U.S. Geological Survey

EXPERIENCE

Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Team, since 1981. Research on earthquake stress-triggering, blind thrust faulting, earthquake deformation, seismic hazard assessment. Funding by NASA, FEMA, SCEC, US AID, PG&E and Swiss Re.

Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth & Planets, for Geodesy and Tectonophysics, 1986-1989. Evaluated 250 manuscripts and presided over 12 Associate Editors.

Visiting Professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Autumn 1989; Spring 1993; and Spring-Summer 1999.

EDUCATION

Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1980-81

Stanford University, California, Ph.D., Geology, 1980

Brown University, Sc.B. Magna Cum Laude and with Honors, Geology, 1975

RECENT HONORS

• Invited articles in Scientific American ('Earthquake Conversations,' 2003; 'Hidden Earthquakes,' 1989)

• Delivered the 'Frontiers of Geophysics' Lecture of the American Geophysical Union, 2001

• Received the Eugene M. Shoemaker Distinguished Achievement Award, U.S. Geological Survey, 2000

• Invited review article on stress triggering for Nature, 1999

• Received the Excellence in Outreach Award of the Southern California Earthquake Center, 1999

• Received the Superior Service Award of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 1999

• Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1998

• Delivered the Francis Birch Lecture of the American Geophysical Union, 1996

• Received the NOAA Award for Outstanding Contributions and Cooperation in Geoscience, National Geodetic Survey, 1991

• Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 1991

• Centennial Medallion Recipient, Stanford University, 1991

• Received the Best Paper Award for Geologic Risk Assessment, U.S. Geological Survey, 1990 (with Geoffrey C.P. King)

SERVICE

• U.S. National Research Council: Committee on Geodesy (1988-90), Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics (1998-2000),

• American Geophysical Union: Chair, Board of Journal Editors (2004-2006), Publications Committee (2002-2006), Tectonophysics Executive Committee (1994-1998), Charles A. Whitten Subcommittee (1986-1989), Fall Meeting Geodesy Program chair (1984-1986).

• Co-founder and co-chair of the Stanford-USGS Graduate Fellowship in the Earth Sciences. Sixteen Fellows have since been named since 1987, with their one-year stipend and tuition funded by alumni gifts. The Fellowship endowment has now reached $350,000.