EDUCATION:
University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. in Geophysics, 1979.
Cornell University, B.S. in Physics, 1973.

POSITIONS HELD:
Research Seismologist, USGS, 1978-present
Visiting Research Associate, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2002-2003
Weiss Visiting Professor of Geophysics, Rice University, 2/03-5/03
Consulting Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, 1984-present
Visiting Prof. Geophysics, Institut de Phys. du Globe, Strasbourg, France, 2000
Visiting Prof. Geophysics, Pierre et Marie Curie Univ., France, 1998
Chief of the USGS Branch of Seismology, USGS 1994-1997
Visiting Prof. Geophysics, University of Kiel, Germany, 1985

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Geophysical Union (1973; Fellow 1996), Sigma Xi (1980)
European Geophysical Union (1993)
European Union of Geosciences (1994)
Seismological Society of America and SSA Eastern Section (1973)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997)
Geological Society of America (1973; Fellow, 1987)
Woollard Award for outstanding geophysical contributions to study of fundamental geologic problems (1995)
Geological Society of London (Fellow, 2000)
Royal Astronomical Society (U.K.) (Fellow, 2000)
Gold Medal Award, Indian Geophysical Union (2002)
Elected Foreign Fellow, Academia Europaea (The European Academy) (2004)

RENDERING SCIENTIFIC JUDGMENT:
(Include external scientific review panels, editorial boards, editorships, with dates. Include the capacity in which you served, e.g., chairperson, subcommittee chairperson, member, observer, expert consultant, etc.)
Consulting Editor, the Royal Society of Edinburgh Transactions (Earth Science)
Review Panel, Deep Seismic Studies Program (USGS), 1981, 1989
Proposal Review Panel, OEVE, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1991
Seismology Branch Promotion/Evaluation Committee, Chairman, 1983, 1984, 1991
Strong Ground Motion Branch Promotion/Evaluation Committee, 1985
Earthquake Hazards Reduction/Predict Proposal Review Panel, Member, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1998
Seismology Branch Search Committee (PhD hiring), Chairman, 1984-85
Co-editor (with S. Asano, Tokyo) Special Volume of Tectonophysics on the Seismic Structure of the Lithosphere, 1986
Co-editor (with L. Pakiser, Denver) GSA Memoir "Geophysical Framework of the Continental United States 1989
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1988-1994, 1996-present
Member, NSF Continental Dynamics Panel, 1995-1997 (two meetings per year)

LECTURESHIPS AND OTHER ACADEMIC SERVICE :
(List seminars presented, courses taught, graduate students advised with thesis titles, committee participation, etc., and give schools, dates, as appropriate.)

• 1983- Present: Consulting Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University
  As consulting professor in the Department of Geophysics I perform a variety of functions. The most basic is to supervise graduate students who are preparing MS and PhD thesis. I participate in seminar courses on seismic studies of the continental lithosphere, regional geophysics and tectonics. Assist in preparation of written qualifying exams, and sit as one of three advisors for PhD oral exams. Contact is most extensive with Professors S. Klemperer, G. Thompson, M. D. Zoback, and N. Sleep.



• Assisted in supervising (to various degrees) these PhD theses:
  Rufus D. Catchings, Crustal Structure of the Western U.S., 1987
  W. Steve Holbrook, Crustal Structure: NV., California, and West Germany, 1988
  Eric Goodwin, Seismological Studies of Crustal Structure and Composition: Basin and Range, and Alaska, 1989
  Kate Miller, Structure and Tectonics of Central California from Seismic Reflection Data, 1991
  Craig Jarchow, Investigations of Magmatic Underplating beneath the NW Basin and Range Province, Nevada, Seismic Data Acquisition and Tectonic Problems of the Columbia Plateau, Washington, and the Mohorovicic Discontinuity Worldwide, 1991
  Bruce Beaudoin, Crustal Structure and Evolution of Central Alaska and West Antarctica, 1992
  Stanley Ruppert, Shear wave structure and mantle tomography of the Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range Transition Zone, 1995
  Moritz Fliedner, Crustal Structure of the Sierra Nevada, 1996
  Yitzak Makovsky, Wide-angle Seismic Reflection Measurements on the Tibetan Plateau, 1997
  Nicola Godfrey, Structure and Evolution of Northern California from Seismic Refraction Measurements, 1997



• Also foreign academic duties:
  1999 Ph.D. examining committee for Dr. Lucilla Beneditti, Inst. Phys. du Globe, Paris (Prof. P. Tapponier, main advisor)
  1998 Ph.D. examining committee for Dr. Mireille Langle, Inst. Phys. du Globe, Paris (Prof. A. Hirn, main advisor)
  1998 D. Sci.. examining committee for Phillip Charvis, Univ. Paris (Prof. G. Boillot, main advisor)
  Durham University, Three M.S. theses supervised in Menlo Park:
  
  • Roger A.J. White, Intraplate Earthquakes: A global review, 77 pp.
  
  
  • Christina Walker, Seismicity and Tectonics of Southern California, 60 pp.
  
  
  • Jennifer Black: Crustal Structure of the Tibetan Plateau and Surrounding Area, China, 60 pp.
  
  
• 2002-2004 Visiting Research Associate, Caltech Seismological Laboratory
  I am a faculty affiliate at Caltech.

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