Affiliation
United States Geological Survey
Title
Geophysicist.Visiting Associate in Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology .Adjunct Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Education
1984-09 to 1989-05 Columbia University: New York, NY, US ,Ph.D. (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) . 1979-09-01 to 1983-05-15 Dartmouth College: Hanover, NH, US,A.B. with high honors (Earth Sciences).
Work Experience
Geophysicist (1992-2016; 2018-present): Earthquake Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey. Science Advisor for Risk Reduction (2016-2018): Natural Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey.
Achievement
In 2017, he received the Ivan I. Mueller Award for distinguished service and leadership from the American Geophysical Union. In 2018 he received the Meritorious Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Publication:The HayWired earthquake scenario—We can outsmart disaster.Rapid damage mapping for the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha earthquake using synthetic aperture radar data from COSMO-SkyMed and ALOS-2 satellites
Resources Type
Self-built