Christopher Carchedi

(he/him)

Asst Professor

Main Affiliation

Earth & Atmospheric Science

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Geophysics
  • Seismology
  • Lithospheric Structure and Evolution
  • Earth's Mantle
  • Applications of Geophysics to Environmental Issues
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Field Work
  • Earth Science Education
  • Rocks

Building

Marshak Science Building

Office

933

Email

ccarchedi@ccny.cuny.edu

Website

https://ccarchedi.github.io/

Christopher Carchedi

Education

2023: PhD - Columbia University - Earth & Environmental Sciences

2021: MPhil - Columbia University - Earth & Environmental Sciences

2019: MA - Columbia University - Earth & Environmental Sciences

2017: ScB - Brown University - Geology-Physics/Mathematics

Career

2026 - present: Assistant Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences - City College of New York

2023 - 2026: Carnegie Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science

Teaching

EAS 465: Environmental Geophysics

Selected Publications

  • Carchedi, C.J.W., L. Wagner, G. Monsalve, D.S. Avellaneda-Jiménez, and S. Golden (2026). Complex shear‐wave splitting behavior in the northern Andes and possible implications for mantle flow around the Caldas Tear. JGR Solid Earth, 131(6), e2025JB033131. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB033131.

  • Russell, J.B., and C.J.W. Carchedi (2026). Estimating ice cover on the Great Lakes using seismic ambient noise. Geophys. Res. Lett., 53(5), e2025GL120498. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120498.

  • Carchedi, C.J.W., J.B. Gaherty, J.S. Byrnes, S. Rondenay, M.S. Steckler, R. Ajala, P. Persaud, E.A. Sandvol, M.S. Alim, S. Singha, and S.H. Akhter (2025). Evolving sediment structure and lithospheric architecture across the Indo-Burman forearc margin from the joint inversion of surface- and scattered-wave seismic constraints. JGR Solid Earth, 130(6), e2024JB030050. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030050.

  • Carchedi, C.J.W., J.B. Gaherty, S.C. Webb, and D.J. Shillington (2022). Investigating short-period lake-generated microseisms using a broadband array of onshore and lake-bottom seismometers. Seismological Research Letters, 93 (3), 1585-1600. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210155.