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SCEC2026 Meeting Participants
The SCEC Annual Meeting brings together participants from across the U.S. and around the world who are engaged in earthquake-related research, education, and outreach. SCEC project teams present results from work supported by the SCEC Collaboration Plan and other Center initiatives. The meeting includes representatives from SCEC leadership, advisory groups, full-time staff, funding agencies, and sponsors. Academic, government, and industry partners involved in computational science, earthquake engineering, risk communication, and other related disciplines also participate. Early career scientists, graduate students, and undergraduate interns typically comprise over 40% of attendees.
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Rachel Abercrombie, Research Professor, Boston U
Expertise: Earthquake seismology SCEC Participating Institution Representative SCEC Board of Directors, Vice-Chair SCEC Executive Committee, Member SCEC Board of Directors, At-Large Member |
Samvel Akopian, General Director, LLC SeiEn
Expertise: Seismology, physics, geophysics First-time Attendee |
LaMar Anderson, SCEC SOURCES Interns, Pasadena CC
Expertise: Earthquake risk communication, behavioral science, disaster preparedness, human-centered communication, narrative-based risk communication, data... Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
Luciana Astiz, Program Director, N.S.F.
SCEC Program Officer |
Alexis Ault, Professor, USU
Expertise: earthquake geology, fault rock thermochronometry SCEC Participating Institution Representative |
Anna Bayramyan, Head of Earthquake Monitoring and Forecasting Department, LLC SeiEn
Expertise: Seismology, geophysics First-time Attendee |
Mark Benthien, Associate Director, Public Education and Preparedness, SCEC/USC
Expertise: Public education, knowledge implementation, community leadership, earthquake preparedness and safety messaging SCEC Executive Committee, Member SCEC Associate Director SCEC Staff |
Akash Bhatthal, Software Engineer, SCEC
SCEC Staff |
Scott Callaghan, Computer Scientist, SCEC/USC
Expertise: high performance computing, scientific workflows, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member SCEC Staff |
Federico Ciardo, Assistant Professor, Northwestern
Expertise: Geomechanics, earthquake mechanics, computational mechanics |
Roby Douilly, Associate Professor, UC Riverside
Expertise: Seismology - Earthquake relocation - Seismic tomography - Dynamic rupture modeling - Earthquake source mechanics SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member |
Mike Floyd, Research Scientist, MIT
Expertise: GNSS and InSAR geodesy; continental deformation; fault motions; earthquakes and post-earthquake deformation SCEC Science Steering Committee, Member |
Jon Foster, Senior Earthquake Program Manager, FEMA NEHRP
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Gary Fuis, Geophysicist, USGS
Expertise: crustal imaging |
Gareth Funning, Professor, UCR
Expertise: InSAR, GPS, crustal deformation, earthquake seismology SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member |
Frantisek Gallovic, Professor, CU, Prague
Expertise: Seismology |
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Zekang Gong, PhD student, Northwestern
Graduate Student First-time Attendee |
Deborah Gormley, Business Operations Specialist, SCEC - USC
Expertise: Research Administration, Grants Management, Subcontracts, Procurement. SCEC Staff |
Laura Grenot Jones, SCEC SURE Intern, UCLA
Expertise: Dynamic rupture modeling (SeisSol), HPC computing, seismic hazard analysis, GIS and remote sensing (ArcGIS Pro, JMARS, QGIS, ENVI), Python data... Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
Ashley Griffith, Professor, Ohio State
Expertise: structural geology, fault mechanics, earthquake physics SCEC Participating Institution Representative SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member |
Thomas Herring, Professor of Geophysics, MIT
Expertise: GPS Applications |
Barry Hirshorn, Research Associate, Scripps/UCSD
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Celeste Hofstetter, Graduate Student Researcher, UCR
Graduate Student |
Lindsay Huerta, Program Assistant for Engagement & Education, SCEC E&E
First-time Attendee SCEC Staff |
Tran Huynh, Associate Director, Science Operations, SCEC / USC
Expertise: research center operations, scientific collaborations, strategic planning, marketing, information architecture SCEC Associate Director SCEC Executive Committee, Member SCEC Staff |
Clare Ip, Intern, SCEC
Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
Tom Jordan, W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Earth Sciences, USC
Expertise: Seismology, geophysics |
Hojjat Kaveh, Student, Caltech
Expertise: Bayesian Inference, Dynamical System, Machine Learning, Earthquake Sequences Graduate Student |
Ishmael Legaspi, SCEC SOURCES Intern, USC
Expertise: GIS, Geospatial Intelligence Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
Rory Levinson, PhD Student, Ohio State
Graduate Student First-time Attendee |
Phoebe Long, Operations Assistant, USC/SCEC
SCEC Staff |
Betsy Madden, Assistant Professor, SJSU
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member |
Sally McGill, Professor, CSUSB
Expertise: paleoseismology, neotectonics SCEC Participating Institution Representative SCEC CEO Planning Committee, Member |
John McRaney, Associate Director for Administration = Retired Emeritus, SCEC
Expertise: Geology, Seismology |
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David Oglesby, Professor of Geophysics, UC Riverside
Expertise: Earthquake Physics SCEC Committee on Professional Conduct, Chair SCEC Committee on Professional Conduct, Member SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member |
Tomoka Ohmori, SCEC SURE Intern, Princeton
Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
Kim Olsen, Professor, SDSU
Expertise: Strong ground motion estimation 3D finite differences modeling Earthquake dynamics non-linear soil response site amplification visualization SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member |
Nate Onderdonk, Professor, CSULB
Expertise: Structural Geology, Tectonic Geomorphology, Luminescence Dating |
Wendy Panero, Program Director, NSF
First-time Attendee |
Annie Patton, Graduate Research Assistant, UNR
Graduate Student |
Edric Pauk, Research Programmer, USC/SCEC
Expertise: web development technology, software, automation, user interface design, unix/linux-based operating systems SCEC Staff |
Colin Pennington, Research Geophysicist, LLNL
Expertise: Earthquake Rupture Characterization, Earthquake Source Parameters, and Earthquake interactions. |
Erik Perkins, Graduate Student, UC Davis
Graduate Student |
Corey Rightmyer, SCEC SOURCES Intern, Cuesta
Expertise: ArcGIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
Tom Rockwell, Professor, SDSU
Expertise: Paleoseismology, neotectonics |
Kathleen Rodrigues, Director, Luminescence Research Laboratory, DRI
Expertise: Luminescence and electron spin resonance geochronology, Quaternary geomorphology, developing paleoseismic chronologies SCEC Participating Institution Representative |
Benjamin Rosen, SCEC SOURCES Intern, CSULB
Expertise: Petrology, Mathematics, and Geophysics Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
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Ashley Seeman, SCEC SURE Intern, SDSU
Undergraduate First-time Attendee |
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The Statewide California Earthquake Center is committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all participants. We take pride in fostering a diverse and inclusive SCEC community, and therefore expect all participants to abide by the SCEC Activities Code of Conduct.
