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Seismo Lab
Earth & Planetary
UC Berkeley

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS


Current group members

Adam Holt Undergraduate researcher, visiting from Imperial College London, 2009-present.
Seismicity in the Pacific Northwest
Holly Brown PhD candidate, 2007-present.
Earthquake early warning
Rob Porritt PhD candidate, 2007-present.
Structure and process in the Pacific Northwest
Gilead Wurman PhD candidate, 2005-present.
Earthquake rupture processes and early warning
Pascal Audet Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-present.
Subduction and triple-junction processes
Mathias Obrebski Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-present.
Imaging North America
Peggy Hellweg Research seismologist,
ElarmS development and operations
Oleg Khainovski Programmer,
ElarmS development and operations
Douglas Neuhauser Computer resources manager,
ElarmS development and operations


Former graduate students

Mei Xue PhD 2008, UC Berkeley.
Thesis: Using Seismic Methods to Constrain Mantle Convection Processes.
On completing her PhD Mei joined the Faculty of Tongji University in Shanghai as an Associate Professor. Mei's website
Veronica Grasso PhD 2006, University of Naples.
Thesis: Uncertainty in earthquake warning systems.
On completing her PhD Veronica went to work for the United Nations.
Erik Olson MSc 2005, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Thesis: A new way to look at fault rupture: Understanding and characterizing earthquake predominant period
On completing his MSc Erik went to work for BP in Austin.
Andrew Lockman MSc 2004, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Thesis: Earthquake early warning using P-wave arrivals
On completing his MSc Drew went to work for MWH Americas in Denver.


Former postdocs

David Shelly Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2008.
Episodic tremor and slip


Former undergraduate research students

Caroline Eakin Undergraduate researcher, visiting from Imperial College London, 2008-2009.
Research projects: Mantle flow in the Pacific Northwest using shear wave splitting; Earthquakes and sunspots
Adeline Souf Undergraduate researcher, LaSalle Beauvais, France. Summer 2009.
Research project: Minimizing system and telemetry delays in California's seismic networks.
Ana Luz Acevedo-Cabrera UC Berkeley undergrad researcher, 2007
Research project: Seismic tomography of the western US
Andrew Tran IRIS intern summer 2007
Research project: Non-volcanic tremor in northern California.
Louisa Tsang Visiting student, Imperial College London, Fall 2006 to Spring 2007
Research project: Magnitude scaling relations from P-waves in southern California.
Rob Porritt IRIS intern summer 2006
Research project: Automating the search for seismic tremor along strike-slip faults.
Ajay Limaye UC Berkeley undergrad, Fall 2005 to Spring 2006
Research project: Natural hazard exposure in developing nations.
Mehershad Duhmubed UC Berkeley undergrad, Spring 2006
Research project: Real-time earthquake visualization.
Marion Ferrat Visiting student, Imperial College London, Fall 2005 to Spring 2006
Research project: Real-time earthquake visualization.


Former visitors

Liang Zhou Visiting from the Geology and Geophysics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009.
Structure and history of the Eastern China Craton