OMSI Meet a Scientist Events
In 2022 I participated in the OMSI Science Communication Fellowship and developed a science demonstration on earthquakes, faults, and the resulting beautiful landscape in the Pacific Northwest, USA. My demonstration is interactive for all ages, and focuses specifically on earthquake geology and active faults in the Pacific Northwest.
Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB)
Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB), Bangalore, India - developed a museum “Carbon Flash” series (https://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/carbon-flash), highlighting the different ways we might think about and use Carbon. The series was conceptualized by Fullbright-Nehru Scholar Dr. Jay Barber. I collaborated through a series of interviews and contributed background content on the use of carbon as a clock - to constrain the timing of pre-historic earthquakes in the field of paleoseismology. https://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/carbon-flash/refining-the-view-of-the-past
Recent Media Interviews & Articles on our lab's research
American Geophysical Union EOS – “Accounting for Offbeat Earthquakes Could Improve Forecasts, https://eos.org/articles/accounting-for-offbeat-earthquakes-could-improve-forecasts, March 2, 2023.
Fox12, “Early morning earthquake picked up by ShakeAlert, PSU professor says” https://www.kptv.com/2022/10/07/early-morning-earthquake-picked-up-by-shakealert-psu-professor-says/, October 7, 2022.
Willamette Week Podcast, Episode 52: “The Big One” with Dr. Ashley Streig, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/willamette-week-podcast/id1543353873?i=1000546083222, December 15, 2021.
KOIN 6, Portland, Earthquake Ready? It’s the Great Oregon ShakeOut. Interview. https://www.koin.com/top-stories/earthquake-ready-its-the-great-oregon-shakeout/, October 21, 2021
KATU 2 ABC News, Geologists dig for clues in search for Mount Hood faults that ‘talk’ make big quakes, 9/2/2021, https://katu.com/news/local/geologists-dig-for-clues-in-search-for-mount-hood-faults-that-talk-make-big-quakes
KATU 2 ABC News, Geologists find more evidence of active faults on Mt. Hood, big quake just 1,000 years ago, 6/10/2021, https://katu.com/news/local/geologists-find-more-evidence-of-active-faults-on-mount-hood-big-quake-just-1000-years-ago
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Earthquake fault near Portland more active than previously thought, 11/27/2020. https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/27/portland-earthquake-gales-creek-fault-activity/
Temblor, Earthquake News, Tree rings and statistics team up to date earthquakes, 7/2/2020. https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/tree-rings-and-statistics-team-up-to-date-earthquakes-11251/
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Scientists Develop A More Accurate Way to Date Past Earthquakes, 5/25/2020. https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-scientists-date-past-earthquakes/
KXL Earthquake Preparedness Roundtable & Expert Panel, discussion guided by reporter Rebecca Marshall, https://www.kxl.com/earthquake-preparedness-roundtable/, Bloodworks NW Studio, 1210 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, 9/18/2019.
KGW8, Portland, Television interview on Ridgecrest, CA 7/4/19 Mw 6.4 and 7/5/19 Mw 7.1 earthquakes, interview on 7/6/2019.
KION6, Portland, Television interview on Ridgecrest, CA 7/4/19 Mw 6.4 and 7/5/19 Mw 7.1 earthquakes, interview on 7/6/2019.
KION6, Portland, Television interview on offshore Oregon Blanco Transform earthquakes, 6/24/2019, https://www.koin.com/news/environment/earthquakes/series-of-earthquakes-strike-off-oregon-coast-saturday/
KGW8, Portland, Television interview on Alaska M 7.0 earthquake and tsunami warning issued for Cook Inlet, 11/30/2018.
National Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Think Out Loud, live interview by Dave Miller, “Active faults on Mt. Hood”, October 25, 2018. https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/earthquakes-building-problems-max-attack-hearings/
KGW8, Portland, Television interview on Mt Hood faults, aired on October 25, 2018. https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/new-earthquake-dangers-discovered-on-mount-hood/283-8292197
The Oregonian, “Mount Hood faults could cause earthquake devastation in Portland” October 22, 2018. https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/10/faults_discovered_on_mount_hoo.html
KOIN, “Researchers: New, active fault lines found at Mt. Hood” October 21, 2018. https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/researchers-new-active-fault-lines-found-at-mt-hood/1542287566
Willamette Week, “Oregon’s Newly Discovered Fault Lines Stretch for 34 Miles Along Two Flanks of Mount Hood” October 24, 2018. https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/10/24/oregons-newly-discovered-fault-lines-stretch-for-34-miles-along-two-flanks-of-mount-hood/
KTVZ, “Newly found Mount Hood faults could trigger 7.2 quake”, October 24, 2018. https://www.ktvz.com/news/newly-found-mount-hood-faults-could-trigger-72-quake/818375869
Q13 FOX, “New fault lines found at Mt. Hood could trigger 7.2 magnitude earthquake”, October 24, 2018. https://q13fox.com/2018/10/25/new-fault-lines-found-at-mt-hood-could-trigger-7-2-magnitude-earthquake/
Hood River News, “Faults discovered on Mount Hood pose earthquake risk” October 27, 2018. http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2018/oct/27/faults-discovered-mount-hood-pose-earthquake-risk/
KRON 4, “Newly discovered fault lines could trigger 7.2 earthquake in Oregon”, October 25, 2018. https://www.kron4.com/news/national/newly-discovered-fault-lines-could-trigger-72-earthquake-in-oregon/1542528407
National Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, interviewed by journalist Tom Banse regarding PSU’s open paleoseismic trench on the Gales Creek Fault, OR. “Northwest’s Ancient Earthquakes May Help Predict Future Risk” September 5, 2018. https://www.nwpb.org/2018/09/05/northwests-ancient-earthquakes-may-help-predict-future-risk/
KOIN 6 Portland, Television interview on 50 simulations of Cascadia Subduction Zone fault rupture scenarios by UW and USGS researchers, explained science and significance of study. October 24, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttr2klLZmtU
KXL 101 FM Portland, Radio interview with Chris Brown Afternoon News and Saturday AM News Anchor. Phone interview regarding the September 17, 2017 M 7.1 Central Mexico earthquake and earthquake and hazard similarities in the Portland Basin. September 21, 2017.
KGW Portland’s NBC affiliate, 10:00 and 11:00 news hour. Television interview regarding a Mw 6.9 normal fault earthquake off-shore Japan in the North American plate, the earthquake generated a 1.4 m tsunami in the Fukushima Prefecture. November 22, 2016.
KGW Portland’s NBC affiliate, Television interview about earthquake science and preparedness, World-wide earthquake drill, The Great Shake Out. October 2015.
Mark & Dave show on KPAM 860am, Radio interview about earthquake science and preparedness, World-wide earthquake drill, The Great Shake Out. October 2015.
KXL 101 FM Portland, Portland’s Morning News, 5 – 9 am, The Great Shake Out. October 15, 2015.