Expertise

Research Areas: Earthquake and controlled-source seismology and in the use of geophysical methods in engineering and environmental assessments.

My primary research interests are in the areas of seismic hazard and near-surface geophysics.

Research Interests

  • Crustal Structure
  • Hydrogeophysics
  • Microseismicity
  • Seismic Hazard

Our geophysical investigations have focused on (1) crustal structure and evolution; (2) earthquake-induced liquefaction; (3) geophysical evidence of sulfate-reducing bacteria in Coastal Plain aquifers; (4) geophysical mapping of chemical pollutants and karst (sinkholes); and (5) hydrologically triggered seismicity.

 


Subject Areas: Tectonics and Geochronology; Environmental and Natural Hazards Research

Affiliations

Director of Undergraduate Research, Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development, Auburn University

Past Affiliations

Lawrence C. Wit Endowed Professor, Department of Geosciences, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University
2020

Assistant Executive Director and Program Officer, National Research Council

Postdoctoral Scholar, Hanscom AFB, Phillips Laboratory (past)

Communities
Geology, Geography
Degrees
PhD, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, Geophysics, 1989
MA, State University of New York at Binghamton, English Literature, 1976
BA, State University of New York at Binghamton, English Literature, 1974
Keywords
natural and physical sciences, mathematics and technology seismology geophysics ground-penetrating radar electrical methods site assessments research administration earthquake hazards gravity and magnetic data analysis
Honors

Lawrence C. Wit Endowed Professor, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University, 2017-present

Associations
Alabama Geological Society
American Association of Colleges and Universities
American Geophysical Union
Council on Undergraduate Research
Geological Society of America
Seismological Society of America
Society of Exploration Geophysicists