About Rick
I am a geoscientist with interests in geophysics, seismological imaging and source studies, and Earth processes encompassing earthquakes, volcanos, glaciers, oceans, and geology. My research has drawn from significant seismological field studies in western North America, Italy, and Antarctica. I have strong teaching and research interests in geophysical inverse and signal processing methods and am the lead author on the widely used reference volume and textbook "Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems" (Aster, Borchers, and Thurber, 2011; 2018).
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- Earthquake and Volcano Seismology, Seismic Imaging, Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, Cryospheric and Fluvial seismology, Antarctic Geophysics, Seismological Instrumentation.
Education
Ph.D. , Earth Science - University of California
San Diego, CA, 1991
M.S., Geophysics - University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, 1986
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Additional Major in Physics - University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, 1983
Awards, Honors, Grants
- Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2018
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Wisconsin, 2017
- IRIS Leadership Award, 2014
- New Mexico Tech Distinguished Research Award, 2010
- President, Seismological Society of America, 2009-2011
- IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2009-2010
- Seismological Society of America Board of Directors , 2008-2014
- New Mexico Tech Faculty Award, 2005
- NSF Antarctic Service Medal, 1999
Selected Publications
Spatiotemporal evolution of the 2011 Prague, Oklahoma, aftershock sequence revealed using subspace detection and relocation
Tsunami and infragravity waves impacting Antarctic ice shelves
Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability
Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems
Glacial Seismology
Selected Articles
Glacial Seismology
Reports On Progress in Physics, v. 80, 2017
Memberships
- International Glaciological Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Geological Society of America
- Seismological Society of America
- American Geophysical Union
Web Links
California’s other drought: A major earthquake is overdue (in The Conversation, January 2018)
CSU Source Article on Science West Antarctica GIA Study
Active Magmatic System Discovered Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet (2013)
NPR Interview with Scott Simon on the L'Aquila "Earthquake Trial" (2011)
Mount Erebus in Science News (2013)
The "singing" Ross Ice Shelf, as reported by NPR (2018)
Comprehensive List of Abstracts
Comprehensive List of Publications
Publications on Google Scholar
Ross Ice Shelf High Frequency Seismic Studies in EOS (2019)
Oklahoma shakes lead CSU Researchers into Earthquake Forecasting (2016)