ADDRESS: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Email: doug@kermadec.wustl.edu, Phone: (314) 935-6517
PERSONAL: Born May 1, 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Married to Debra Wiens, two children
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci.,Washington University,
1996-present
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Earth Sci., Australian Natl.
Univ., 2005
Interim Chair, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sci., Washington University,
2004
Associate Professor, Washington University, 1991-1996
Assistant Professor, Washington University, 1984-1991
RECENT HONORS
Elected American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2007
Ridge2000 Distinguished Speaker, 2007-2008
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
National Academy International Polar Year Planning Committee,
2003-2006
National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs visiting committe, 2006
Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology (IRIS):
Executive committee: 1990-1991, 1994-1998
Data Management System standing committee, 2002-present
Data Management System committe chair, 2006-present
Global Seismic Network standing committee, 1992-1994
Nominations committee (chair), 1993, 1998
Program director, IRIS workshop, 1991, 1992, 1997
Journal of Geophysical Research, Associate Editor, 1987-1989;
1992-1993
National Science Foundation review panels, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2007
Ocean Drilling Program Science Steering and Evaluation Panel (ISSEP),
1997-1998
Ocean Drilling Program Science Committee (SCICOM), 1998-2001
NSF- MARGINS program steering committee, 1997-2002
NSF- Margins program steering committee chair, 2006
NSF- RIDGE2000 program steering committee, 2001-2006
NSF- RIDGE2000 program executive committee, 2004-2006
NSF-OPP Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Working Group, 1999-present
Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrumentation Pool Oversight Committee,
chair, 2000-2003
MEMBERSHIPS: American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society
of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Sigma Xi
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
Principal Investigator, Cameroon Volcanic Line Imaging Experiment, 2005-2007
Chief Scientist, R/V Wecoma, Mariana Ocean Bottom Seismograph
Survey, 2004
Principal Investigator, R/V Kaiyo, Mariana Ocean Bottom Seismograph
Survey, 2003
Principal Investigator, Trans-Antarctic Mtns Seismic Experiment
(TAMSEIS), 2000-2003.
Principal Investigator, Seismic Arrays in Fiji and Tonga (SAFT),
2001-2002
Principal Investigator, R/V Gould, South Shetland Ocean Bottom
Seismograph Survey, 1998
Principal Investigator, Seismic Experiment in Patagonia and Antarctica,
1997-1999
Principal Investigator, Southwest Pacific Seismic Experiment (SPASE),
1993-1995
Co-Investigator, R/V Melville, Lau Backarc Ocean Bottom Seismograph
Survey, 1994
ADVISING:
Postdoctoral Advising: Dapeng Zhao (1995-1997), Gideon P. Smith
(1998-2003), James Conder (2000-present), Rigobert Tibi (2000-present)
Student Thesis Advising:
David E. Petroy, M. A., 1988; Thesis: “Historical seismicity
and plate kinematics of the Northeast Indian Ocean”
Aristeo M. Pelayo, Ph.D., 1990; Thesis: “Earthquake source
parameter inversion using body and surface waves: Application
to tsunami earthquakes and to Scotia Sea seismotectonics”
An-Ning Zhu, Ph.D., 1993; Thesis: “Determination of seismic
arrival times from long-period data and application to earthquake
location problems and the velocity structure of subducting slabs”
Megan Flanagan, Ph.D., 1994, Thesis: “Upper mantle attenuation
structure beneath back-arc basins using differential shear wave
measurements”
Keith Koper, Ph.D., 1998, Thesis: “Computational aspects
of Seismology”
Erich Roth, Ph.D., 1999, Thesis: “Upper mantle seismic structure
of the Tonga Subduction Zone and Lau Basin: Implications for thermal
heterogeneity”
Stacey Robertson, Ph.D. 2003, Thesis: “A seismological examination
of the structure and tectonics of southernmost South America and
the Antarctic Peninsula region”
Jesse Fisher Lawrence, Ph.D. 2004, Thesis: “Teleseismic
Localization of Velocity and Quality Factor: Application to Patagonia,
Antarctica, D”, and the Whole Mantle”
Current Ph.D. Graduate Students: Moira Pyle, Sara Pozgay, Mitchell
Barklage, Garrett Euler, David Heeszel, Erica Emry, Amanda Lough
Former Undergraduate Research Advisees: Jeffrey McGuire, Hersh
Gilbert, Tom Bawden, Brian Park-Li, Mark Wuenscher, Nathan Snider,
Phil Skemer, Rebecca Stiles, John Russell, Stephanie Wong, Emily Park, Simon Heath (current)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
EPSC 109A Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Sciences
EPSC 353 Earth Forces
EPSC 361 Structural Geology
EPSC 404 Ideas and Controversies in the Geosciences
EPSC 450 Introduction to Geophysics
EPSC 452 Introduction to Seismology
EPSC 453 Interior of the Earth
EPSC 454 Exploration and Environmental Geophysics
EPSC 464 Plate Tectonics
EPSC 553 Geophysical Data Analysis
EPSC 559 Geodynamics
EPSC 561 Advanced Seismology
