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Dr. Uri S. ten Brink

 
  U.S. Geological Survey,
Woods Hole Science Center

Quissett Campus, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

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Contact: utenbrink@usgs.gov
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Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

  M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.     Geological Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 1981 - 1986.
  Ph.D. thesis Lithospheric flexure and Hawaiian volcanism: A multichannel seismic perspective, Sept. 1986.
  Ph.D. advisors Prof. Anthony B. Watts, Dr. Thomas M. Brocher
  B.Sc. Geology and Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1978 - 1980.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

  2010-present: Senior Scientist (ST) federal government, U.S. Geological Survey.
  1999-present:     Adjunct Scientist, The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
  1991-present: Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center.

Project chief - Caribbean tsunami and earthquake hazard studies http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/Caribbean

Project chief - Tsunami sources affecting the U.S. East and Gulf coasts (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Project chief - USGS ocean bottom seismometers facility, http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/obs

  1991-1996: Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford University.
  1989-1992: Adjunct associate research scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
  1987-1991: Post-Doctoral research affiliate, Stanford University.
  1986-1987: Post-Doctoral research affiliate, Tel Aviv University.
  1981-1986: Graduate research and teaching assistant in marine geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC SERVICE

  Member- NSF panel to review management structure for ocean bottom seismometer facilities, 2011.
  Organizer and guest editor- Marine Geology "Assessment of tsunami hazards to the U.S. Atlantic coast", 2009.
  Member - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, evaluation panel for mission proposals, 2007.
  Keynote speaker FAHUM 07 – Regional disaster relief seminar for military and civilian agencies throughout the Western Hemisphere, 2007.
  Leader- Reports and Presentations about tsunami hazard in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts to Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NOAA NTHMP, FEMA, NOAA Weather service, National Research Council, 2006 - present
  Member - Academic Steering Committee of the School of Marine Sciences (under construction), Haifa University, 2007 -
  Associate Editor - Terra Nova, 2007 - 2012.
  Member - Organizing committee, Interaction between tsunamis and underwater geological processes, 2006.
  NSF-MARGINS Steering Committee, 2004 - 2007.
  USGS representative to the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) - 2004-2007
  Co-convenor - Workshop, on seismic and tsunamogenic hazard for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 1999.
  Associate editor - Journal of Geophysical Research, 1996 - 1998.
  Organizer and leader of two multi-national geophysical projects in the Middle East, 1995-2005.
  Member - Search committee for an editor for the journal Tectonics, 1995.
  Member - Organizing committee Pliocene Antarctic Glaciation workshop, 1995.
  Member - Ocean Drilling Program - Tectonics panel, 1992 - 1995.
  Member - Polar Earth Science proposal review panel, 1994.
  Chairman - Fall AGU meeting organizing committee - Tectonophysics section, 1994.
  Member - Advisory committee on the Antarctic Lithosphere to Office of Polar Programs, NSF, 1990 - 1994.
  Member - Fall AGU meeting organizing committee - Tectonophysics section, 1993.
 
  Partial thesis advisor for the following Ph.D. students:
   

Bruce Beaudoin - Stanford University; Jie Zhang - MIT;
Refael Katzman - MIT/WHOI; Michael Tischer - LDEO;
Jose-Luis Granja Bruna, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

 
  Ph.D. committee member of the following Ph.D. students:
    Dan Lizzaraldi, Kelsey Jordahl, and Bill Lyons - MIT/WHOI;
Margaret Reznikov and Yuval Ben-Gai - Tel Aviv University
 
  Post-doctoral supervisor of:
    Yang Shen - WHOI/USGS, 1994-1995; Brenda Hall - WHOI/USGS, 1998-1999;
Erich Roth - USGS, 1999- 2000; Tip Meckel - USGS, 2004 - 2006; Jason Chaytor - WHOI/USGS, 2006 - 2009; Alberto Lopez-Venegas - USGS, 2006- 2008; Daniel Brothers - USGS, 2010-present.
Fulbright Scholar (WHOI) - Abdallah Al-Zoubi.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  2007-2008 - Distinguished Lecturer – Seismological Society of America/ Integrated Research Institutes for Seismology.
  1996 - Fellow, Geological Society of America
  1990 - Royal Society of New Zealand annual prize for Geophysics

FIELD EXPERIENCE

  30 cruises (15 as chief scientist)
  3 over-ice land traverses (co-chief)
  Airborne magnetic survey (co-chief)
  Multi-national seismic survey (co-chief)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Tectonic processes, the temperature field, and the rheology of the crust and upper mantle in continental margins in regions characterized by strike-slip motion, rifting, subduction, and large sediment loads. The effects of these processes and properties on earthquake and tsunami hazards. The use and development of acquisition and processing techniques for seismic, acoustic, and potential field data. Exploration of Polar Regions to assess their past and present environmental impact on global climate change.

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

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