Professor
Department of Geosciences
The Pennsylvania State University
| 2007 - Present | Professor of Geosciences | Penn State University |
| 2001 - 2007 | Associate Professor of Geosciences | Penn State University |
| 1998 - 2001 | Associate Professor of Geophysics | Saint Louis University |
| 1994 - 1998 | Assistant Professor of Geophysics | Saint Louis University |
| 1991 - 1994 | Postdoc, Seismology | UC, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1991 | Ph.D., Geophysics | Penn State, Univ. Park, PA |
| 1986 | M.A.,Geology (Concentration in Geophysics) | SUNY, Binghamton, NY |
| 1983 | B.S., Physics | Penn State, Univ. Park, PA |
| 2019 - Present | Member | IRIS Board of Directors |
| 2011 - 2013 | Chair | IRIS Global Seismic Network Standing Committee |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member | IRIS Board of Directors (Vice Chair, 2007-2008) |
| 1999 - 2000 | Member | IRIS Global Seismic Network Standing Committee |
| 1997 - 1999 | Member of Board of Directors | Seismological Society of America |
| 1993 - 1996 | Associate Editor | Bulletin of Seismological Society of America |
STATEMENT
I have broad interests in seismology ranging among the precise location of small industrial events and moderate-magnitude earthquakes in remote regions; large earthquake rupture processes; and surface-wave and receiver function analysis to extract information on crustal and upper mantle structure. I consider research and integral part of education and strive to combine my research and teaching and to share the results of the effort. I have served as a member and Chair of the IRIS GSN Standing Committee and I have previously served as a member and Vice-Chair of the IRIS Board of Directors. IRIS has entered a transitional period as we consider merging with UNAVCO to form a broader and stronger geophysical community that will allow the accomplishments of the past to continue and to grow in the future. With community input and support, I hope to help with IRIS’s transition while also meeting our ongoing commitments under the current cooperative agreements.
