevada an unrecognized Ancestral Rocky Mountains basin?. [Abstract]2013 SPE Western Regional/Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference abstracts with programs, 76

Koo, W.M., Mohrig, D., Buttles, J., and Ponten, A. (2017) Hybrid-bed deposition by remobilization in subaqueous sediment-gravity flows. [Abstract]AAPG 2017 annual convention & exhibition abstracts,

Sturmer, D.M. (2017) Using geohistory analysis to unravel the complex history of Late Paleozoic basins and tectonics in southwestern Laurentia. [Abstract]GSA Abstracts with Programs, 49 (6 ) ,

Koo, W.M., Mohrig, D., Buttles, J., Sturmer, D.M., and Ponten, A. (2018) Simplicity versus complexity in lobes deposited by transitional sediment-gravity flows: results from 3D flume experiments. [Abstract]AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition,

Sturmer, D.M. (2018) The Role of the Western Laurentia Plate Margin in the Ancestral Rocky Mountains Orogeny: Insights from Tectonic Subsidence Analysis. [Abstract]AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition,

Jones, A., and Sturmer, D.M. (2018) Tectonic subsidence analysis and evolution of the Pennsylvanian to Early Permian Oquirrh Basin, Utah. [Abstract]AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition,

Peer Reviewed Publications

Clemens-Knott, D., van der Kolk, D., Sturmer, D.M., and Saleeby, J.B.  (2013). The Goldstein Peak Formation: record of a nonmarine intra-arc basin within the Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada arc. Geosphere, 9 (4) , 18 pMore Information

Tempel, R.N., Sturmer, D.M., and Schilling, J.M.  (2010). Geochemical modeling of the near-surface hydrothermal system beneath the southern moat of Long Valley Caldera, California. Geothermics, 40, 91

Sturmer, D.M., Trexler, J.H., Jr., and Cashman, P.H.  (2018). Tectonic analysis of the Pennsylvanian Ely-Bird Spring Basin: Late Paleozoic tectonism on the southwestern Laurentia margin and the distal limit of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains. TectonicsMore Information

Sturmer, D.M., and Faulds, J.E.  (2018). Kinematic evolution of the Olinghouse fault and the role of a major sinistral fault in the Walker Lane dextral shear zone, Nevada, USA. Journal of Structural Geology, 115, 47-63More Information

Koo, W.M., Mohrig, D., Buttles, J., Sturmer, D., Pontén, A., and Hess, T.  (2019). Sand-mud couplets deposited by spontaneous remobilization of subaqueous transitional flows. SedimentologyMore Information

Hannon, J.S., Huff, W.D., and Sturmer, D.M.  (2019). Geochemical relationships in Cretaceous bentonites as inferred from linear discriminant analysis. Sedimentary Geology, 390, 1More Information

Sturmer, D.M., Tempel, R.N., and Price, J.G.  (2019). Modeling mafic carbonation efficieny using mafic rock chemistries from Nevada, USA. Computers and Geosciences, 123, 149More Information

Other Publications

Sturmer, D.M., Trexler, J.H., Jr., Cashman, P.H., Dolbier, R., and Anderson, T. (2011) Late Paleozoic basins, tectonism, and resources of north-central Nevada .Pacific Section SEPM - Field trip guidebook, 110 , -41 p.

Carraher, R., and Sturmer, D. (2010) Epithermal deposits of central Nevada: Reno/Sparks, Nevada, Great Basin Evolution and Metallogeny .Geological Society of Nevada Symposium 2010, -124 p.

Sturmer, D.M., La Pointe, D.D., Price, J.G., and Hess, R.H. (2007) Assessment of the potential for carbon dioxide sequestration by reactions with rocks in Nevada .Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report , 52 ,

Sturmer, D.M., and Cashman, P.H. (2018) Unraveling tectonic histroy through sedimentation and structural geology: a trip in memory of Jim Trexler .Nevada Petroleum and Geothermal Society Field Trip Guidebook, NPS27 ,

Jones, Adam (Master ) Chair Status:Completed 2019

Ferry, Nicholas (Master ) Chair Status:Completed 2020

Frommer, Greg (Undergrad ) Advisor Status:Completed 2018

Neale, Shannon (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2018

Deighton, Jake (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2019

Hannon, Jeff (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2020

Young, Allison (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:Completed

Aucoin, Christopher (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:Completed

Jones, Adam (Doctoral ) Chair

Vincent Nowaczewski (Doctoral ) Chair Status:In Progress

Jake Parsons (Undergrad ) Status:Completed

Elizabeth Shade (Master ) Co-Chair Status:In Progress

Emily Simpson (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Kimberly Moore (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Reza Ershadnia (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:Completed 2021

Cole Farnam (Doctoral ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Tom Uhl III (Master ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Andrew Michel (Master ) Committee Member Status:In Progress

Tyler McGarr (Master ) Committee Member Status:Completed

Nirusha Shrestha (Doctoral ) Chair Status:In Progress

Geological Society of America (Graduate Student Grants Committee ) Committee Member Type:Grant Panel Level:Prof. Org. 2015 -2017

Pacific Section - SEPM (Awards ) Committee Chair Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:Regional 2013 -To Present

Careers in the Geosciences Level:Both

Syllabus_S17

Basin Dynamics Level:Both

Structural Geology for Field Camp Level:Undergraduate

Careers in the Geosciences - Grad version Level:Both

Careers in the Geosciences Level:Undergraduate

Virtual Capstone Level:Undergraduate

Applied Geophysics Level:Both

Structural Geology Level:Both

Earth Surface Processes and Environmental Issues Level:Undergraduate

Natural Hazards Level:Undergraduate

Regional Geology and Tectonics Level:Both

Phone: 513-556-5705