Education:
2004 Ph.D.: Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
1998 B.S. Geology, California Institute of Technology
Professional Experience:
2022-present: Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
2015-2022: Associate Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
2016 and 2019: Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, University of Bristol
2007-2015: Assistant Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
2010-present: Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
2006-2007: Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena CA
2004-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2002-2004: Part-time Consultant, URS Corporation
1999: Geophysical field assistant to University of Texas, Austin in Antarctica
1996: Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience, Los Alamos, New Mexico
1994: Field Assistant to Caltech Prof. Barclay Kamb in Antarctica
1994: Research Experience for Undergraduate Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
1992: Juneau Icefield Research Program, Alaska
Professional Service:
2021-present: NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee
2016-present: NISAR Science Team (NASA-ISRO radar mission to launch in 2023)
2019-present: NISAR Lead for Soil Moisture
2018-present: Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Board of Directors
2018-2021: Director of M.Eng program in Geological Sciences
2016-2018: Member, Advisory Committee, Energy Institute, Cornell University
2016-2018: Member, Advisory Committee, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University
2017-2018: Chair, Alaska Satellite Facility User Working Group
2014-present: Member, Alaska Satellite Facility User Working Group
2015-2016: Chair of the UNAVCO Board of Directors
2011-2016: Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC Thematic Activity Group on Transient Deformation Detection
2012-2015: Member, Earthscope Science Steering Committee
2013-2014: Elected member of the UNAVCO Board of Directors
2013: Selection committee for Editor of American Geophysical Union journal Tectonics
2011-2012: Elected Vice-Chair WInSAR Executive Committee
2009-2013: Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth
2008-2012: DESDynI Science definition study group (future NASA InSAR mission)
2006-2016: Planning Committee, Southern California Earthquake Center
2005-2015: Working group member, Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics short-term crustal dynamics group
2007-2008 Elected At-large representative WInSAR Executive Committee
Panel member for several funding groups, including: NASA, USGS, and the Southern California Earthquake Center
Peer reviewer for many professional journals including: Nature, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Journal International
Awards:
2019 Daniel M. Lazar '29 Excellenece in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell
2013 American Geophysical Union Geodesy Section Award
2011 James and Mary Tien Excellenece in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell
2010 NASA New Investigator Program Award
1999-2002 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
1999 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Geodesy Section