8/8/24:

New article just published in JGR! If you’re a fan of Bayesian inversion, the Colorado Plateau, or understanding LAB and MLD structure, check it out: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029220.

8/1/24:

I’m thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to fund our ongoing work in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska! We’re investigating a fascinating region of the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone which features slow slip, megathrust earthquakes, active arc volcanism, and a big old sedimentary basin to make seismic imaging extra spicy. Along with co-PIs Marine Denolle and Brad Lipovsky from University of Washington (“the other UW”), we’re collecting a bunch of traditional broadband data as well as innovative fiber-optic seismic data. Check out more on the project in the “Research” tab above!

5/7/24:

News on a few fronts!

You might be able to find a little blurb from me in a special article of BSSA about exciting directions in seismic tomography. I’m honored to have contributed to a document that featured the perspectives of some of the brightest leaders in the field. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120230229

On a different, and also very fun, note, I was quoted in a Science News Explores article about a recent publication. Let’s just say, seismometers gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake: https://www.snexplores.org/article/taylor-swift-fans-shake-seismic-waves.

8/22/23:

I’m so excited to welcome Eryck Ochoa, a master’s student, to the lab group! Eryck is joining us from Riverside, California and is looking forward to the Midwestern seasons.

1/10/23:

New paper out in Earth and Planetary Science Letters! Led by William Shinevar, we have employed the Whole-rock Interpretive Seismic Toolbox for Ultramafic Lithology (WISTFUL) tool to interpret the variations in temperature and chemistry within the lithosphere below the continental United States. This workflow also allows us to evaluate the density and long-term stability of continental lithosphere. This paper has been a long time coming so we’re excited to finally share our work with the community. Check out the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X2200601X.

11/23/22:

I’ve just returned from Alaska, where we installed eleven broadband seismometers in the western Kenai Peninsula! Thanks to everyone who hosted an instrument, and to KDLL in Kenai and to teachers at Sterling Elementary, Soldotna High, and Chapman Schools for their help with connecting us with the community. Read KDLL’s piece on our experiment here: https://www.kdll.org/local-news/2022-11-09/researchers-looking-for-local-hosts-for-earthquake-seismometers.

I would also like to thank Homer, Alaska for being warmer than Madison the entirety of the time I was there!