Expertise and Interests
Crustal Deformation, Fault Mechanics, Subduction Dynamics, Tectonics, InSAR,Terrestrial and Seafloor Geodesy
Professional Experience
Professor, University of Washington 2020-present
Associate Professor, University of Washington 2013-2019
Associate Professor, University of Oregon, 2009-2012
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, 2003-2009
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2003
Graduate Research Asst., UC Berkeley, 1997-2002
Undergraduate Research Assistant, IGPP, Scripps, 1996-1997
Education
Ph.D., Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
Thesis Topic: The Kinematics of Faults in the San Francisco Bay Area
Inferred from Geodetic and Seismic Data
B.S., Physics with a specialization in earth sciences, UC San Diego, 1997
Professional Service
SSA Annual Meeting, Program Co-Chair, 2022
Penrose Conference, Geological Fingerprints of Slow Earthquakes, Organizing Committee, 2022
Seafloor Geodesy Workshop Series & Webinars, Organizing Committee, 2020-2022
Community Workshop on Offshore Monitoring for Cascadia, co-organizer, 2017
Geodetic Committee for Earthquake Early Warning, 2016-present
Cascadia/Alaska Subduction Zone Observatory Webinar, co-facilitator, 2016
EarthScope National Speaker Series, featured presenter (invited), 2015
Future of Seismic/Geodetic Facilities, White Paper Writing Committee, 2015
NASA Panel Committee Member, 2014, 2018-2019
UNVACO, Education and Community Engagement Advisory Committee, 2013-present
NSF Panel Member (EAR), 2010-2012
WInSAR, Executive Committee (Elected), 2009-2014
UNAVCO, Inc., Strategic Planning Committee Member, 2008
Committee Chair, PBO Data Working Group, 2007-2010
USGS National Volcano Early Warning System, Deformation Working Group, 2006
UNAVCO, Inc., University Representative, 2004-2012
Coordinator, Outstanding Student Paper Competition, Geodesy Section, AGU, 2003
Session Chair, AGU, ALOS Symposium, etc., 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014
Courses Taught
Field Methods in Remote Sensing, Undergraduate
Crustal Deformation, Graduate Level
Satellite Interferometry, Graduate Level
Fault Mechanics, Graduate Level
Graduate Seminars on Hazards, Subduction, Professional skills, Faulting Processes
Geomechanics, Undergraduate
Introduction to Geophysics, Undergraduate
Surface and Environmental Geology, Lower-division Undergraduate
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
American Geophysical Union
Seismological Society of America
UNAVCO, Inc.
WInSAR
Students and Postdocs Advised
Anna Pearson (Ph.D. Candidate)
Jonathan Gates (M.S. Candidate)
Michela Savignano (undergraduate, RESESS Summer Internship, 2022)
Jensen DeGrande (Ph.D. Candidate)
John DeSanto (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-)
Erik Fredrickson (Ph.D. Candidate, co-advised)
Carolyn Nuyen (Ph.D., 2022)
Kelley Hall (Ph.D., 2020, co-advised)
Scott Henderson (eScience Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019)
Anny Sainvil (undergraduate, RESESS Summer Internship, 2017) video
Benedikt Bayer (Ph.D. @ Univ of Bologna, 2017, co-advised)
Mark Welch (MS, 2016)
Randy Krogstad (Ph.D. @ UO, 2016)
Neng Xiong (undergraduate, 2015-2016)
Zi Xian Leong (undergraduate, 2015-2016)
Alex Handwerger (Ph.D. @ UO, 2015, co-advised)
Rob Skarbeck (Ph.D. @ UO, 2015, co-advised)
Xiaopeng Tong (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2016)
Dylan Jamison (undergraduate, USGS Summer Internship, 2014, co-advised)
Georgina Bennett (Postdoctoral Fellow @ UO, 2013-2015, co-advised)
Beth Wisely (Ph.D. @ UO, 2012)
Haiying Gao (Ph.D. @ UO, 2011, co-advised)
Susan Riddick (MS @ UO, 2011)
Laura Stimely (MS @ UO, 2009, co-advised)
Max Calabro (MS @ UO, 2008, co-advised)