BOD Election 2014 - Candidate Profile

Miaki Ishii

Professor

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

Harvard University

http://www.seismology.harvard.edu/ishii.html

EDUCATION and EMPLOYMENT

2013 - present Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
2010 - 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
2006 - 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
2003 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow/Green Scholar, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
1998 - 2003 Ph.D. in Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
1994 - 1998 Hon. B. Sc. in Physics, University of Toronto

SERVICE TO IRIS

2007 - present IRIS Institution Representative
2012 - 2013 IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer
2006 - 2008 IRIS GSN Standing Committee

OTHER RELATED SERVICE

2015 - 2016 Secretary Seismology Section, American Geophysical Union
2011,2012,2014 Member Gutenberg Lecturer Selection Committee, American Geophysical Union
2009 Member Nominations Committee, Seismological Society of America
2009 Member Student Award Committee, Seismological Society of America

STATEMENT

IRIS has existed throughout my academic career, and it is such a vital component of my research and teaching that time without IRIS is unthinkable. I have also developed a deep appreciation of IRIS through contacts with foreign organizations, working with analogue seismograms, and serving on the GSN standing committee. To me, IRIS also represents something beyond just seismology. It nurtures interaction and collaboration amongst domestic and international geoscientsts, and is also becoming a bridge between society and seismology. With the completion of the EarthScope program and recompetition in 2018, there will be challenges and excitements going forward, and it will be an honor and a privilege to serve IRIS and the greater community at this time of major transition.