Advancing earthquake science worldwide
11 July 2024–“We are on fire!” That’s part of the positive feedback that Suzan van der Lee of Northwestern University and Emily Brodsky of the University of California, Santa Cruz received after their May training workshop on volcano and rift seismicity in East Africa, supported in part by a 2024 … Continue Reading »
SSA’s newest grant program sends early-career member to Osaka, Japan Chunyang Ji, a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University whose research focuses on the modeling and assessment of high-frequency ground motions, is the first SSA member to participate in a seismological meeting with the aid of a Paul Andrew … Continue Reading »
SSA announced four travel grants to student and early-career members to participate in the 2024 Photonic Seismology Conference. The travel grants are made possible by generous donations from the community to the General Fund and the Kanamori Fund. Travel Grant Recipients: Richard Asirifi, Texas A&M University Thomas Luckie, Sandia National … Continue Reading »
22 April 2024–Recipients of the first SSA Community Grants of 2024 will support students attending a training workshop on volcano and rift seismicity in East Africa and help organize a popular annual seismology workshop for students. Suzan van der Lee of Northwestern University and Emily Brodsky of the University of … Continue Reading »
1 April 2024— Five student and early-career members will receive travel grants to participate in scientific conferences as part of the Global Travel Grants program, which provides financial support to SSA members. The competitive program received 22 quality applications this cycle. Sergio Leon-Rios (Advanced Mining Technology Center – Universidad de … Continue Reading »
13 February 2024–Oceans cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface—a fact that draws HyeJeong Kim’s scientific gaze under the sea, even as the seismologist now works on dry land as a postdoc at the University of Utah. “If you don’t have seismic stations under that massive water, it’s limiting our … Continue Reading »