Senior Lecturer, Tectonics, Sandra McLaren @sandramcgeo: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Sandra McLaren
CURRENT TITLE: Senior Lecturer
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Tectonics, Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Geoscience Education
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Research Science Associate, Seismic Imaging, Rob Porritt @robporritt: A Day in the GeoLife Series
Research Science Associate, Rob Porritt, shares his career in regional scale passive source seismic imaging on the A Day in the GeoLife Series.
NASA Postdoc Fellow, Tectonics, Chris Milliner @Geo_GIF: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Chris Milliner CURRENT TITLE: NASA Postdoc Fellow AREA OF EXPERTISE: Active tectonics, faulting mechanics, tectonic geomorphology, geodesy, hydrogeodesy If we were in an elevator: I use geodetic imaging systems (e.g., radar interferometry and optical satellite imagery) to measure surface deformation…
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PhD Student, Australian Earthquake Geology, Tamarah King @tamarahking: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Tamarah King CURRENT TITLE: PhD student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Earthquake geology, paleoseismology, structural geology YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 4 EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science – 3 years Master of Science (Earth Sciences) with honours – 2 years PhD – current (2.5…
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PhD Student, Iceland Volcanoes, Thorbjorg Agustsdottir @fencingtobba: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Thorbjorg Agustsdottir CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanoes, earthquakes, Iceland, rifting events EDUCATION: I am a 4th year PhD student, and I am a part of the University of Cambridge Volcano-Seismology group. We study earthquakes in and…
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MSc Student, Disaster Analysis, Badal Pokharel @GarnetBadal: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Badal Pokharel CURRENT TITLE: MSc Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geological Engineering, Disaster Analysis, Geographic Information System (GIS) EDUCATION: Enrolled as MSc Engineering Geology student (Third Semester). After completing my BSc in 2014, I worked mostly around disaster and its analysis…
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Graduate Student, Hydroseismicity, Cortney Cameron: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Cortney Cameron CURRENT TITLE: Graduate Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Hydroseismicity EDUCATION: A.B., Duke University; M.S. Candidate, North Carolina Central University, United States What’s your job like? As a graduate student, I divvy my time between research and associated responsibilities, classes and homework, and…
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PhD Student, Volcanology, Claire Harnett @claire_harnett1: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Claire Harnett CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student at the University of Leeds AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology and geomechanics YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 3 years of laboratory experience at the University of Portsmouth EDUCATION: BSc Geological Hazards at the University of Portsmouth….
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Seismic Source Modeling, Revathy Parameswaran @VeraPetrovna: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Revathy Parameswaran CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate (Thesis in progress!) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Seismic source modeling; static stress computation; Himalayan seismicity YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 4+ years as a PhD scholar at the Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,…
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Hazard & Risk Management, Sally Potter @SallyHPotter: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Sally Potter CURRENT TITLE: Hazard and Risk Management Researcher AREA OF EXPERTISE: I have worked for a Regional Council as a hydro-technician and emergency manager; as a consultant on natural hazard management projects; as a PhD student researching volcanology…
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Volcanology, Simon Halliwell @Shalliwell91: A Day in the GeoLife Series
NAME: Simon Halliwell CURRENT TITLE: Seeking opportunity CONTACT INFORMATION: [email protected] AREA OF INTEREST: Volcanology and Geological Hazards EDUCATION: MSc Volcanology and Geological Hazards Graduate, Lancaster University, United Kingdom What’s your interest? As you may have guessed by my degree, I…
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