Taylor Kilian

Taylor is a data scientist and geologist who is passionate about leveraging geospatial data using machine learning. His career began with a heavy focus on research and education, helping design and execute multinational projects in order to gather data and analyze the ancient history of tectonics on Earth back to the first supercontinent. He earned his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics with distinction from Yale University, where he focused on supercontinent reconstructions in deep time using paleomagnetism, geochronology, and geochemistry. He was subsequently a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley and managed the Berkeley Paleomagnetism Lab.

He has conducted field work across the globe, including Australia, New Zealand, Siberia, Mongolia, Canada, Sicily, India, and Wyoming. His work is published in Nature, Geology, the Geological Society of London, and Lithosphere, among others. Taylor also holds a B.A. in Physics and Geology from Colby College.