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Education

B.S. General Geology, University of Texas at Austin, 2020 (Special Honors)
- Undergraduate thesis: Aeolian Dune Height Controls on Stratigraphic Architecture: White Sands Dune Field, New Mexico
Ph.D. Geography, University of California Santa Barbara, 2026 (expected)
- Committee: Vamsi Ganti (Chair), Dar Roberts, Gen Li, Somayeh Dodge

F. Zhao, V. Ganti, A.B. Limaye. (2024). “Scour depth variability controls channel-scale stratigraphy in experimental braided rivers.” Journal of Sedimentary Research (in review).
F. Zhao, B.T. Cardenas, W. Kim. (2021). “Controls of Aeolian Dune Height on Cross-Strata Architecture: White Sands, New Mexico, USA.” Journal of Sedimentary Research. Download paper
B.T. Cardenas, D. Mohrig, C.M. Hughes, T.A. Goudge, J.S. Levy, T. Swanson, J. Mason, and F. Zhao. (2020). “The Anatomy of Exhumed River Channel Belts.” Sedimentology. Download paper

F. Zhao, V. Ganti. (2023). “Climate change impacts on multi-thread river geometry in High Mountain Asia.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
F. Zhao, A.J. Chadwick, E. Greenberg, V. Ganti. (2023). “Tracking Channel Thread Evolution in Multi-thread Rivers from Planet Imagery.” Annual SoCal Geomorphology Symposium.
F. Zhao, A.J. Chadwick, E. Greenberg, V. Ganti. (2023). “Differential bank migration controls on channel-thread switching in multi-thread rivers.” International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology.
F. Zhao, V. Ganti, A.B. Limaye. (2021). “Quantifying the depositional products of braided river evolution in a physical experiment.” Annual SoCal Geomorphology Symposium.
F. Zhao, V. Ganti, A.B. Limaye. (2021). “Quantifying the depositional products of braided river evolution in a physical experiment.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
F. Zhao, B.T. Cardenas, W. Kim. (2019). “Aeolian Dune Height Controls on Stratigraphic Architecture: White Sands Dune Field, New Mexico.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
F. Zhao, B.T. Cardenas, W. Kim. (2018). “Grainflow Thickness: Surface Process to Subsurface Record.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.