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Tiny, Ancient Meteorites Suggest Early Earth's Atmosphere Was Rich in Carbon Dioxide

Very occasionally, Earth gets bombarded by a large meteorite. But every day, our planet gets pelted by space dust, micrometeorites that collect on Earth’s surface.
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Tiny Meteorites and Computer Models Suggest CO2 Blanketed Early Earth | GeekWire
Today, rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a cause for concern, but 2.7 billion years ago, high levels of CO2 probably kept our planet warm enough for life even though the ... - Read More
Early 'soda Lakes' May Have Provided Missing Ingredient Key to the Origin of Life | Space
The first life-forms on Earth needed a pu pu platter of ingredients to exist, but one of those ingredients, the mineral phosphorus, has long puzzled scientists. No one knew how ... - Read More
By the Numbers: UW in the Media in 2019

In 2019, the University of Washington was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, UW experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or ... - Read More
Opinion: Investing in Soil Health is an Investment in the Future | The Spokesman-Review
"We've been treating soil like dirt for too long. Dirt needs to be fed in order to produce. Healthy soil contains tens of thousands of microbes pulling carbon out of the ... - Read More
Early 'soda Lakes' May Have Provided Missing Ingredient Key to the Origin of Life | Live Science
The first life-forms on Earth needed a pu pu platter of ingredients to exist, but one of those ingredients, the mineral phosphorus, has long puzzled scientists. No one knew how ... - Read More
Earthquake: Disaster Foretold in the Pacific Northwest | KING 5
This KING 5 special report covers the "the Big One," the massive earthquake and tsunami that is expected to occur along the Cascadia subduction zone. Bob Freitag, director of the ... - Read More
Here's What Seismologists Are Saying About the Flurry of Northwest Earthquakes | Bellingham Herald
Five moderate to strong earthquakes Monday at the northern end of the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault don't have seismologists too worried. Paul Bodin, UW research professor of ... - Read More
Scientists Lay out Scenario for Life to Emerge from Carbonate-rich Lakes | GeekWire
Where did life on Earth get its start? In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Washington argue that carbonate-rich lakes would have been the best place for ... - Read More
Life Could Have Emerged from Lakes with High Phosphorus

Life as we know it requires phosphorus. It’s one of the six main chemical elements of life, it forms the backbone of DNA and RNA molecules, acts as the main currency for ... - Read More
Using Ice to Track How Nature Has Removed Greenhouse Gases from the Atmosphere in the Past | KNKX
Researchers are using ice to track the history of the atmosphere. Peter Neff, a postdoctoral researcher in Earth and space sciences at the UW, is - Read More
Watch: How 800,000-year-old Ice Sounds when Dropped in Antarctic Glacier | KOMO
While studying how the Earth's air cleans itself, one UW researcher made a viral discovery: the sound a piece of ice makes when dropped down a 90-meter-deep Antarctic glacier ... - Read More
Analysis: Where Does Beach Sand Come From? | The Conversation
"There's more to beach sand than meets the eye. It has stories to tell about the land, and an epic journey to the sea. That's because mountains end their lives as sand on ... - Read More
New Landslide Research from UW | KOMO 4
New research from the UW is tracking the underlying causes to large landslides. Sean LaHusen, a graduate student in Earth and space sciences at the UW, is - Read More
Barrels of Ancient Antarctic Air Aim to Track History of Rare Gas

Ancient air samples from one of Antarctica’s snowiest ice core sites may add a new molecule to the record of changes to Earth’s atmosphere over the ... - Read More
Hercules Dome, Antarctica: UW Glaciologists Begin Radar Work in Anticipation of the Next Deep-ice Drilling Project
UW glaciology project jointly led by Knut Christianson and Eric Steig to obtain ice from the last time it was warm in Antarctica, 125,000 years - Read More
A Dirty Truth: Humans Began Accelerating Soil Erosion 4,000 Years Ago | Eos
Recent research combining analysis of carbon dating, sediment accumulation rates and pollen records from 632 lake beds worldwide finds deforestation is tied to increased soil ... - Read More
New Kind of Alien 'mineral' Created on Earth | National Geographic
The discovery is helping researchers understand what might linger on the bizarre surface of Saturn's moon Titan. Baptiste Journaux, research associate in Earth and space sciences ... - Read More
Six UW Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows Including ESS Prof. Eric Steig

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named six faculty members from the University of Washington as AAAS Fellows, including ESS Professor Eric Steig, ... - Read More
Drones Reveal Earthquake Hazards Hidden in the Abyss | Science
Drones can now help scientists track movement of underwater subduction zones. Harold Tobin, professor of Earth and space sciences at the UW, is - Read More
Beneath the Ice | Scientific American
To predict how much climate change will raise sea level, researchers are studying ice shelves, where vast expanses of ice meet the ocean. Eric Steig, professor of Earth and space ... - Read More
PNSN Records SounderFC Soccer Shakes
Besides a blog post on the pnsn.com web site several news media picked up our efforts to record the shaking due to SounderFC fans at the MLS Cup finals on Nov. 10, 2019 in ... - Read More
Experts Agree More Tools Are Needed to Monitor Local Volcanoes | Skagit Valley Herald
Mount Baker, in plain sight as a white-capped dome on days when the sky is clear, and Glacier Peak, a somewhat camouflaged mountain in a sea of jagged ridges, are volcanoes that ... - Read More
Seismologists Record 'soccer Shake' During Sounders' MLS Championship Game | KING 5
The MLS championship game at Century Link Field gave a special opportunity for researchers from the University of Washington-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network to see if the ... - Read More
Latest Science Shows How the 'biggest One' Will Unfold in the Northwest | KING 5
We often think of earthquakes originating from one single spot, spreading out like a bulls-eye. But the Cascadia subduction zone would be more like ripping a sheet. Erin Wirth, a ... - Read More
Cargo Spaceship Lifts off with Satellite Made by Students in Seattle | GeekWire
Northrop Grumman launched a robotic Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Saturday, marking one giant leap for a small satellite built by students at the ... - Read More
'HuskySat-1' Docks with International Space Station | KIRO 7
Over the weekend the first Washington student-built satellite launched into space, destined for the International Space Station. - Read More
Washington Students to Make Satellite History with HuskySat-1 | KOMO 4
Students are often told words of encouragement, such as "the sky is the limit." These University of Washington students opted to shoot for the stars - Read More
Rediscovery of Old Sediment from Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Rare samples of ice & sediment from beneath the Greenland ice sheet, recently rediscovered after nearly 30 years in freezers in Copenhagen, are the subject of a new study ... - Read More

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Rolf E. Aalto - Affiliate Associate Professor

Office: Off Campus
Phone: +44 (0) 1392-26-3344
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Geomorphology, Sedimentary Processes

Other Appointments: Associate Professor, Univ of Exeter, U.K.
Evan H. Abramson - Research Associate Professor

Office: JHN-245
Phone: 206-616-4388
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Interests: Learning how the properties of fluids change at high pressures and temperatures, with an eye to the development of empirical, predictive associations among such properties.
John Adams - Emeritus Professor

Office: off campus
Website: http://gis.ess.washington.edu/keck/adams.html

Interests: Remote Sensing, Planetary Geology
Patricia Anderson - Emeritus Professor

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Quaternary palynology; Arctic and Subarctic paleoecology and paleoclimatology; fire history of northern high latitudes; circumpolar archaeology

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Simon Anderson - Administrative Assistant 3

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 2065431190
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Duties: Front office assistant covering the front desk. Recharge center invoicing. Budget reconcilliation.
Todd Anderson - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 266
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Space plasma physics, dusty plasmas, and atmospheric electrodynamics
Samuel Angel - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Brian Atwater - Affiliate Professor

Office: JHN-370
Phone: 206-553-2927
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Quaternary geology, paleoseismology

Other Appointments: Research Scientist, U.S.G.S.
Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
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Jessica Badgeley - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 324
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Interests: paleoclimate, glaciology, ice sheet dynamics
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Marcia Baker - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN 153
Phone: 206-685-9697
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Interests: Atmospheric geophysics

Other Appointments: Emeritus Professor, UW Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
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Michelle Barr - Assistant to the Chair

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 206-543-0090
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Human Resources, visa processing, ASE appointments, faculty meetings, awards and scholarships, advancement and development. Classroom Reservations, Time Schedule Production, CAAMS Building Security System, Copiers, Equipment Check-out, Mail, Keys, Office
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David S. Battisti - Adjunct Professor

Office: ATG-304
Phone: 206-543-2019
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~david

Interests: Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics, Climate Dynamics, Paleoclimate

Other Appointments: Professor, UW Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
Scott Bennett - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: USGS Menlo Park (CA)
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.scottekbennett.com/

Interests: Tectonics, Paleoseismology, Geologic Mapping, Neotectonics

Other Appointments: Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Geology Minerals Energy and Geophysics Science Center -- Menlo Park, CA
Mira Berdahl - Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Antarctica, ice sheet modeling, sea level rise
George Bergantz - Professor

Office: JHN-327
Phone: 206-685-4972
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://physpet.ess.washington.edu

Interests: Physical Petrology
Noéll Bernard-Kingsley - Director of Academic Services

Office: JHN 067
Phone: 206-616-8511
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Direct ESS Student Services, advise graduate students, assist with undergraduate student advising.
Jonathan Beyeler - Graduate Student

Office: Off Campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Marc Biundo - Research Scientist/Engineer

Office: Vancouver WA
Phone: 360-947-1925
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Research and support of seismology
Taryn Black - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 208 B
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: glaciology, remote sensing, science communication
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Paul Bodin - Research Professor

Office: ATG-145
Phone: 206-616-7315
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Seismology; Earthquake sources; Earthquake effects; Hazard mitigation.

Other Appointments: Network Manager, Pacific NW Seismic Network
John Booker - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN-055
Phone: no phone 206-543-1190 for cell phone info
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/booker

Interests: Magnetotellurics, Tectonics, Inverse Theory

Other Appointments: Professor, Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Applied Mathematics
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Physics
Derek Booth - Affiliate Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 805-570-1953
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/people/Faculty/derek_booth.htm

Interests: Geomorphology, Quaternary geology, Natural hazards

Other Appointments:
Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Senior Editor, Quaternary Research
Adjunct Professor, Bren School of Envir. Sci. & Mgmt., UC Santa Barbara
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Christian Bourgeois - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 432
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Clumped and conventional stable isotopes, fracture flow, tectonics and basin evolution
Joanne (Jody) Bourgeois - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN-332
Phone: 206-685-2443
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Paleoseismology & Neotectonics

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
David Bowen - USGS Physical Science Technician

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: USGS Physical Science Technician
Cassandra Brigham - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 362
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: tectonic geomorphology, structural geology, neotectonics
Nathan Briley - Senior Computer Specialist

Office: JHN-045
Phone: 206-685-3398
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Computer & Network support
J. Michael Brown - Professor

Office: JHN 247
Phone: 206-616-6058
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/brown

Interests: Experimental and theoretical mineral physics

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
Tom Brown - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Phone: 925-423-8507
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://cams.llnl.gov/

Interests: Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Global Climate Change, Geochronology, Actinides

Other Appointments: Research Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Pamela Brutzkus - Graduate Student

Phone: 8186655992
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Kunmanee Bubphamanee - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 423
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Isotope biogeochemistry and astrobiology
Roger Buick - Professor

Office: JHN-335
Phone: 206-543-1913
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/drupal/bio-page/10

Interests: Precambrian Life and Environments, Astrobiology

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
Chelsea Bush - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: I am interested in hydrogeology, environmental geochemistry and ground and surface water interaction
Joost Businger - Emeritus Professor

Phone: 206-543-4250

Interests: Air-sea interaction, boundary layer meteorology

Other Appointments: Emeritus Professor, UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
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Marche Cantiberos - Student Office Assistant

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 2065431190
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Front office assistant covering the front desk.
Mickey Cassar - Field Engineer

Office: ATG-131
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Field Engineer
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David Catling - Professor

Office: JHN-325
Phone: 206-543-8653
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/dcatling/publications.html

Interests: Planetary Atmospheres, Biogeochemistry, Planetary Geomorphology (surface processes), Astrobiology

Other Appointments: Adjunct Professor, UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
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Bob Charlson - Emeritus Professor

Office: CHL-034
Phone: 206-543-2537

Interests: Atmospheric chemistry, aerosol physics

Other Appointments: Emeritus Professor, UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Emeritus Professor, UW Dept. of Chemistry
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Cody Chausee - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Xinyang Chen - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: JHN 436
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/xychen/

Interests: isotope geochemistry; paleoclimate, sedimentology
Eric Cheney - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN-061
Phone: 206-543-1163
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Economic geology: spans metallic and nonmetallic ore deposits and the fossil fuels
Charlie Chou - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
John Christian - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 210
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology
Knut Christianson - Assistant Professor

Office: ATG 218
Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Trenton Cladouhos - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: AltaRock Energy, Seattle
Phone: 206 729-2400
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Fault rocks, shear zones, & geothermal energy
Brian Collins - Senior Lecturer

Office: JHN-347
Phone: 206-685-1910
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/bcollins/
Cailey Condit - Assistant Professor

Office: JHN 332
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.caileycondit.weebly.com

Interests: Subduction zone processes, metamorphic petrology, structural geology, rock mechanics, geochronology
Jon Connolly - Software Engineer

Office: ATG-134
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://pnsn.org

Duties: Sr. Software Engineer
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Howard Conway - Research Professor

Office: ATG-702
Phone: 206-685-8085
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/glacial/Glaciology/Home.html

Interests: Glacier dynamics and histories of glaciers and ice sheets, Snow avalanche dynamics
Auria Coons-Hale - Student Office Assistant

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 2065431190
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Front office assistant covering the front desk.
Darrel Cowan - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN-334
Phone: 206-543-4033
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/structureandtectonics/

Interests: Structural Geology, Tectonics
Kenneth Creager - Professor and Chair

Office: ATG-222 or JHN 070J
Phone: 206-685-2803, 206.221.4837
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.ess.washington.edu/dwp/people/profile.php?name=creager--ken

Interests: Seismology, inverse theory, tectonic tremor, volcanoes
Juliet Crider - Associate Professor

Office: JHN-367
Phone: 206-543-8715
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/crider

Interests: Structural geology, neotectonics, crustal deformation, evolution of topography, fault zone processes, folding

Other Appointments: Director, Masters Program in Applied Geoscience
Robert Crosson - Emeritus Professor

Office: Off Campus
Phone: 206-543-6505
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/crosson

Interests: Seismology, earth structure, tectonics
Brendan Crowell - Research Scientist

Office: ATG-162
Phone: 858-750-8513
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/crowellbw/

Duties: Geodesy and Earthquake Early Warning
Nicolas Cuozzo - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 323
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Geochemistry
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Scott Dakins - Administrator

Office: JHN-070A
Phone: 206-685-2470
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Human Resources, visa processing, ASE appointments, faculty meetings, awards and scholarships, advancement and development, back-up on pre-award grant application processing. Budget Reconciliation and Management.
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Mariah Danner - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 262
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: I'm interested in geomorphology and planetary sciences. I'm focusing on work with sample retrieval systems for rock cores from asteroids.
Lindsey Davidge - Graduate Student

Office: 323
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: geochemistry, environmental chemistry
Elizabeth Davis - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 362
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Field geology, earthquake evidence, natural hazards
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Janice DeCosmo - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: Mary Gates Hall 220
Phone: 206-221-6178
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.waspacegrant.org

Interests: Air-sea Interaction, Climate Change, Science Education.

Other Appointments: Associate Dean, UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Associate Director, UW NASA Space Grant
John Delaney - Adjunct Professor

Office: Marine Science 274
Phone: 206-543-4830
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Marine Geology and Geophysics

Other Appointments: UW-Oceanography
Oceanography Information Page for John Delaney
Professor, UW School of Oceanography
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John DeSanto - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: ATG 229
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Seafloor Geodesy, Subduction zones, Offshore earthquakes, GPS, InSAR
Zanna Doak - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Fluvial geomorphology, hillslope stability
Ariane Ducellier - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 202
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://students.washington.edu/ducela/

Interests: Seismology
Marina Duetsch - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: JHN 313
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Water cycle, meteorology, stable water isotopes
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Alison Duvall - Assistant Professor

Office: JHN 343
Phone: 206.221.8311
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/aduvall/

Interests: Tectonics, Geomorphology, Landscape Evolution, and Applied Geosciences
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Tim Elam - Affiliate Professor

Office: Ben Hall RTB Room 519
Phone: 206-685-3092
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.apl.washington.edu/people/profile.php?last_name=Elam&first_name=Tim

Interests: Geochemistry of Mars, X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Thermal Melt Probes
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Penny Espinoza - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 432
Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Bernard Evans - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN-061
Phone: 206-543-1163
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Metamorphic and Igneous Petrogenesis
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Lucas Fifer - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Arthur Frankel - Affiliate Professor

Office: ATG-228
Phone: 206-553-0626
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Earthquake strong ground motions, seismic hazard evaluation

Other Appointments: U.S. Geological Survey
Elise Freeman - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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T.J. Fudge - Research Assistant Professor

Office: ATG 220
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Ice core depth-age scales, glacier sliding, paleo ice flow conditions, glacier mass balance, and snow and firn densification.
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Kathy Gabriel - Fiscal Specialist Supervisor

Office: JHN-070B
Phone: 206-685-2175
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Payroll, Grant Post-Award
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Mark Ghiorso - Affiliate Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 206-550-1850
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://ofm-research.org

Interests: Geochemistry, Petrology

Other Appointments: Vice-President & Senior Research Associate, OFM Research, Inc.
Doug Gibbons - Research Scientist Assistant

Office: ATG-146
Phone: 206-685-8180
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Research Engineer / Seismology Lab Coordinator
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Alan Gillespie - Emeritus Research Professor

Office: JHN-331
Phone: 206-685-8265
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://gis.ess.washington.edu/keck

Interests: Glacial geology, remote sensing, Mars landscape evolution

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center, UW Astrobiology Program
Maria Gloria - Student Office Assistant

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 2065431190
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Front office assistant covering the front desk.
Joan Gomberg - Affiliate Professor

Office: ATG-224
Phone: 206-616-5581
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Seismology, Earthquake Triggering

Other Appointments: Seismic Hazard Assessment
Research Geophysicist, USGS
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Joel Gombiner - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 432
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Outburst flooding and deglaciation of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet's southern margin.
Frank Gonzalez - Affiliate Professor

Office: JHN 153
Phone: 206-290-0903
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Tsunami dynamics, Remote Sensing
Joni Gore - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Drew Gorman-Lewis - Associate Professor

Office: JHN 426
Phone: 206-543-3541
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/dgormanl/wordpress

Interests: Geomicrobiology, Astrobiology, Low Temperature Aqueous Geochemistry, Thermodynamics of Natural Systems
Alex Grant - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: ATG 225
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/alex-grant

Interests: Landslides; Earthquakes; Hazards; Subduction zones; Geomorphology
Harvey Greenberg - Senior Computer Specialist

Office: JHN-374
Phone: 206-685-7981
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: GIS data, software support, and programming
Mott Greene - Affiliate Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 206-713-0917
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: History of Earth Sciences, mathematical modeling using Markov processes, climate mapping

Other Appointments: Professor, Science, Technology, & Society, U. Puget Sound (Emeritus)
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Karl Hagel - Electronic Technician

Office: ATG-135A
Phone: 206-543-6843
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: seismograph network installation & maintenance
Gwendolyn Hallet - Program Coordinator

Office: JHN 140
Phone: 206-221-3496
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Space Grant Program Coordinator
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Bernard Hallet - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN-365
Phone: 206-685-2409
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://depts.washingtong.edu/qrc/people/hallet2.html

Interests: Glacial, Periglacial and Arid Lands GeomorphologyPlanetary surface processes

Other Appointments: Member, UW Quaternary Research Center
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Erika Harnett - Research Associate Professor

Office: Off-Campus
Phone: 206-543-0212
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/eharnett

Interests: Space Physics, Advanced Computing, Planetary Science, Astrobiology and Comparative Planetology

Other Appointments: Associate Director, UW NASA Space Grant
Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
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Michael Harrell - Lecturer

Office: JHN-051
Phone: 206-543-0367
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Instructional Laboratories
Michael Harrell - Scientific Instructional Designer

Office: JHN-051
Phone: 206-543-0367
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Instructional Laboratories
Renate Hartog - Research Scientist

Office: ATG-142
Phone: 206-685-7079
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Seismology
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Mitchell Hatfield - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Ralph Haugerud - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: JHN-370
Phone: 206-713-7453
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/pacnw/phaugerud.html

Interests: Regional Geology, Mapping, GIS

Other Appointments: Research Geologist, U.S.G.S
Bob Hawley - Affiliate Associate Professor

Office: off campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eearthsci/People/hawley.html

Interests: Glaciology, Ice Sheet Dynamics, Firn Processes

Other Appointments: Asst. Professor, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College
Emma Heitmann - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 362
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Scott Henderson - Research Scientist

Office: ATG 219
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://scottyhq.github.io
Erich Herzig - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

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Benjamin Hills - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 210
Phone: 406-459-3340
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology, Ice Dynamics, Geophysics, Ice Sheet Modeling
Andrew Hoffman - Graduate Student

Office: 210 ATG
Phone: 5095404887
Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Nick Holschuh - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: ATG 219
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://nholschuh.com

Interests: Glaciology, Geophysical Imaging of the Cryosphere
Robert Holzworth - Professor

Office: JHN-263
Phone: 206-685-7410
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/holzworth

Interests: Experimental atmospheric electrodynamics and Space and Plasma Physics

Other Appointments: Adjunct Professor, UW Dept of Physics
Annika Horlings - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 208
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology
Brita Horlings - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 208B
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.ess.washington.edu/people/profile.php?pid=horlings--brita

Interests: Glaciology
Heidi Houston - Emeritus Professor

Office: Off-Campus
Phone: 206-616-7092
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Observational Source Seismology; Earthquakes, subduction zones, tremor and slow slip, tsunamis.
Brody Hovatter - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Tianyi Huang - Graduate Student

Office: Johnson Hall, Room 423
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry
Katharine Huntington (née Ruhl) - Associate Professor

Office: JHN-353
Phone: 206-543-1750
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/kate1

Interests: Geology & Geochemistry. Tectonics, erosion, surface processes, paleotopography, paleoclimate. Clumped isotopes, thermo- and geochronology, thermo-kinematic and hydraulic modeling
Alex Huth - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 210
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology, Numerical Modeling, Remote Sensing
Alex Hutko - Research Scientist

Office: ATG-157
Phone: 206-685-9677
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Seismology
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Tony Irving - Affiliate Professor

Office: off campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Igneous petrology, geochemistry, meteoritics
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Abram Jacobson - Research Scientist Senior

Office: JHN-247
Phone: 360-734-5019
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Research and support in lightning and space science
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Cole Jensen - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Engineering Geology, and Geohazards
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Batbaatar Jigjidsuren - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: JHN 331
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://staff.washington.edu/bataa

Interests: Glacial geomorphology, Remote sensing, Paleoclimate
Justin Johnsen - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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H. Paul Johnson - Adjunct Professor

Office: Marine Science Building 256
Phone: 206-543-8474
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Marine Geology and Geophysics, heat flow, magnetics, hydrothermal studies.

Other Appointments: UW-Oceanography Biography
Oceanography Information Page for Paul Johnson
Professor, UW School of Oceanogaphy
Dianna Jorgenson - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Geophysics
Ian Joughin - Affiliate Professor

Office: Benjamin Hall Interdisc Research Center BRB508
Phone: 206-221-3177
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://bigice.apl.washington.edu/

Interests: Ice Dynamics, Remote Sensing, Climate Change

Other Appointments: Senior Engineer, UW APL/Polar Science Center
Baptiste Journaux - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: JHN 243
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://bjournaux.wordpress.com/

Interests: Planetary sciences, Icy moons structure and evolution, High pressure mineral physics, Astrobiology, Space exploration.

Other Appointments: NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Astrobiology Institute.
Tim Jurgensen - USGS IT Specialist

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Shintaro Kadoya - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: JHN-322
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://shin-kadoya.com

Interests: Biogeochemical and atmospheric studies of the ancient Earth.
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Emma Kahle - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 324
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Paleoclimate
Kelsay Stanton - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Tectonics, structural geology, Quaternary geology.
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Harvey Kelsey - Affiliate Professor

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Esten King - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Engineering geology, geomorphology, geohazards
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Daniel Knip - Research Scientist/Engineer 2

Phone: (612) 203-5582
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Research Scientist/Engineer 2
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Michelle Koutnik - Research Assistant Professor

Office: ATG 717
Phone: 206-221-5041
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.michelle-koutnik.com/

Interests: Glaciology, Planetary Science
Victor Kress - Senior Computer Specialist

Office: ATG-142
Phone: 206-616-8512
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://brimstone.ess.washington.edu

Duties: Scientific Programming
Erin Krogh - PNSN Program Coordinator

Office: ATG 142
Phone: 206-616-0942
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: PNSN Program Coordinator
Scott Kuehner - Research Scientist/Engineer

Office: JHN-425
Phone: 206-543-8393
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://kuehner.wixsite.com/electronmicroprobe

Duties: Microprobe Lab Manager and support
Kevin Kwong - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: ATG 162
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Seismic and Geodetic Earthquake Early Warning , Subduction Zone Processes, Megathrust Earthquakes
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Sean LaHusen - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 330
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Geomorphology, landslide hazards, landscape evolution
Crystal Lambert - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 329
Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Nick Lancaster - Affiliate Professor

Office: Off Campus
Phone: (775) 673-7304
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.dri.edu/nick-lancaster
Other Appointments: QRC Editor
Owen Lehmer - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 330
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.lehmer.us/

Interests: Atmospheric formation and evolution, astrobiology, and software development
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Estella Leopold - Emeritus Adjunct Professor

Office: JHN-233
Phone: 206-685-1151
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.biology.washington.edu/users/estella-leopold

Interests: Quaternary Botany & Ecology

Other Appointments: Emeritus Professor, UW Botany; Emeritus Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Vivian Leung - Graduate Student

Office: Off Campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Fluvial sediment transport and geomorphology.
Randy LeVeque - Affiliate Professor

Office: Lewis Hall 328
Phone: 206.685.3037
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/rjl/

Interests: Numerical modeling of tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes
Sen Li - Graduate Student

Office: 423
Phone: (206) 685-3326
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Clumped isotopes
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Alexis Licht - Assistant Professor

Office: JHN-434
Phone: 206-221-7829
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://alexislicht.com

Interests: Sedimentology of continental systems, sedimentary geochemistry, paleoclimatology
Ping-Chun Lin - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 240
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Planetary science, astrobiology, computational methods
Virginia Littell - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 423
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Paleoclimate, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Paleoaltimetry
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David Mackay - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Hiro Maeda - Student Office Assistant

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 2065431190
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Front office assistant covering the front desk
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Steve Malone - Emeritus Research Professor

Office: ATG 225
Phone: 206-685-3811
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/malone

Interests: Seismology, Tectonics, Hazards
Devin Maloney - Graduate Student

Office: 429
Phone: 206-914-3926
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: 3D Point Cloud Modeling, Engineering Geology
Kyla Marczewski - Software Engineer

Office: ATG-134
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://pnsn.org/

Duties: Build websites and data products for PNSN
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Ruth Martin - Lecturer

Office: Burke Museum
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.burkemuseum.org/paleontology/foram_project_old
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Kenichi Matsuoka - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: +47 77 75 06 45
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/matsuoka

Interests: Glaciology, Ice Sheet Dynamics
Gary Maykut - Emeritus Research Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 206-543-4250

Interests: Sea-Air-Ice Interactions

Other Appointments: Emeritus Research Professor, UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
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Michael McCarthy - Research Associate Professor

Office: JHN-261
Phone: 206-685-2543
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/mccarthy

Interests: Space Plasma Physics
Dave McDougall - Research Aide

Office: JHN-047
Phone: 206-543-9633
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Johnson Hall Building Coordinater, Thin Section Lab Manager
Zack McIntire - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 323
Phone: 309-706-2691
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://depts.washington.edu/physpet/
Jana Meixnerova - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Ronald Merrill - Emeritus Professor

Office: Off Campus
Phone: 206-685-3829
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/merrill

Interests: Solid Earth Geophysics

Other Appointments: Adjunct Professor, UW School of Oceanography
David Montgomery - Professor

Office: JHN 341
Phone: 206-685-2560
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://gis.ess.washington.edu/grg/

Interests: Geomorphology (fluvial, hillslope, tectonic, and planetary)

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Adjunct Professor, UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
Seth Moran - Affiliate Associate Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 360-993-8934
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Volcano monitoring, volcano seismology
Susannah Morey - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 362
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/susannah-does-science/home

Interests: geomorphology, surface processes, interactions between surface processes and tectonics
Megan Mueller - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 210
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UbCEGlkAAAAJ&hl=en

Interests: sedimentology, tectonics, geochronology
Ed Mulligan - Senior Computer Specialist

Office: JHN-041
Phone: 206-543-0941
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/mulligan

Duties: Computer & Network support (lead)
Niamh Murphy - Student Office Assistant

Office: JHN 070
Phone: 2065431190
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Front office assistant covering the front desk.
Amit Mushkin - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: Off-Campus
Phone: 206-972-4359
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/mushkin/wordpress/

Interests: Neotectonics, Landscape evolution, Remote sensing, Surface processes on Mars

Other Appointments: Staff Scientist, Geological Survey of Israel
Emma Myers - Graduate Student

Office: MSB 266
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: seismology and marine geophysics
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Mattathias Needle - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 362
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Structural geology, rock mechanics, tectonics
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Peter Neff - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: Johnson 313
Phone: 2065461779
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://peterneff.weebly.com/

Interests: Ice cores, glaciology, paleoclimate, Antarctica, climate science, geochemistry.

Other Appointments: Research Associate, University of Rochester
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Bruce Nelson - Professor

Office: JHN-433
Phone: 206-543-4434, 206-543-9187
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Isotope Geochemistry; Igneous Petrology; Environmental Chemistry

Other Appointments: Adjunct Professor, UW School of Oceanography
Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
Spencer Nelson - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Tom Neumann - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 301-614-5923
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology, Polar Snow Geochemistry

Other Appointments: Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Charles Nittrouer - Professor

Office: MSB-111B
Phone: 206-543-5099
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Coastal and continental-margin sedimentation Marine geology and geophysics

Other Appointments: Professor, Dept of Oceanography
Adjunct Professor, Quaternary Research Center
Paige Northway - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 262
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Carolyn Nuyen - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Gemma O'Connor - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 324
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Paleoclimate, Geochemistry, Glaciology
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Robert Odom - Emeritus Research Associate Professor

Office: Henderson Hall 277
Phone: 206-685-3788
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.apl.washington.edu/people/profile.php?last_name=Odom&first_name=Bob

Interests: Underwater Acoustics, Wave Propagation, Inverse Problems

Other Appointments: Principal Physicist, UW Applied Physics Laboratory
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Andrea Ogston - Adjunct Professor

Office: Marine Science Building 270
Phone: 206 543-0768
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://blogs.uw.edu/sediment/

Interests: The interaction between geological and physical oceanography of the coastal ocean, using observational techniques to study the dispersal of sediment from river to deep sea.

Other Appointments: Professor, ENV: OCN: Director Professor, Oceanography
Lauren O'Neil - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 330
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Mars, spectroscopy, astrobiology
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Colin O'Rourke - USGS ShakeAlert Coordinator

Phone: 2064452766
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: USGS ShakeAlert Coordinator
Lewis Owen - Affiliate Professor

Office: Off Campus
Phone: 513-410-2339
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/geology/faculty--staff-and-students.html?eid=owenls&thecomp=uceprof

Interests: Geomorphology, Quaternary geology, geochronology, active tectonics

Other Appointments: QRC Editor and Professor and Head of Department, University of Cincinnati
Meghan Oxley - Counseling Services Coordinator

Office: JHN 065
Phone: 206-543-8904
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Undergraduate Academic Advising, Outreach and Recruitment.
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George Parks - Emeritus Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: off campus

Interests: Space Physics

Other Appointments: Emeritus Professor, UW Quaternary Research Center
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Jessie Pearl - Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://jessiekpearl.wordpress.com/

Interests: Dendrochronology, high precision geochronology, paleoclimate, extreme events, coastlines, paleoseismicity
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Jacklyn Perkins - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Robin Pflager - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 262
Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Brendan Pratt - Field Technician/Engineer

Office: ATG/ PNSN Main Office
Phone: 206 641 4268
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Field Technician/Engineer
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Al Rasmussen - Project Professional

Office: ATG-219A
Phone: 206-616-5393
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Glacier mass balance research
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Charlie Raymond - Emeritus Professor

Office: JHN 153
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/cfr/

Interests: Glaciology and ice sheet dynamics

Other Appointments: Emeritus Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
John Rensberger - Emeritus Professor

Office: ATG-035
Phone: 206-685-1735
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology
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David Reusch - Affiliate Associate Professor

Office: JHN 053
Phone: 814 769-6668
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Mouse Reusch - Regional ShakeAlert Coordinator

Office: ATG 140
Phone: 206-685-7740
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Facilitate the coordination of activities for West Coast Earthquake Early Warning at PNSN, herding cats
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Mark Richards - Professor

Office: JHN 235
Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Katie Richwine - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
Gerard Roe - Professor

Office: JHN-361
Phone: 206-697-3298
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/roe

Interests: Atmospheric Dynamics, Surface Processes, Modern climate and Paleoclimate

Other Appointments: Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Quaternary Research Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Luke Russell - Graduate Student

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Richard Sack - Affiliate Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: 425-880-4418
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://ofm-research.org

Interests: Geochemistry, Petrology

Other Appointments: President, OFM Research, Inc.
John Sahr - Adjunct Professor

Office: EE1-242
Phone: 206-685-4816
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Ionosphereic radio physics

Other Appointments: UW-EE Biography
Professor, UW Electrical Engineering
Associate Dean, UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs
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Nicole Sarieddine - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Andrew Schauer - IsoLab Manager

Office: JHN-303A
Phone: 206-543-6327
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://isolab.ess.washington.edu/

Duties: IsoLab Manager
Nicholas Schlagenhaft - SeiSmic Network Specialist

Phone: 6512123955
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://pnsn.org

Duties: Seismic Network Specialist
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David Schmidt - Associate Professor

Office: ATG 206
Phone: 206-685-3799
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/dasc

Interests: Crustal deformation; Earthquakes and faulting, slow slip processes; Subduction dynamics and tectonics; Volcanic inflation; InSAR, geodesy
Phil Schoettle-Greene - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 330
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Charlotte Schreiber - Affiliate Professor

Office: JHN-331
Phone: 206-297-1454
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Sedimentation, Stratigraphy/Sedimentary petrology (carbonates and evaporites)

Other Appointments: Emeritus Professor, Appalachian State University
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Dan Scott - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: JHN 377
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/danielnscott/home

Interests: Fluvial Geomorphology: wood in rivers, bedrock river evolution, sediment storage dynamics
George Shaw - Affiliate Professor

Office: Off-Campus
Phone: (518) 388-6310
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://minerva.union.edu/shawg/shaw.html

Interests: Early atmospheres and climates of Earth and Mars, Properties of solids and solutions at high pressure, karst hydrology, geochemistry

Other Appointments: Professor of Geology, emeritus, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Brian L. Sherrod - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: Old Ocean 303
Phone: 253-653-8358
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Puget Sound Fault Zones

Other Appointments: Research Geologist, U.S.G.S
Joe Sherrod - Graduate Student

Phone: 253.486.9014
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Environmental Geology/Consulting
Andrew Shumway - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 240

Interests: Astrobiology, Planetary Science, Solar System Exploration
Christian Sidor - Adjunct Professor

Office: LSB-246
Phone: 206-221-3285
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://www.biology.washington.edu/people/profile/christian-sidor

Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology, Macroevolution, Systematics

Other Appointments: Biology Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology, Burke Museum
Professor, Dept. of Biology
Lynn Simmons - USGS Network Manager, Geophysicist

Office: ATG-137
Phone: 206-543-9024
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Hope Sisley - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 239
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Martian geomorphology, frost weathering, postglacial rebound, geologic history, paleontology, planetology, dD and d13C of n-alkanes from soils and plants, Washington botany and geology, gardening, horseback riding, Star Wars, Star Trek.
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Ron Sletten - Research Associate Professor

Office: JHN-363
Phone: 206-543-0571
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/icylands/

Interests: Permafrost physical and chemical processes; periglacial geomorphology; natural water chemistry, Mars planetary science

Other Appointments: Research Associate Professor, UW Quaternary Research Center
Ben Smith - Affiliate Associate Professor

Phone: 206-616-9176
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glacier mass balance, ice sheet dynamics, remote sensing
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Stewart Smith - Emeritus Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: off campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Physics of earthquake processes
Bill Steele - Seismology Lab Coordinator

Office: ATG-132
Phone: 206-685-5880
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Coordinate Research & support
Eric Steig - Professor

Office: JHN 351
Phone: 206-685-3715, 543-6327
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/steig
Other Appointments: Adjunct Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Max Stevens - Postdoctoral Scholar

Office: ATG 721
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology: firn densification and meltwater in firn
Karin Perring - Program Coordinator

Office: Off Campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: QRC Journal Editor
Ian Stone - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 202
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Earthquake seismology, numerical ground motion modeling, seismic hazard analysis.
John Stone - Associate Professor

Office: JHN-345
Phone: 206-221-6383(lab), 221-6332
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/cosmolab

Interests: Quaternary geology, geomorphology, geochronology, Antarctic glaciation

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Caroline Strömberg - Adjunct Associate Professor

Office: HCK-406
Phone: 206-543-1687
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/strmbrgl/StrombergLab_website/

Interests: Paleoecology, paleobotany, and paleobiology

Other Appointments: Estella B. Leopold Assistant Professor in Biology and Curator of Paleobotany, Curator of Paleobotany at the Burke Museum
Minze Stuiver - Emeritus Professor

Office: Off Campus
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/qil

Interests: Isotope Geology

Other Appointments: Emeritus Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Brian Swanson - Emeritus Research Associate Professor

Phone: 250-537-4330
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/bswanson

Interests: Atmospheric and Cloud Physics

Other Appointments: Vice President, Laucks Foundation
Terry Swanson - Principal Lecturer

Office: JHN-161
Phone: 425-879-4348
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/tswanson

Interests: Quaternary Geology, Glacial Geomorphology, Environmental Geology and Geochronology

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
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Manique Talaia-Murray - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Fangzhen Teng - Professor

Office: JHN 435
Phone: 206-543-7615
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/fteng/

Interests: isotope geochemistry; composition and evolution of the crust and mantle; origin of the early solar system
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Jeremy Thomas - Affiliate Associate Professor

Office: Digipen Institute of Technology and NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA
Phone: 206-947-2678
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/jnt/

Interests: Space Plasma Physics, Atmospheric Electrodynamics, Remote Sensing, Signal Processing

Other Appointments: Associate Professor and Dept Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, DigiPen Institute of Technology Research Scientist, Northwest Research Associates
Mika Thompson - Graduate Student

Office: ATG 202
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Harold Tobin - Professor

Office: ATG 208A
Phone: 206-543-6790
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://pnsn.org/

Interests: Interdisciplinary and integrative studies of subduction zone processes, with a focus on fault mechanics and seismic structure.

Other Appointments: Director, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
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Jonathan Toner - Research Assistant Professor

Office: JHN 267
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/toner2/

Interests: planetary geochemistry, thermodynamics of aqueous solutions, astrobiology
Tristan Bench - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 323
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Quaternary Sciences, geoarchaeology
Kathy Goetz Troost, L.G. - Senior Lecturer

Office: JHN 333
Phone: 206-221-1770
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://geomapnw.ess.washington.edu/

Interests: Director - GeoMapNW - The Pacific Northwest Center for Geological Mapping

Other Appointments: Program Coordinator - MESSAGe Program
Alexander (Sandy) Tudhope - Affiliate Professor

Office: off campus
Phone: +44 (0) 131 650 8508
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/studhope

Interests: Global Change, Quaternary Paleoenvironments

Other Appointments: Professor of Climate Studies and
Head, Global Change Research Group, University of Edinburgh
Alyssa Tunnelle - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 429
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Quaternary Geology, Neotectonics, Geohazards
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Joe Vance - Emeritus Associate Professor

Interests: Igneous Petrology
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John Vidale - Affiliate Professor

Phone: 310-210-2131 (voice or text)
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://www.scec.org/user/vidale

Interests: Earthquakes, Earth structure, earthquake hazard monitoring and mitigation.

Other Appointments: Director, Southern California Earthquake Center. Professor, USC.
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Graylan Vincent - Seismic Network Specialist

Phone: 206-685-3562
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Seismic Network Specialist
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Ed Waddington - Professor

Office: ATG-715
Phone: 206-543-4585
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Glaciology

Other Appointments: Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center
Steven Walters - Senior Lecturer

Office: JHN 374
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Geospatial analysis and modeling; hydrology; landscape ecology and landscape change/evolution from human & biophysical processes; complex systems theory; ecoliteracy
Peter Ward - Professor

Office: KIN-162
Phone: 206-543-2962, 685-3825
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Paleontology, Astrobiology, mass extinctions and habitability, conservation biology of coral reefs

Other Appointments: Professor, UW Dept of Biology
Adjunct Professor, UW Dept of Astronomy
Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
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Steve Warren - Emeritus Professor

Office: ATG-524
Phone: 206-543-7230
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~sgwgroup/

Interests: Solar radiation processes, antarctic climate

Other Appointments: Professor, UW Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center, UW Astrobiology Program
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William Wilcock - Adjunct Professor

Office: Marine Science 126
Phone: 206-543-6043
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://faculty.washington.edu/wilcock/

Interests: Seismology, mid-ocean ridge hydrothermalism, and fluid dynamics

Other Appointments: UW-Oceanography Biography
Oceanography Information page for Wilcock
Associate Professor, UW School of Oceanography
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Seth Williams - Graduate Student

Email: [javascript protected email address]
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Erin Williamson - Program Coordinator

Office: JHN 377B
Phone: 206-543-6755
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: QRC administration
Gregory Wilson - Adjunct Associate Professor

Office: Life Sciences Bldg Rm 251
Phone: 206-543-8917
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/gpwilson/
Paige Wilson - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 432
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Paleobotany, paleoecology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, taphonomy, and paleoclimate
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Dale Winebrenner - Research Professor

Office: APL-308
Phone: 206-543-1393
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://www.apl.washington.edu/people/profile.php?last_name=Winebrenner&first_name=Dale

Interests: Applied Physics, Glaciology, Remote Sensing

Other Appointments: Senior Research Professor, UW Applied Physics Laboratory
Research Professor, Electrical Engineering
Robert Winglee - Professor

Office: JHN 265
Phone: 206-685-8160
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/winglee

Interests: Space Plasmas, Magnetospheric Physics, Advanced Propulsion

Other Appointments: Director, UW NASA Space Grant
Adjunct Professor, UW Aeronautics & Astronautics
Adjunct Professor, UW Dept. of Physics
Participating Faculty, UW Astrobiology Program
Erin Wirth - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: ATG 226
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/erin-wirth-moriarty

Interests: Earthquakes; Strong ground motions; Hazards; Subduction zones; Seismic anisotropy

Other Appointments: Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
Nicholas Wogan - Graduate Student

Office: Johnson 262
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Astrobiology, Early Earth Atmosphere, Planetary Science
Addien Wray - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 432
Email: [javascript protected email address]
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/addienwray

Interests: Geomicrobiology of heavy metal metabolisms with relevance to Astrobiology.
Amy Wright - Research Scientist/Engineer

Office: ATG-134
Phone: 206-295-5542
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Analysis of seismic data
Pete Wynn - Graduate Student

Office: JHN 432
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry, astrobiology, planetary science
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Eunice Yang - Fiscal Specialist II

Office: JHN-070
Phone: 206-221-5183
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Purchasing, travel, petty cash
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Tim Ziemba - Affiliate Assistant Professor

Office: Off-Campus
Phone: 206-685-7437
Email: [javascript protected email address]

Interests: Experimental Plasma Physics

Other Appointments: Advanced Propulsion Research
President, Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.
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Brett Zimmerman - USGS Electronics Technician

Email: [javascript protected email address]

Duties: Electronics Technician

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