Expertise

• High Pressure Rock Deformation
• Mineral Physics
• Metamorphic Petrology
• Geoscience Education

Additional Info

Burnley's research focuses on the mechanical behavior of rocks at high temperature and pressure. She uses high-pressure experimentation, observational tools, and numerical modeling to better understand the grain-scale processes that control the large-scale mechanical behavior of Earth’s materials, including those exhibited in mantle convection and earthquakes.