Ph.D.(Geophysics) California Institute of Technology, 1994 (Advisor: Don Helmberger)
A.B.(Geophysics) University of California, Berkeley, 1986

Professional Experience

Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, July 2008-present
Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, May 2005-June 2008
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Jan 1999-Apr 2005
Assistant Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, July 1997-Dec 1998
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz, June 1996-July 1997
Visiting Associate in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology, June 1996-1997
Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz, Fall, 1996
NSF Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz, June 1994-June 1996
Staff Seismologist, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Oct 1989-Dec 1991
Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 1986-1989, 1991-1994

Selected Academic Activities and Honors

Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Interior of the Earth, 2017 (vice chair, 2015)
Presenter, TEDx, Manhattan Beach, November 2016.Talk here.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Eos (AGU publication), 2013-present
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 2010
Advisory Council Member, COMPRES, 2008-2011
Committee Member, Deep Earth Structure EarthScope working group, 2008-2010
Committee Member, EarthScope’s Transportable Array Working Group, 2007-2009
Advisory Board Member, Studies of Earth’s Deep Interior, IUGG, 2007-2017
ASU Professor of the Year Nominee/Runner up, 2008
Board Member, IRIS consortium, 2008-2011
IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2006
Faculty Exemplar Citation, PDF, ASU, 2005.
Committee Member, IRIS Global Seismographic Network, 2005-2007.
Last Lecturer Awardee, ASU, Spring 2004
CAREER Award Recipient, National Science Foundation, Jan. 2002-Dec. 2007
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, June 2001-May 2005
Committee Member, IRIS Data Management System Standing Committee, 2002-2004
Chair, Study of Earth's Deep Interior AGU Focus Group, June 2004-2008
Committee Member, Study of Earth's Deep Interior AGU focus group, 1999-2004
Committee Member/Organizer, Workshop on USArray Data Products, 2004
Seismology Chair, AGU Spring Meeting, Spring 2000-Spring 2002
Geophysics Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, 1999, 2015-2017.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, 1994-1996

Media, random

Interviewee, Josh Sokol's "blob" article for Quantamagazine here. 2019.
Interviewee, Jenessa Duncombe's "blob" article for Eos here. 2019.
ASU Scientist/Artist story, here. See also Garnero Guitars, 2019.
Measuring ASU "devil quakes" story here. 2018.
Interviewee, Inge Lehmann "Icon Discovery" video here. 2018.
Art-Science collaboration, "Beneath" shows. Story here. 2017.
"Blob" research featured by IdeasTED here. 2017.
ASU highlight of planetary sensing effort here. 2017.
Science magazine highlights blobs in an interview here. 2017.
ASU highlight ULVZ work here. 2017.
Presenter, TEDx, Manhattan Beach, Talk here. 2016.

Professional Organization Memberships

American Geophysical Union