Geophysics & Tectonics
Faculty
Bruce Douglas Structural Geology
Jeremy Dunning Structural Geology
Michael Hamburger Geophysics
Kaj Johnson Geophysics
Gary Pavlis Geophysics
Bob Wintsch Petrology
Albert Rudman Geophysics, Emeritus
GEOPHYSICS: The applications of physics to understanding the earth as a growing component of he earth sciences. The combination of improved instrumentation and advanced computational capabilities is making it increasingly possible o quantitatively model complex geological systems that were not amenable to this approach before. Applications include global tectonics, earthquake seismology, volcanology, and environmental and exploration geophysics. The scientific frontiers are wide open in this field, especially with the ongoing deployment of the Earthscope facilities (www.earthscope.org). Our program also has a strong field component with ongoing projects in China, Taiwan, Philippines, South America, and Alaska. M.S. students from our program are strongly recruited by the petroleum industry, while Ph.D. students have found positions in other academia and industry.
Current Post-docs
Jun'ichi Fukuda, ERI, University of Tokyo
Wen-Jeng (Owen) Huang, Purdue University
Current Graduate Students
Miriam B. Attenoukon- Ph.D. (Advisor Wintsch)
Tammy Bravo- Ph.D. (Advisor Pavlis)
Mark Bauer- Ph.D. (Advisor Pavlis)
Paul Bovet- M.S. (Advisor Ritts)
Erin Brenneman- M.S. (Advisor Ritts)
Todd Engelder- M.S. (Advisor Person and Ritts)
Gerald Galgana- Ph.D. (Advisor Hamburger)
Mark Growdon- M.S. (Advisor Pavlis)
Martha Growdon- Ph.D. (Advisor Wintsch)
Matt Hertz- Ph.D. (Advisor Ritts)
Cory McWilliams- M.S. (Advisor Wintsch)
Jason Mysinger- M.S. (Advisor Ritts)
Guangsheng Zhuang- M.S. (Advisor Ritts)
Staff
Terry Stigall, Electronics Technician
Related Links
PEPP Earthquake Science Program
Taal Volcano deformation project
G141 Earthquakes and Volcanoes
G554 Fundamentals of Plate Tectonics
Tammy Bravo installing a seismometer in Venezuela.
Brad Ritts and his students work in China and Tibet. This is Matt Hertz in his field area in Gansu Province, China in 2005.
Martha Growdon's field area at Wuskwatim Lake, MB, Canada. Foliated dike intruding a foliated charnokite.
