Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University
http://www.eas.cornell.edu/eas/people/profile.cfm?netid=gaa52
| 2014 - present | Professor of Earth Sciences, Cornell University |
| 2008 - 2014 | Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University |
| 1999 - 2007 | Professor & Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, Boston University |
| 1994 - 1999 | Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Kansas |
| 1989 - 1994 | Post-Doctoral & Associate Research Scientist, LDEO |
| 1989 | Ph.D. Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1983 | Sc.B. Geology-Physics/Mathematics, Brown University |
| 2013 - present | Board of Directors; Vice Chair 2014 |
| 2013 - 2014 | Presidential Search Committee |
| 2011 - 2013 | Planning Committee |
| 2000 - 2002 | PASSCAL Standing Committee |
| 1993 - 1995 | DMS Standing Committee |
| 2000, 2005, 2009, etc | contributions to IRIS proposals |
| 1991 - present | DMS Standing Committee |
| 1989 - present | downloaded several Tb continuous waveform data from DMC |
| 2014 | Planning committee chair, Amphibious Array Futures Workshop |
| 2014, 1998 | Program Committee, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting |
| 2011 - 2013 | Amphibious Array Steering Committee (Chair 2012-13) |
| 2011 - 2013 | GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lecturer |
| 2003 - 2010 | MARGINS Steering Committee (Chair 2006-10, ran Office) |
| 2004 - 2007 | Marine Geophysics Data Management System Oversight Committee |
| 1995-98, 2003-06 | Associate Editor, JGR |
My career has been built on the revolution in data access, instrumentation, and quality that IRIS engendered. Open access has made data easy and has facilitated a level of quality control that we now take for granted, as has the free, well-maintained, and spectacular arrays of portable broadband seismographs. A stint as Chair of MARGINS also taught me how to look beyond seismology for the biggest and most compelling scientific opportunities, and two years on the IRIS Board have given much perspective on how to do this in modern fiscal environments. Looking forward, there are challenges to IRIS in adapting to increasingly powerful computational and data exchange resources, in taking global leadership in science, and in embedding in our facilities new instrumentation both onshore and at sea. At the same time, it is critical that we maintain the core support and facilities that made IRIS, as well as the community consortium approach that has given it leadership. It would be a privilege to serve IRIS.
