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Academic Appointments

Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences
Administrative Appointments

Postdoctoral Researcher, Universitaet Potsdam (2001 - 2002)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Universitaet Potsdam (2002 - 2003)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley (2003 - 2004)
Assistant Professor, Stanford University (2005 - 2011)
Associate Professor, Stanford University (2011 - Present)
Honors & Awards

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Universitaet Potsdam (2001-2002)
Terman Fellow, Stanford University (2006-present)
Outstanding Reviewer Citation - JGR Earth Surface, American Geophysical Union (2006)
School of Earth Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University (2009)
Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University (2012)
AGU Outstanding Reviewer Citation - Tectonics, American Geophysical Union (2013)
AGU Outstanding Reviewer Citation - GRL, American Geophysical Union (2013)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Associate Editor, Tectonics, American Geophysical Union (2014 - Present)
Distinguished Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2013 - 2014)

Professional Education

Ph.D., Arizona State University, Geology (2001)
B.S., Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences (1996)

SCEC Participation

SCEC Proposal Review Committee, Member (2024 - Present)

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Hilley, G. E., & Young, J. (2003). Event magnitude and timing from paleoseismic and geomorphic data along the central and southern San Andreas Fault, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 733

Hilley, G. E. (2024, 09). Investigating Uplift Patterns and Slip Rates in Restraining Bends along the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13887

Hilley, G. E., Baden, C. W., Aron, F., & Steelquist, A. (2024, 09). Past Work and Future Opportunities for Understanding How Strike-Slip Faults and Secondary Structures Produce Vertical Motions and Topography in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oral Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13629

Baden, C. W., Nevitt, J. M., & Hilley, G. E. (2023, 09). Mountain ranges surrounding bends in strike-slip faults reveal fault strength. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13249

Baden, C. W., Shuster, D. L., Aron, F., Fosdick, J. C., Bürgmann, R., & Hilley, G. E. (2022, 09). A Few Good Bends: Bridging earthquakes and mountain building along the Santa Cruz Mountains Restraining Bend in northern California. Oral Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12594

Baden, C. W., & Hilley, G. E. (2018, 08). Contrasts in integrated crustal strength drive the asymmetric distribution of topography and deformation within restraining bends. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8773

Baden, C. W., Hilley, G. E., Johnstone, S., Sare, R. M., Aron, F., Young, H., Castillo, C. M., Shumaker, L., Nevitt, J. M., McHargue, T., & Paull, C. (2016, 08). Imaging fault scarps and fault zone evolution near an oceanic transform fault using high-resolution bathymetry. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7026

Hilley, G. E., Arrowsmith, J. R., & Stone, E. (2001). Inferring Segment Strength Contrasts and Boundaries along Low-Friction Faults Using Surface Offset Data, with an Example from the Cholame-Carrizo Segment Boundary along the San Andreas Fault, Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(3), 427-440. doi: 10.1785/0120000248. SCEC Contribution 470

Last updated Sep 19, 2024.

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