About Me

I am a Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at University of Washington specializing in seismogeodesy and hazards modeling. I completed my Ph.D. in Geophysics in 2013 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.  I am originally from Chicago and I attended Georgia Tech for my B.S. in Physics and M.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. In my free time, I like to explore the Seattle area with my wife and kids, trying to find the best hikes and coffee. For my group website, see the UW Seismogeodesy Laboratory. 

The underlying theme of my research is to model earthquakes and transient deformation events rapidly and efficiently, using real-time, continuous, and campaign GPS measurements.  I am interested in problems across all spatial and temporal scales, and my work to date has fallen under the following areas:

• Earthquake early warning using real-time GPS and seismogeodetic data (Crowell et al. [2009 - SRL], Bock et al. [2011 - BSSA], Melgar et al. [2012 - GJI], Crowell et al. [2012 - GRL], Crowell et al. [2013 - GRL], Melgar et al. [2015 - GRL], Crowell et al. [2016 - SRL])

• Seismogeodetic analyses of different earthquakes (Geng et al. [2013-G3], Melgar et al. [2013 - GRL], Melgar et al. [2015 - JGR])

• Tsunami early warning from rapid source models (Crowell et al. [2018-BSSA])

• Automated detection of transient deformation in continuous GPS time series (Crowell et al., [2016 - JGR])

• Interseismic deformation from high-density continuous and campaign GPS measurements (Crowell et al. [2013 - JGR])