Group Members
Current Group Members
Pablo Aravena (B.S., Universidad de Concepcion; Ph.D. candidate, Saint Louis University). Mr. Aravena is studying intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Colombia.
Adam Arce (B.S., M.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D. candidate, Saint Louis University). Mr. Arce is studying intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Japan.
Cara Baez (B.S., M.S. student, Saint Louis University). Ms. Baez is studying the aftershock sequences of intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Japan.
Brandon Bishop (B.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., University of Arizona; post-doctoral associate, Saint Louis University). Dr. Bishop is studying Colombian earthquakes.
Sungwon Cho (B.S., M.S., Seoul National University; Ph.D. candidate, Saint Louis University). Mr. Cho is studying intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Colombia.
Ademar Fernandez (B.S., Universidad de Concepcion; Ph.D. student, Saint Louis University). Mr. Fernandez is studying Colombian volcanoes.
Kyle Macy (B.S., M.S., California Polytechnic State University, Pomona); Ph.D. student, Saint Louis University). Mr. Macy is studying aftershock sequences.
Former Group Members
Elena Baluyut Reinisch (B.S., Saint Louis University, 2014; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison; recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship). During the 2013-2014 academic year, Ms. Baluyut analyzed deep earthquakes in the northwest Pacific.
Louisa Barama (B.S., Oglethorpe University; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2014; Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech). Thesis title: Outer rise seismicity of the subducting Nazca Plate: Plate stress distribution, fault orientation, and plate hydration.
Nick Belecanech (B.S., Saint Louis University, 2020). During the summer of 2019, Mr. Belecanech studied Colombian earthquakes.
Ying Chang (B.S., University of Science and Technology, China; M.S., China Earthquake Administration; Ph.D., Saint Louis University, 2017). Dissertation title: Slab geometry and stress state of the southwestern Colombia subduction zone.
Robert Chango (B.S., Universidad del Zulia; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2016). Thesis title: Constraints on the physical mechanism of intermediate-depth earthquake rupture in the Cauca cluster, Colombia, through a source parameter analysis.
Wan-Jou Chen (B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2012). Thesis title: Investigation of the mechanism of intermediate-depth earthquakes in the Pamir-Hindu Kush region.
Isabella Grigsby (B.S., Saint Louis University). In 2013, Ms. Grigsby analyzed intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Colombia and Hindu Kush.
Amanda Hughes (B.S., Washington and Lee University; Ph.D., Harvard University). During the summer of 2006, as part of the Carnegie internship program, Dr. Hughes analyzed deep earthquakes in Tonga.
Siiri Kokkinen (B.S., Saint Louis University). During the 2012-2013 academic year, Ms. Kokkinen analyzed deep earthquakes in the northwest Pacific.
Meredith Langstaff (B.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., M.B.A., Harvard University; recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship). During the summer of 2007, as part of the Carnegie internship program, Dr. Langstaff analyzed intermediate-depth earthquakes in Middle America.
Kristen Lisac (B.S., Saint Louis University). During the summer of 2012, Ms. Lisac analyzed deep earthquakes in the northwest Pacific.
Junjie Liu (B.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2019). Thesis title: Relative Relocation of Deep Double Earthquake Subevents.
Michael Martinez (B.S., Saint Louis University, 2021). During the summer of 2021, Mr. Martinez studied intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Japan.
Alexis McAdams (B.S., Augustana College). During the summer of 2013, as part of the IRIS internship program, Ms. McAdams studied the relationship between megathrust earthquakes and intraslab stresses.
Junxi Miao (B.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology; M.S. Saint Louis University, 2016). Ms. Miao analyzed intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath Japan.
Tim Osburg (B.S., Eastern Illinois University; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2012). Thesis title: Determination of fault plane orientations from rupture directivity of intermediate and deep earthquakes in the northeastern Japan subduction zone.
Anna Pfohl (B.S., Pacific Lutheran University; Ph.D. student at Colorado State University). During the summer of 2012, as part of the IRIS internship program, Ms. Pfohl searched for tectonic tremor on the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey.
Lillian Soto-Cordero (B.S., University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; M.S., University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Lehigh University; post-doctoral associate, Saint Louis University, 2019). Dr. Soto-Cordero studied Colombian earthquakes.
Wanying Wang (B.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2016; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin). Thesis title: Intraslab stress regimes before and after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
Adrea Williams (B.S., Saint Louis University, 2022; Ph.D. student at Washington University in St Louis). Senior project: Relocation and Analysis of Unexpectedly Deep Earthquakes ~80 km West of Colombia in the Panama Basin.
Yi Wu (B.S., China; M.S., Saint Louis University, 2019). Ms. Yi analyzed the rupture directivity of deep-focus earthquakes beneath South America.