Editorial Team
The Seismica Editorial Team includes 72 volunteers, that are members of the Management Committee, members of the Operational teams, and/or Handling Editors.
Last update: May 22, 2026
Management Committee
Martijn van den Ende, Tech Team - co-Chair
Université Côte d'Azur, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-0634-7078
Martijn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Université Côte d’Azur working on a mix of earthquake cycle modelling, rock mechanics, observational seismology, fibre-optic sensing, and Deep Learning. Martijn formed the original “Task Force” that explored the feasibility of the Seismica initiative, and he currently assists the journal with technical matters such as maintenance of the website.
University of California, Riverside, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-8247-0545 | gareth.funning@seismica.org
Gareth works as a Professor at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He is a geophysicist. By studying movements and deformation of the Earth's surface, he aims to learn more about processes that occur in the crust. These include earthquakes, the bending of the crust by plate tectonics, slow movements of faults ('fault creep'), and human activities such as geothermal power production. Gareth is the Executive Production Editor for Seismica.
University College London, UK
ORCID: 0000-0002-7476-3284 | stephen.hicks@seismica.org
Stephen is a seismologist at University College London, UK. His research interests cover structural seismology (e.g., 3-D tomographic imaging of seismic velocities, attenuation, anisotropy) and source seismology (earthquake rupture mechanics and source inversions) in a range of active tectonic environments (e.g., subduction zones, ocean transform faults), and induced seismicity. Stephen is passionate about making seismology and earthquake research more equitable and inclusive so he was part of the original Task-Force who initiated the original idea behind Seismica. Since then, Stephen has been involved in the development of the journal’s policies and guidelines, and as Handling Editor Liaison he puts these into practice.
Geological Survey of Canada, University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria, Canada
ORCID: 0000-0002-6174-632X
Tiegan Hobbs is a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada, and an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. She leads the development of Canada's national seismic risk model, and is also interested in seismic hazard, active tectonics, geodesy, fault physics, and geotechnical engineering. She serves Seismica as a Fast Reports editor as well as co-chairing the Access, Community and Engagement Team at Seismica.
Alaska Earthquake Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-1140-1427
Ezgi is a seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. Her work focuses on developing techniques to better characterize the seismic source in real-time, in order to enhance monitoring capabilities and strengthen hazard response environments. Currently, she is working on detecting and locating landslide-triggered tsunamis in Southern Alaska. She is passionate about the real-time applicability of her research, and its public engagement component. At Seismica, she is co-Chair of the Media & Branding Team, where she helps define and communicate Seismica's message with the broader community by creating content for different platforms.
Royal Observatory of Belgium
ORCID: 0000-0002-4988-6477
Thomas is a seismologist working at the Seismology & Gravimetry department of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. Thomas does research on different topics of seismology and earthquake science, including intraplate earthquakes monitoring, imaging and monitoring with ambient seismic noise and volcanoseismology. He is a strong advocate for Free and Open Source software and contributes to different open source projects, namely ObsPy. Thomas is the co-chair of the technical team for Seismica.
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-4088-6737 | andrea.llenos@seismica.org
Andrea is a Research Geophysicist with the US Geological Survey, USA. As a statistical seismologist, her research interests include earthquake forecasting, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, and understanding natural and human-induced changes in seismicity rate. She helped develop guidelines for authors, reviewers, and editors as a Handling Editor and is now the Executive Editor for Operations at Seismica.
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-1722-3759 | hannah.mark@seismica.org
Hannah is a geophysicist. Currently an Assistant Research Professor at LDEO/Columbia University, she uses marine and terrestrial seismic data to study mantle dynamics and how tectonic processes interact with geochemical cycles. She is the co-chair of standards and copy-editing for Seismica, working on polishing and formatting accepted articles for publication. Hannah was recognized with the inaugural [Seismica Moment Award](https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/seismica-community) in 2023 for her exceptional innovations and support for colleagues on the Board.
Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
ORCID: 0000-0003-3197-9701
Sarah is an assistant professor at Universidad de Chile in Santiago. Her research mainly probes into the mechanisms that drive earthquakes, fault-magma interactions, and tectonic processes along plate boundaries. She enjoys science communication, especially talking to kids about earthquakes and volcanoes.
CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-1276-1910 | thea.ragon@seismica.org
Théa is chargée de recherche CNRS at ISTerre, Grenoble, France. Théa uses inverse or forward modeling to better understand how shallow parts of the Earth deform a few seconds to years before, during and after an earthquake. She is the co-chair of the Standards and Copy-Editing team for Seismica, and is probably editing and formatting your accepted manuscript as you read these lines. She also serves as Handling Editor.
Nevada Seismological Laboratory and University of Nevada, Reno, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-9208-3960 | christie.rowe@seismica.org
Christie is the Director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and a Professor at University of Nevada, Reno, USA. She studies outcrops of active and ancient, exhumed faults to understand fault creep, earthquake slip, and healing throughout the crust and plate boundaries. At Seismica, Christie coordinates journal building and organizational structure as Seismica’s Executive Editor for Community.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5071-793X | catherine.rychert@seismica.org
Catherine (Kate) Rychert is an Associate Scientist with Tenure at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA. She is a structural seismologist who focuses on understanding the tectonic plate in a wide variety of tectonic settings using ocean bottom seismic data and distributed acoustic sensing. She is also working on broad interdisciplinary efforts to jointly study the solid Earth and oceanographic currents. At Seismica, Kate is a founding member and executive editor and contributed to the original and ongoing policy development of the journal, leading coordination efforts to widen access to publication.
Chinese University of Hong Kong
ORCID: 0000-0001-6377-7886 | yenjoe.tan@seismica.org
Yen Joe is an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interest involves using seismology to study various active tectonic processes such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, including those occurring on the seafloor. He has served as a Handling Editor for Seismica before becoming Associate Editor for Production.
University of California, Berkeley, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-7071-332X | samantha.teplitzky@seismica.org
Sam is an open science and Earth sciences librarian at University of California, Berkeley, USA. She is the Open Science Editor at Seismica where she is helping to design and implement an open, transparent and reproducible workflow for Seismica authors. Sam is excited to support not only open access articles but also a fully open research process for the Seismica community.
Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand
ORCID: 0000-0002-2415-2266
Kiran Kumar S. Thingbaijam is a Seismologist (senior scientist) at Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand. His research explores seismic hazard analysis, with focus on earthquake source and ground motion. At Seismica, he chairs the Fast Reports section, is on the Management Committee and contributes to the development of Editorial Policies and Guidelines.
Université Côte d'Azur, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-0634-7078
Martijn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Université Côte d’Azur working on a mix of earthquake cycle modelling, rock mechanics, observational seismology, fibre-optic sensing, and Deep Learning. Martijn formed the original “Task Force” that explored the feasibility of the Seismica initiative, and he currently assists the journal with technical matters such as maintenance of the website.
Gareth Funning, Executive Editor - Production
University of California, Riverside, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-8247-0545 | gareth.funning@seismica.org
Gareth works as a Professor at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He is a geophysicist. By studying movements and deformation of the Earth's surface, he aims to learn more about processes that occur in the crust. These include earthquakes, the bending of the crust by plate tectonics, slow movements of faults ('fault creep'), and human activities such as geothermal power production. Gareth is the Executive Production Editor for Seismica.
Steve Hicks, Handling Editor Liaison
University College London, UK
ORCID: 0000-0002-7476-3284 | stephen.hicks@seismica.org
Stephen is a seismologist at University College London, UK. His research interests cover structural seismology (e.g., 3-D tomographic imaging of seismic velocities, attenuation, anisotropy) and source seismology (earthquake rupture mechanics and source inversions) in a range of active tectonic environments (e.g., subduction zones, ocean transform faults), and induced seismicity. Stephen is passionate about making seismology and earthquake research more equitable and inclusive so he was part of the original Task-Force who initiated the original idea behind Seismica. Since then, Stephen has been involved in the development of the journal’s policies and guidelines, and as Handling Editor Liaison he puts these into practice.
Tiegan Elizabeth Hobbs, Fast Reports | Accessibility, Community and Engagement
Geological Survey of Canada, University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria, Canada
ORCID: 0000-0002-6174-632X
Tiegan Hobbs is a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada, and an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. She leads the development of Canada's national seismic risk model, and is also interested in seismic hazard, active tectonics, geodesy, fault physics, and geotechnical engineering. She serves Seismica as a Fast Reports editor as well as co-chairing the Access, Community and Engagement Team at Seismica.
Ezgi Karasozen, Media & Branding - co-Chair
Alaska Earthquake Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-1140-1427
Ezgi is a seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. Her work focuses on developing techniques to better characterize the seismic source in real-time, in order to enhance monitoring capabilities and strengthen hazard response environments. Currently, she is working on detecting and locating landslide-triggered tsunamis in Southern Alaska. She is passionate about the real-time applicability of her research, and its public engagement component. At Seismica, she is co-Chair of the Media & Branding Team, where she helps define and communicate Seismica's message with the broader community by creating content for different platforms.
Thomas Lecocq, Tech Team - co-Chair
Royal Observatory of Belgium
ORCID: 0000-0002-4988-6477
Thomas is a seismologist working at the Seismology & Gravimetry department of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. Thomas does research on different topics of seismology and earthquake science, including intraplate earthquakes monitoring, imaging and monitoring with ambient seismic noise and volcanoseismology. He is a strong advocate for Free and Open Source software and contributes to different open source projects, namely ObsPy. Thomas is the co-chair of the technical team for Seismica.
Andrea Llenos, Executive Editor - Operations
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-4088-6737 | andrea.llenos@seismica.org
Andrea is a Research Geophysicist with the US Geological Survey, USA. As a statistical seismologist, her research interests include earthquake forecasting, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, and understanding natural and human-induced changes in seismicity rate. She helped develop guidelines for authors, reviewers, and editors as a Handling Editor and is now the Executive Editor for Operations at Seismica.
Hannah Mark, Standards & Copy-Editing - co-Chair
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-1722-3759 | hannah.mark@seismica.org
Hannah is a geophysicist. Currently an Assistant Research Professor at LDEO/Columbia University, she uses marine and terrestrial seismic data to study mantle dynamics and how tectonic processes interact with geochemical cycles. She is the co-chair of standards and copy-editing for Seismica, working on polishing and formatting accepted articles for publication. Hannah was recognized with the inaugural [Seismica Moment Award](https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/seismica-community) in 2023 for her exceptional innovations and support for colleagues on the Board.
Sarah Oliva, Standards & Copy-Editing | Accessibility, Community and Engagement
Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
ORCID: 0000-0003-3197-9701
Sarah is an assistant professor at Universidad de Chile in Santiago. Her research mainly probes into the mechanisms that drive earthquakes, fault-magma interactions, and tectonic processes along plate boundaries. She enjoys science communication, especially talking to kids about earthquakes and volcanoes.
Théa Ragon, Standards & Copy-Editing - co-Chair
CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-1276-1910 | thea.ragon@seismica.org
Théa is chargée de recherche CNRS at ISTerre, Grenoble, France. Théa uses inverse or forward modeling to better understand how shallow parts of the Earth deform a few seconds to years before, during and after an earthquake. She is the co-chair of the Standards and Copy-Editing team for Seismica, and is probably editing and formatting your accepted manuscript as you read these lines. She also serves as Handling Editor.
Christie Rowe, Executive Editor - Community
Nevada Seismological Laboratory and University of Nevada, Reno, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-9208-3960 | christie.rowe@seismica.org
Christie is the Director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and a Professor at University of Nevada, Reno, USA. She studies outcrops of active and ancient, exhumed faults to understand fault creep, earthquake slip, and healing throughout the crust and plate boundaries. At Seismica, Christie coordinates journal building and organizational structure as Seismica’s Executive Editor for Community.
Catherine (Kate) Rychert, Executive Editor - Organizational Development
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5071-793X | catherine.rychert@seismica.org
Catherine (Kate) Rychert is an Associate Scientist with Tenure at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA. She is a structural seismologist who focuses on understanding the tectonic plate in a wide variety of tectonic settings using ocean bottom seismic data and distributed acoustic sensing. She is also working on broad interdisciplinary efforts to jointly study the solid Earth and oceanographic currents. At Seismica, Kate is a founding member and executive editor and contributed to the original and ongoing policy development of the journal, leading coordination efforts to widen access to publication.
Yen Joe Tan, Associate Editor - Production
Chinese University of Hong Kong
ORCID: 0000-0001-6377-7886 | yenjoe.tan@seismica.org
Yen Joe is an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interest involves using seismology to study various active tectonic processes such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, including those occurring on the seafloor. He has served as a Handling Editor for Seismica before becoming Associate Editor for Production.
Samantha Teplitzky, Executive Editor - Open Science
University of California, Berkeley, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-7071-332X | samantha.teplitzky@seismica.org
Sam is an open science and Earth sciences librarian at University of California, Berkeley, USA. She is the Open Science Editor at Seismica where she is helping to design and implement an open, transparent and reproducible workflow for Seismica authors. Sam is excited to support not only open access articles but also a fully open research process for the Seismica community.
Kiran Kumar Singh Thingbaijam, Fast Reports - Chair
Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand
ORCID: 0000-0002-2415-2266
Kiran Kumar S. Thingbaijam is a Seismologist (senior scientist) at Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand. His research explores seismic hazard analysis, with focus on earthquake source and ground motion. At Seismica, he chairs the Fast Reports section, is on the Management Committee and contributes to the development of Editorial Policies and Guidelines.
Operational Team
Kirsty Bayliss, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Edinburgh, UK
ORCID: 0000-0002-2564-983X
Kirsty Bayliss is a statistical seismologist interested in earthquake hazard over different timescales. Her experience is in applying statistical methods to earthquake data to study clustering and to develop probabilistic earthquake forecasts. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Kirsty is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
ORCID: 0000-0002-7280-2470
Daniel is a seismologist specializing in historical earthquakes, a geoscience lecturer, and a science communicator at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. His research includes the study and analysis of historical earthquakes using legacy seismic data, database processing and analysis, and software development. His research interests include seismic source analysis, computational seismology, and the automation of processes through machine learning, along with Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). At Seismica he is part of the Media & Branding team.
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Italy
ORCID: 0000-0003-1404-4365
Deniz is a seismologist at the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Italy. His research focuses on developing ground and structural models to estimate damage distribution after strong earthquakes. He is also interested in strong-motion seismology, particularly near-fault impulsive ground motions. Additionally, Deniz applies machine learning to a wide range of seismic monitoring tasks. He is also part of the institute's earthquake bulletin team, helping with manual phase picking and relocating seismic events.
Australian National University, Australia
ORCID: 0000-0002-1050-6385
Miriam is a postdoctoral researcher in observational seismology at the Australian National University. Her research uses seismic imaging to understand the Earth's interior structure on local and regional scales. Currently she is investigating seismic anisotropy beneath the Western Australian Craton. She is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Machine Learning and Generative AI Researcher
ORCID: 0000-0002-7992-9458
Abhineet is an earthquake engineer focusing on how earthquakes impact communities, based in the USA. He works at the intersection of disaster risk forecasting, statistical modeling, and machine learning. He has worked on seismic rate assessment, ground motion prediction, and hazard and risk assessment for induced seismicity. His other research interests include measuring cascading impacts on interconnected lifeline infrastructure from disasters, and effective communication of uncertainties for decision making. At Seismica, he has worked as part of the media and growth, and the standard and copy-editing teams.
University of Bristol, UK
ORCID: 0000-0002-6748-6522
Anna is a UK Space Agency Fellow at the University of Bristol specialising in planetary seismology. Anna started her career working for SEIS-UK and has deployed seismic equipment in many remote locations before focussing for a while on induced seismicity closer to home in the UK. In 2018 she turned her eyes to Mars and was part of the Science Leadership Team for the InSight Mission, co-leading the Marsquake Service Frontline Team. She is also interested in Venusian and Lunar seismicity. She joins Seismica as part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1556-432X
University of Washington Seattle, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-0743-9409
Anna is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington Seattle, USA, where she uses seismic reflection data and field geology to understand splay faulting, megathrust earthquake generation, and accretionary wedge processes at the Cascadia subduction zone. She conducts field work in Olympic National Park, WA, where the recently subducted and exhumed Olympic Subduction Complex is exposed. Anna is a member of Seismica’s Standards and Copy-Editing Team.
University of Bergen, Norway
ORCID: 0000-0002-8581-8551
Miguel is a seismologist applying data-driven approaches to earthquake science. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bergen, using machine learning for real-time processing and the study of seismicity in slowly deforming regions. He serves Seismica as a member of the Standards & Copy Ed team.
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-3210-6013
Tara is a Mendenhall fellow with the US Geological Survey, USA. As a ground-motion seismologist, she aims to improve estimates and reduce uncertainty of ground motion for seismic hazard and risk assessments. She uses both kinematic simulations and empirical observations to better model the different pieces of the ground-motion puzzle (i.e., source, path, and site). Tara is a member of the Standards and Copy-Editing team for Seismica.
University of Canterbury and GNS Science, Aotearoa New Zealand
ORCID: 0000-0001-7429-9103
Aisling O’Kane is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Canterbury and GNS Science in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has an interdisciplinary background across the earth sciences and engineering fields, with expertise in computational seismology, tectonics, and natural hazard and risk assessment. Her current research focusses on developing next-generation approaches to accelerate Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural hazard resilience from tsunamis, earthquakes and multi-hazard events. She is a Standards and Copy-Editor for Seismica.
University of Tsukuba, Japan
ORCID: 0000-0001-7149-4763
Ryo Okuwaki is an observational seismologist based at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research covers a broad range of geophysics and seismology, mainly focusing on earthquake-source kinematics and physics, earthquake-source imaging, Earth’s subsurface phenomena, environmental seismology, and array seismology. For Seismica, he has been involved as a Fast Reports editor.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ORCID: 0000-0003-3574-2787
Eleftheria (Ritsa) Papadimitriou, Emeritus Professor of Seismology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). With a Bachelor's degree in Geology and a Ph.D. specializing in Seismology, she strives to furthering our understanding of earthquakes and seismic activity, and actively engaged in teaching Seismology to undergraduate and postgraduate students, nurturing their passion for geophysics, mentoring and guiding the theses of undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. students. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Geophysica, and she holds the position of Associate Editor in five scientific peer-reviewed journals. Ritsa is part of the Media & Branding team at Seismica.
Seismology Research Centre, Australia
Adam is the Chief Scientist at the Seismology Research Centre, an observatory based in Melbourne, Australia. Adam has been working with earthquakes for over 30 years, and is dedicated to making seismology accessible through his work as an active science communicator, and by applying thoughtful design to earthquake analysis tools. He is part of the Media & Branding team at Seismica.
University of California, Davis, USA
ORCID: 0009-0005-5028-5299
Nathalie is currently a master’s student at the University of California, Davis, where she uses modelling to better understand mantle flow patterns in the Cascadia subduction zone. Her other interests include machine learning and scientific visualization using extended reality. Nathalie is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
ORCID: 0009-0002-2822-4615
Nooshin Saloor has a PhD in seismology from Northwestern University. Her research primarily focuses on earthquake source. She has a year of postdoctoral experience at Michigan State University studying the applications of machine learning in seismology. Currently, she is working on the effects of earthquake source kinematics on observed shaking and seismic hazard in various tectonic settings.
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Seattle, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5648-2254
Nate is a staff seismologist with the PNSN where he works on seismic event catalog development and operationalization of emerging seismic workflows. Current projects touch on seismic source processes discrimination at glaciated volcanoes and optimization of high-throughput detection/classification algorithms. Nate serves on the Standards & Copy Ed team at Seismica.
University of Washington, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6471-4497
Ethan recently completed his Ph.D. in geophysics at the Caltech Seismo Lab, USA, working with Prof. Zhongwen Zhan and moved to the University of Washington as a postdoctoral scholar, USA. Ethan applies fiber optic sensing to problems in engineering/environmental seismology and physical oceanography. He is part of the standards and copy-editing team for Seismica.
University of Toronto, Canada
ORCID: 0000-0001-8962-5442
Mengjie Zheng is currently a postdoc fellow at the University of Toronto. His research broadly focuses on observational and structure seismology, with an emphasis on developing and applying seismic imaging methods to resolve the Earth’s interior across a range of spatial and temporal scales. He completed his Ph.D. from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, working on large-N seismic array imaging. He had a year and half of postdoc experience at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he worked on ocean-bottom seismology and subduction zones. Mengjie is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
University of Edinburgh, UK
ORCID: 0000-0002-2564-983X
Kirsty Bayliss is a statistical seismologist interested in earthquake hazard over different timescales. Her experience is in applying statistical methods to earthquake data to study clustering and to develop probabilistic earthquake forecasts. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Kirsty is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Daniel Corona, Media & Branding
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
ORCID: 0000-0002-7280-2470
Daniel is a seismologist specializing in historical earthquakes, a geoscience lecturer, and a science communicator at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. His research includes the study and analysis of historical earthquakes using legacy seismic data, database processing and analysis, and software development. His research interests include seismic source analysis, computational seismology, and the automation of processes through machine learning, along with Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). At Seismica he is part of the Media & Branding team.
Deniz Ertuncay, Media & Branding
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Italy
ORCID: 0000-0003-1404-4365
Deniz is a seismologist at the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Italy. His research focuses on developing ground and structural models to estimate damage distribution after strong earthquakes. He is also interested in strong-motion seismology, particularly near-fault impulsive ground motions. Additionally, Deniz applies machine learning to a wide range of seismic monitoring tasks. He is also part of the institute's earthquake bulletin team, helping with manual phase picking and relocating seismic events.
Miriam Gauntlett, Standards & Copy-Editing
Australian National University, Australia
ORCID: 0000-0002-1050-6385
Miriam is a postdoctoral researcher in observational seismology at the Australian National University. Her research uses seismic imaging to understand the Earth's interior structure on local and regional scales. Currently she is investigating seismic anisotropy beneath the Western Australian Craton. She is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Abhineet Gupta, Standards & Copy-Editing
Machine Learning and Generative AI Researcher
ORCID: 0000-0002-7992-9458
Abhineet is an earthquake engineer focusing on how earthquakes impact communities, based in the USA. He works at the intersection of disaster risk forecasting, statistical modeling, and machine learning. He has worked on seismic rate assessment, ground motion prediction, and hazard and risk assessment for induced seismicity. His other research interests include measuring cascading impacts on interconnected lifeline infrastructure from disasters, and effective communication of uncertainties for decision making. At Seismica, he has worked as part of the media and growth, and the standard and copy-editing teams.
Anna Horleston, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Bristol, UK
ORCID: 0000-0002-6748-6522
Anna is a UK Space Agency Fellow at the University of Bristol specialising in planetary seismology. Anna started her career working for SEIS-UK and has deployed seismic equipment in many remote locations before focussing for a while on induced seismicity closer to home in the UK. In 2018 she turned her eyes to Mars and was part of the Science Leadership Team for the InSight Mission, co-leading the Marsquake Service Frontline Team. She is also interested in Venusian and Lunar seismicity. She joins Seismica as part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team.
Mohammad Khorrami, Standards & Copy-Editing
ORCID: 0000-0003-1556-432X
Anna Ledeczi, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Washington Seattle, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-0743-9409
Anna is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington Seattle, USA, where she uses seismic reflection data and field geology to understand splay faulting, megathrust earthquake generation, and accretionary wedge processes at the Cascadia subduction zone. She conducts field work in Olympic National Park, WA, where the recently subducted and exhumed Olympic Subduction Complex is exposed. Anna is a member of Seismica’s Standards and Copy-Editing Team.
Miguel Neves, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Bergen, Norway
ORCID: 0000-0002-8581-8551
Miguel is a seismologist applying data-driven approaches to earthquake science. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bergen, using machine learning for real-time processing and the study of seismicity in slowly deforming regions. He serves Seismica as a member of the Standards & Copy Ed team.
Tara Nye, Standards & Copy-Editing
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-3210-6013
Tara is a Mendenhall fellow with the US Geological Survey, USA. As a ground-motion seismologist, she aims to improve estimates and reduce uncertainty of ground motion for seismic hazard and risk assessments. She uses both kinematic simulations and empirical observations to better model the different pieces of the ground-motion puzzle (i.e., source, path, and site). Tara is a member of the Standards and Copy-Editing team for Seismica.
Aisling O'Kane, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Canterbury and GNS Science, Aotearoa New Zealand
ORCID: 0000-0001-7429-9103
Aisling O’Kane is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Canterbury and GNS Science in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has an interdisciplinary background across the earth sciences and engineering fields, with expertise in computational seismology, tectonics, and natural hazard and risk assessment. Her current research focusses on developing next-generation approaches to accelerate Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural hazard resilience from tsunamis, earthquakes and multi-hazard events. She is a Standards and Copy-Editor for Seismica.
Ryo Okuwaki, Fast Reports
University of Tsukuba, Japan
ORCID: 0000-0001-7149-4763
Ryo Okuwaki is an observational seismologist based at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research covers a broad range of geophysics and seismology, mainly focusing on earthquake-source kinematics and physics, earthquake-source imaging, Earth’s subsurface phenomena, environmental seismology, and array seismology. For Seismica, he has been involved as a Fast Reports editor.
Eleftheria (Ritsa) Papadimitriou, Media & Branding
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ORCID: 0000-0003-3574-2787
Eleftheria (Ritsa) Papadimitriou, Emeritus Professor of Seismology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). With a Bachelor's degree in Geology and a Ph.D. specializing in Seismology, she strives to furthering our understanding of earthquakes and seismic activity, and actively engaged in teaching Seismology to undergraduate and postgraduate students, nurturing their passion for geophysics, mentoring and guiding the theses of undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. students. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Geophysica, and she holds the position of Associate Editor in five scientific peer-reviewed journals. Ritsa is part of the Media & Branding team at Seismica.
Adam Pascale, Media & Branding
Seismology Research Centre, Australia
Adam is the Chief Scientist at the Seismology Research Centre, an observatory based in Melbourne, Australia. Adam has been working with earthquakes for over 30 years, and is dedicated to making seismology accessible through his work as an active science communicator, and by applying thoughtful design to earthquake analysis tools. He is part of the Media & Branding team at Seismica.
Nathalie Redick, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of California, Davis, USA
ORCID: 0009-0005-5028-5299
Nathalie is currently a master’s student at the University of California, Davis, where she uses modelling to better understand mantle flow patterns in the Cascadia subduction zone. Her other interests include machine learning and scientific visualization using extended reality. Nathalie is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Nooshin Saloor, Media & Branding
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
ORCID: 0009-0002-2822-4615
Nooshin Saloor has a PhD in seismology from Northwestern University. Her research primarily focuses on earthquake source. She has a year of postdoctoral experience at Michigan State University studying the applications of machine learning in seismology. Currently, she is working on the effects of earthquake source kinematics on observed shaking and seismic hazard in various tectonic settings.
Nathan Stevens, Standards & Copy-Editing
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Seattle, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5648-2254
Nate is a staff seismologist with the PNSN where he works on seismic event catalog development and operationalization of emerging seismic workflows. Current projects touch on seismic source processes discrimination at glaciated volcanoes and optimization of high-throughput detection/classification algorithms. Nate serves on the Standards & Copy Ed team at Seismica.
Ethan Wiliams, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Washington, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6471-4497
Ethan recently completed his Ph.D. in geophysics at the Caltech Seismo Lab, USA, working with Prof. Zhongwen Zhan and moved to the University of Washington as a postdoctoral scholar, USA. Ethan applies fiber optic sensing to problems in engineering/environmental seismology and physical oceanography. He is part of the standards and copy-editing team for Seismica.
Mengjie Zheng, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of Toronto, Canada
ORCID: 0000-0001-8962-5442
Mengjie Zheng is currently a postdoc fellow at the University of Toronto. His research broadly focuses on observational and structure seismology, with an emphasis on developing and applying seismic imaging methods to resolve the Earth’s interior across a range of spatial and temporal scales. He completed his Ph.D. from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, working on large-N seismic array imaging. He had a year and half of postdoc experience at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he worked on ocean-bottom seismology and subduction zones. Mengjie is part of the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica.
Handling Editors
Atalay Ayele, Handling Editor
Institute of Geophysics Space Science and Astronomy of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
ORCID: 0000-0002-8726-5380
Atalay Ayele is Prof. of Geophysics (Seismology) who is currently the director of the Institute of Geophysics Space Science and Astronomy of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He is currently involved in teaching and advising postgraduate students, coordinating & running the national seismic station network of the country, data analysis and research. He served as chairman of the coordinating committee for the EAGLE (Ethiopian Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment) which was conducted from 2001-2003 in the main Ethiopian rift and it is one of the successful projects in that region in geophysics discipline. He was also involved in broadband seismic experiments of the French (Strasbourg) and Penn State University working groups, coordinator of sub-Saharan Global Earthquake Model (GEM) and founding president of the African Seismological Commission (AfSc). He is Visiting Fellow of Leeds and Bristol Universities. Prof. Ayele is a fellow of the Ethiopian Science Academy. He is the 2021 international award recipient of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in recognition for making an outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in developing nations. Atalay serves as a handling editor.
National Institute of Science Education and Research, India
ORCID: 0000-0003-4779-1236
Path is a geophysicist working as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Science Education and Research, India. His research interests are broadly within the domain of physics of earthquakes – both natural and human-induced. He has particularly focussed on understanding the role of friction and fluids in controlling fault behaviour within different parts of the earthquake cycle by combining rock deformation experiments, field observations and modelling. Within Seismica, Path is involved as a handling editor.
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6161-399X
Joseph Byrnes is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas in Sustainable Earth Systems Science. His research focuses on the structure of the crust and upper mantle, addressing issues in tectonics, the geodynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system, and connections between the upper mantle and volcanism. This work primarily relies on imaging techniques from passive-source seismology, such as body- and surface-wave tomography, seismic attenuation, and receiver functions. Joseph is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Earthscope Consortium, USA
ORCID: 0009-0005-9807-4255
Chris is a seismologist and manager of the Sensor Testing and Evaluation Group at EarthScope Consortium. His research includes monitoring environmental and anthropogenic signals such as flooding and explosions using traditional seismic instruments and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). He also works on novel methods for instrumentation comparison and evaluation, best practices, and the determination of instrument specific characteristics (i.e., instrument response). Chris is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Kejie Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology. His research integrates geodesy, seismology, and remote sensing to study earthquake rupture processes, source parameters, tsunami and landslide hazards, and hydrological extremes. He develops multi-sensor approaches using GNSS, InSAR, seismic, and optical observations for earthquake physics and multi-hazard warning. He serves as a Handling Editor for Seismica.
University of Trieste, Italy
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-933X
Chiara is an Assistant Professor of Geophysics at the University of Trieste, Italy. Her research focuses on investigating the mantle processes that shape the Earth’s surface. She primarily works on seismic tomography to image the lithosphere and underlying mantle, combining seismic observations with insights from geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and geodynamic modeling. Chiara is involved in Seismica as a Handling Editor.
Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
ORCID: 0000-0001-8733-8984
Christos is a Research Director at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), where he leads the broadband seismic network operations and coordinates the EIDA National node in Greece. His research currently focuses on the sources of moderate to large earthquakes and the detection of temporal changes in active fault zones and volcanic systems. He has been involved in many national and European research projects and has extensive field experience. Christos serves Seismica as a handling editor.
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-0112-8412
Alice is a seismologist combining physics-based computer simulations, routinely utilizing the largest supercomputers worldwide, with data-driven techniques and theoretical analysis to uncover the physical mechanisms relevant to understanding earthquakes. Her research bridges space-time scales as well as disciplines within Geophysics and with Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. For Seismica, she has been a member of the first task force and is now appointed as a Handling Editor. She is a professor at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA.
University College London, UK
ORCID: 0000-0001-5445-4911
Carmine is a Professor of Catastrophe Risk Engineering in the University College London (UCL)'s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), UK. His research focuses on developing and applying probabilistic and statistical methods and computational tools for catastrophe risk modelling and disaster risk reduction for natural hazards, with particular emphasis on earthquakes and their cascading hazards. His research interests include earthquake-induced ground-motion selection, simulation and validation; time-dependent earthquake risk; impact-based earthquake early warning; earthquake-risk-informed and people-centred decision-making on urban planning and design. Carmine was the Executive Editor for Operations at Seismica and now serves as a Handling Editor.
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5750-2632
Anant is a seismologist studying the thermochemical characteristics and evolution of the Earth's upper mantle at University of California Santa Barbara, USA. He is passionate about seismic imaging methods across a range of frequencies and length-scales and has experience with measuring the propagation speeds of surface waves, minimizing noise in these measurements, and using them to map Earth structure. Anant served on the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica for three years and is now a Handling Editor.
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-7584-2235
Alex is an earthquake geologist at the United States Geological Survey. She studies active faults and regional tectonics using geologic field methods, numerical & analog modeling, and geospatial analyses. Alex coordinates the western U.S. earthquake geology inputs for the USGS’s National Seismic Hazard Model.
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
ORCID: 0000-0003-4594-0621
Pablo is an Assistant Professor at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, in Chile. His current research and expertise are within earthquake engineering and engineering seismology topics, including performance-based earthquake engineering, seismic hazard and risk analysis both on a building level and a regional scale, ground-motion characterization, and seismic protection devices. Pablo is part of the Seismica Board as Handling Editor.
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
ORCID: 0000-0001-9036-4761
György is a geophysicist working at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. György does research on different topics in seismology, seismotectonics, gravimetry, and focuses on orogenic processes mainly in the Himalaya-Tibet and the Alpine area using complementary tools. He has coordinated large projects such as AlpArray and DIVE, and is also active in educational seismology in Nepal and Switzerland.
HydroResources, Sweden
ORCID: 0000-0002-4155-6764
Dr. Yawar is a near-surface geophysicist working on dam and near-mine monitoring using distributed fiber-optic sensing (DTS, DSS, DAS). His research focuses on site response studies, slope stability, and groundwater exploration using geophysical techniques such as seismic (active and passive), electrical, and electromagnetic methods, among others. He also studies microseismic emissions, changes in empirical Green’s functions, and the natural periods of landslides in response to different triggers such as earthquakes and rainfall. He is a Handling Editor at Seismica.
MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Science, University of Bremen, Germany
ORCID: 0000-0002-8164-411X
Matt J. Ikari is a senior research scientist at MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Science at the University of Bremen. His present research is focused on the physics and motion of faults in the Earth, using laboratory deformation experiments in order to determine how and why some faults may move as large and destructive earthquakes, or as slow earthquakes or as steady creep. Much of this research uses natural fault samples from around the world, including from scientific drilling projects focusing on plate boundary faults.
Capital University, Cairo, Egypt
Amir is an Associate Professor of Applied Geophysics and Director of the Petroleum and Mineral Sciences Program at Capital University, Cairo, Egypt. He completed part of his doctoral research as a visiting PhD student and then a visiting researcher at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. He has also served as a Fulbright Scholar at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. His expertise includes seismic interpretation, rock physics, reservoir characterization, and machine learning for energy, CCS, and hydrocarbon assessment. He serves as a Handling Editor for Seismica.
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5715-253X
Stephanie is a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey based in Denver, Colorado. Her research encompasses the fields of environmental seismology, near-surface geophysics, hydrology, and the cryosphere. She is particularly interested in advancing ambient seismic noise methods for mapping and monitoring the near-surface environment. Stephanie also supports open-source software and leads development of a geophysical data standard. She serves as a Handling Editor at Seismica.
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-1425-7969
Helen Janiszewski is a seismologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research uses seismic data to image the Earth's crust and mantle, particularly at subduction zones and volcanoes. She is currently focused on relationships between structure and earthquake behavior at subduction zones, and magmatic systems and transport beneath volcanoes. She also has expertise in seismic data collected from ocean bottom seismometers, and cabled seafloor instrumentation.
Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand
ORCID: 0000-0002-2254-4258
Oliver is a Volcano Seismologist at Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand. His current research and expertise are within developing and using seismic and acoustic techniques for monitoring and understanding active volcanoes in Aotearoa New Zealand and worldwide. He has also branched out into other fields, including cryo-seismology, lightning and meteor detection, and elephant seismology. For Seismica, Oliver served as a member of the Standards and Copy-Editing team for three years before taking on his current role as Handling Editor.
Northwestern University, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-1884-1185
Suzan is a data-driven seismologist and a professor in Earth and planetary sciences, Northwestern University, USA. She strives to unravel, predict, and understand the dynamics of the Earth’s deep interior, utilizing her expertise in observational & computational seismology, including tomographic imaging of the Earth’s mantle and crust. She has led numerous big-data analyses and seismic data acquisition field experiments in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Suzan is a Handling Editor and Mentoring Team member at Seismica.
Wilson Alaska Technical Center - University of Alaska, Fairbanks
ORCID: 0000-0002-5521-6912
Ken is a Seismoacoustic Research and Operations Scientist at the Wilson Alaska Technical Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His research focuses on the continuity of the wavefield across the interface between the solid earth and the atmosphere, with a particular interest in air-to-ground coupled waves. He uses observations of coupled waves to reveal local geology and to localize and track acoustic sources. On the operational side, he develops and implements algorithms for anomaly detection and performance monitoring of seismic and infrasound stations. He is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
National Institute for Earth Physics, Romania
ORCID: 0000-0001-5462-4546
Laura is a seismologist at the National Institute for Earth Physics in Romania. Her research focuses on seismic imaging of crustal and mantle structure using surface wave and ambient noise tomography, receiver functions, and seismic anisotropy. More recently, she has expanded into near-surface and environmental seismology, including HVSR analysis, ambient seismic noise associated with atmospheric and hydrological processes, and machine learning applications to geophysical data. Laura serves as a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Nanyang Technological University - Earth Observatory of Singapore
ORCID: 0000-0002-2339-559X
Giuseppe is a researcher at Nanyang Technological University - Earth Observatory of Singapore, specializing in statistical mechanics, statistical seismology, and stochastic modeling. With a background that bridges physics and mathematics, his work aims to advance stochastic models by incorporating physical principles. His research spans from statistical mechanics models, such as interfaces in disordered media, to more mathematically driven approaches like space-time-marked self-exciting Hawkes processes of the branching type. His goal is to push the boundaries of these models by infusing them with deeper physical understanding.
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-3877-9393
Mathilde is a geophysicist based at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. Her research focussed on the study of the seismic cycle including earthquakes, interseismic deformations and slow fault slip. She uses geodetic (GNSS, InSAR) and seismic data to monitor crustal deformation and characterize fault processes. Mathilde has joined Seismica as a handling editor and member of the Appeals Committee.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-4449-8624
Marlon pays the bills as a research geophysicist at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA. From a research perspective, he is interested in the source physics of earthquakes (or explosions) and has experience in physics-based computer simulations of dynamic rupture and data mining/nonlinear algorithms for (seismic) signal detection. His published work has primarily focused on subduction zones. Marlon is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-0711-4540
Lise is a research scientist at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris based at the volcanological observatory of Piton de la Fournaise, France. Her research focuses on the analysis of the various seismic signals generated in volcanic contexts that propagate in the ocean or in the solid Earth. She studies the links between different events and volcanic activity. She also studies oceanic sources of signals and their use for Earth imaging. Lise joined Seismica as a Handling Editor.
Nanjing University, China
ORCID: 0000-0002-5691-6670
Youyi Ruan is an Associate Professor at Nanjing University, China. He is a computational and theoretical seismologist who focuses on high-performance computing and seismic tomography of velocity and attenuation at various scales. He is also working on volcano seismology to study the mechanism of transient magma movement during the eruption and AI seismology to facilitate the micro-seismicity monitoring caused by natural hazards and industrial activities. Youyi is a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Geomechanics Center of Excellence, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2310-8447
Krittanon (Pond) is a geomechanics specialist at Chevron. His research integrates laboratory experiments, field observations (seismicity, GPS, InSAR), and numerical modeling to study how faults respond to transient stress perturbations and fluids. At Chevron, he translates advances in earthquake science and geomechanics into applications for subsurface energy systems, including unconventional resources, geothermal energy, and carbon storage. He serves as a Handling Editor for Seismica.
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field
ORCID: 0000-0002-5627-6239
Robert is a Research Geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. His research focuses on improving the characterization of both natural and induced earthquakes. Particular research interests include the development of new methods to characterize small magnitude earthquakes, distinguishing between natural/induced seismicity, and seismogenic fault mapping.
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
ORCID: 0000-0002-7009-7333
Shiba is a Seismologist at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal. His research interests include crustal imaging, earthquake location, seismicity, education and outreach, and environmental seismology. He has more than 8 years of experience in the Himalaya studying earthquakes and understanding the seismotectonics of the Himalayan region. Prior to taking on Handling Editor responsibilities in 2026, Shiba served on the Media & Branding team 2022-2023.
University of Texas at El Paso, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-3828-1859
Hongyu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, USA. Her research interests include seismic monitoring, seismic imaging, near-surface geophysics, and machine learning. She has joined the Seismica Editorial Team as a Handling Editor.
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy, National Earthquake Observatory
ORCID: 0000-0002-8544-1934
Nikos Svigkas is a geophysicist specializing in seismology, seismic source modeling, active tectonics and satellite Earth observation. His work combines geophysical, geological and remote sensing analyses to better understand Earth processes and hazards. He has also contributed to research on volcanic activity, infrastructure monitoring, landslides and aquifer activity. Nikos is a researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Italy and a Handling Editor at Seismica.
University of Rhode Island, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-7405-3389
Matt is a geophysicist at the University of Rhode Island, USA. His expertise includes tectonic geodesy, fault mechanics, and natural hazards. He serves as a handling editor at Seismica.
NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-5142-5135
Jonathan is a Geophysicist at the NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA with broad interests in active tectonics, geodynamics, crustal deformation, and geohazards. His recent research has focused on using geodetic data to achieve a synoptic view of the mechanisms that drive Earth-surface deformation, particularly related to the earthquake cycle. When not monitoring global seismicity and conducting applied research aimed at improving warning center operations, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his family and riding surf/skateboards.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-1160-8842
Randy works in the seismology and geomorphology group at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. His research interests are field, laboratory, and numerical investigations of fault and earthquake mechanics in addition to the feedbacks between deformation, fluid flow, and mass transport in the crust. Other interests include paleoseismology and quantitative approaches to better constraining the periodicity (or lack thereof) of large earthquakes in the rock record. Randy is a Handling Editor for Seismica and has served on Board Selection Committees.
University of California Berkeley, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6249-8065
Wenbo Wu is an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley. His research interests include seismic imaging of deep Earth interior, seismic ocean thermometry, and Distributed Acoustic Sensing. He is particularly interested in observations and numerical modelling of global high frequency seismic waves.
Central South University, China
ORCID: 0000-0001-7294-8229
Wenbin is professor in geodesy and geophysics at Central South University, China. His research focuses on the use of space geodesy (InSAR, GNSS) to study crustal deformation associated with a variety of geophysical and anthropogenic processes, such as earthquake cycle deformation, volcanic activity, land subsidence, and so on. Within Seismica, he is committed to serve as Handling Editor.
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
ORCID: 0000-0002-3433-0898
Ting Yang is an observational seismologist specializing in seafloor passive-source seismology. His team develops and deploys ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) to image oceanic lithosphere structures, aiming to understand the geodynamic processes that shaped the seafloor. His research focuses on subduction zones, mid-ocean ridges, and intraplate volcanism, utilizing ambient noise and earthquake data to reveal Earth's deep structure and dynamic evolution. He serves Seismica as a Handling Editor.
Institute of Geophysics Space Science and Astronomy of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
ORCID: 0000-0002-8726-5380
Atalay Ayele is Prof. of Geophysics (Seismology) who is currently the director of the Institute of Geophysics Space Science and Astronomy of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He is currently involved in teaching and advising postgraduate students, coordinating & running the national seismic station network of the country, data analysis and research. He served as chairman of the coordinating committee for the EAGLE (Ethiopian Afar Geoscientific Lithospheric Experiment) which was conducted from 2001-2003 in the main Ethiopian rift and it is one of the successful projects in that region in geophysics discipline. He was also involved in broadband seismic experiments of the French (Strasbourg) and Penn State University working groups, coordinator of sub-Saharan Global Earthquake Model (GEM) and founding president of the African Seismological Commission (AfSc). He is Visiting Fellow of Leeds and Bristol Universities. Prof. Ayele is a fellow of the Ethiopian Science Academy. He is the 2021 international award recipient of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in recognition for making an outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in developing nations. Atalay serves as a handling editor.
Pathikrit (Path) Bhattacharya, Handling Editor
National Institute of Science Education and Research, India
ORCID: 0000-0003-4779-1236
Path is a geophysicist working as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Science Education and Research, India. His research interests are broadly within the domain of physics of earthquakes – both natural and human-induced. He has particularly focussed on understanding the role of friction and fluids in controlling fault behaviour within different parts of the earthquake cycle by combining rock deformation experiments, field observations and modelling. Within Seismica, Path is involved as a handling editor.
Joseph Byrnes, Handling Editor
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6161-399X
Joseph Byrnes is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas in Sustainable Earth Systems Science. His research focuses on the structure of the crust and upper mantle, addressing issues in tectonics, the geodynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system, and connections between the upper mantle and volcanism. This work primarily relies on imaging techniques from passive-source seismology, such as body- and surface-wave tomography, seismic attenuation, and receiver functions. Joseph is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Chris Calvelage, Handling Editor
Earthscope Consortium, USA
ORCID: 0009-0005-9807-4255
Chris is a seismologist and manager of the Sensor Testing and Evaluation Group at EarthScope Consortium. His research includes monitoring environmental and anthropogenic signals such as flooding and explosions using traditional seismic instruments and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). He also works on novel methods for instrumentation comparison and evaluation, best practices, and the determination of instrument specific characteristics (i.e., instrument response). Chris is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Kejie Chen, Handling Editor
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Kejie Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology. His research integrates geodesy, seismology, and remote sensing to study earthquake rupture processes, source parameters, tsunami and landslide hazards, and hydrological extremes. He develops multi-sensor approaches using GNSS, InSAR, seismic, and optical observations for earthquake physics and multi-hazard warning. He serves as a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Chiara Civiero, Handling Editor
University of Trieste, Italy
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-933X
Chiara is an Assistant Professor of Geophysics at the University of Trieste, Italy. Her research focuses on investigating the mantle processes that shape the Earth’s surface. She primarily works on seismic tomography to image the lithosphere and underlying mantle, combining seismic observations with insights from geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and geodynamic modeling. Chiara is involved in Seismica as a Handling Editor.
Christos Evangelidis, Handling Editor
Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
ORCID: 0000-0001-8733-8984
Christos is a Research Director at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), where he leads the broadband seismic network operations and coordinates the EIDA National node in Greece. His research currently focuses on the sources of moderate to large earthquakes and the detection of temporal changes in active fault zones and volcanic systems. He has been involved in many national and European research projects and has extensive field experience. Christos serves Seismica as a handling editor.
Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Handling Editor
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-0112-8412
Alice is a seismologist combining physics-based computer simulations, routinely utilizing the largest supercomputers worldwide, with data-driven techniques and theoretical analysis to uncover the physical mechanisms relevant to understanding earthquakes. Her research bridges space-time scales as well as disciplines within Geophysics and with Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. For Seismica, she has been a member of the first task force and is now appointed as a Handling Editor. She is a professor at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Carmine Galasso, Handling Editor
University College London, UK
ORCID: 0000-0001-5445-4911
Carmine is a Professor of Catastrophe Risk Engineering in the University College London (UCL)'s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), UK. His research focuses on developing and applying probabilistic and statistical methods and computational tools for catastrophe risk modelling and disaster risk reduction for natural hazards, with particular emphasis on earthquakes and their cascading hazards. His research interests include earthquake-induced ground-motion selection, simulation and validation; time-dependent earthquake risk; impact-based earthquake early warning; earthquake-risk-informed and people-centred decision-making on urban planning and design. Carmine was the Executive Editor for Operations at Seismica and now serves as a Handling Editor.
Anant Hariharan, Handling Editor, Standards & Copy-Editing
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5750-2632
Anant is a seismologist studying the thermochemical characteristics and evolution of the Earth's upper mantle at University of California Santa Barbara, USA. He is passionate about seismic imaging methods across a range of frequencies and length-scales and has experience with measuring the propagation speeds of surface waves, minimizing noise in these measurements, and using them to map Earth structure. Anant served on the Standards and Copy-Editing team at Seismica for three years and is now a Handling Editor.
Alex Hatem, Handling Editor
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-7584-2235
Alex is an earthquake geologist at the United States Geological Survey. She studies active faults and regional tectonics using geologic field methods, numerical & analog modeling, and geospatial analyses. Alex coordinates the western U.S. earthquake geology inputs for the USGS’s National Seismic Hazard Model.
Pablo Heresi, Handing Editor
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
ORCID: 0000-0003-4594-0621
Pablo is an Assistant Professor at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, in Chile. His current research and expertise are within earthquake engineering and engineering seismology topics, including performance-based earthquake engineering, seismic hazard and risk analysis both on a building level and a regional scale, ground-motion characterization, and seismic protection devices. Pablo is part of the Seismica Board as Handling Editor.
György Hetényi, Handling Editor
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
ORCID: 0000-0001-9036-4761
György is a geophysicist working at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. György does research on different topics in seismology, seismotectonics, gravimetry, and focuses on orogenic processes mainly in the Himalaya-Tibet and the Alpine area using complementary tools. He has coordinated large projects such as AlpArray and DIVE, and is also active in educational seismology in Nepal and Switzerland.
Yawar Hussain, Handling Editor
HydroResources, Sweden
ORCID: 0000-0002-4155-6764
Dr. Yawar is a near-surface geophysicist working on dam and near-mine monitoring using distributed fiber-optic sensing (DTS, DSS, DAS). His research focuses on site response studies, slope stability, and groundwater exploration using geophysical techniques such as seismic (active and passive), electrical, and electromagnetic methods, among others. He also studies microseismic emissions, changes in empirical Green’s functions, and the natural periods of landslides in response to different triggers such as earthquakes and rainfall. He is a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Matt Ikari, Handling Editor
MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Science, University of Bremen, Germany
ORCID: 0000-0002-8164-411X
Matt J. Ikari is a senior research scientist at MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Science at the University of Bremen. His present research is focused on the physics and motion of faults in the Earth, using laboratory deformation experiments in order to determine how and why some faults may move as large and destructive earthquakes, or as slow earthquakes or as steady creep. Much of this research uses natural fault samples from around the world, including from scientific drilling projects focusing on plate boundary faults.
Amir Ismail, Handling Editor
Capital University, Cairo, Egypt
Amir is an Associate Professor of Applied Geophysics and Director of the Petroleum and Mineral Sciences Program at Capital University, Cairo, Egypt. He completed part of his doctoral research as a visiting PhD student and then a visiting researcher at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. He has also served as a Fulbright Scholar at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. His expertise includes seismic interpretation, rock physics, reservoir characterization, and machine learning for energy, CCS, and hydrocarbon assessment. He serves as a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Stephanie James, Handling Editor
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
ORCID: 0000-0001-5715-253X
Stephanie is a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey based in Denver, Colorado. Her research encompasses the fields of environmental seismology, near-surface geophysics, hydrology, and the cryosphere. She is particularly interested in advancing ambient seismic noise methods for mapping and monitoring the near-surface environment. Stephanie also supports open-source software and leads development of a geophysical data standard. She serves as a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Helen Janiszewski, Handling Editor
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-1425-7969
Helen Janiszewski is a seismologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research uses seismic data to image the Earth's crust and mantle, particularly at subduction zones and volcanoes. She is currently focused on relationships between structure and earthquake behavior at subduction zones, and magmatic systems and transport beneath volcanoes. She also has expertise in seismic data collected from ocean bottom seismometers, and cabled seafloor instrumentation.
Oliver Lamb, Handling Editor
Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand
ORCID: 0000-0002-2254-4258
Oliver is a Volcano Seismologist at Earth Sciences New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand. His current research and expertise are within developing and using seismic and acoustic techniques for monitoring and understanding active volcanoes in Aotearoa New Zealand and worldwide. He has also branched out into other fields, including cryo-seismology, lightning and meteor detection, and elephant seismology. For Seismica, Oliver served as a member of the Standards and Copy-Editing team for three years before taking on his current role as Handling Editor.
Suzan van der Lee, Handling Editor
Northwestern University, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-1884-1185
Suzan is a data-driven seismologist and a professor in Earth and planetary sciences, Northwestern University, USA. She strives to unravel, predict, and understand the dynamics of the Earth’s deep interior, utilizing her expertise in observational & computational seismology, including tomographic imaging of the Earth’s mantle and crust. She has led numerous big-data analyses and seismic data acquisition field experiments in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Suzan is a Handling Editor and Mentoring Team member at Seismica.
Ken MacPherson, Handling Editor
Wilson Alaska Technical Center - University of Alaska, Fairbanks
ORCID: 0000-0002-5521-6912
Ken is a Seismoacoustic Research and Operations Scientist at the Wilson Alaska Technical Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His research focuses on the continuity of the wavefield across the interface between the solid earth and the atmosphere, with a particular interest in air-to-ground coupled waves. He uses observations of coupled waves to reveal local geology and to localize and track acoustic sources. On the operational side, he develops and implements algorithms for anomaly detection and performance monitoring of seismic and infrasound stations. He is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Laura Petrescu, Handling Editor
National Institute for Earth Physics, Romania
ORCID: 0000-0001-5462-4546
Laura is a seismologist at the National Institute for Earth Physics in Romania. Her research focuses on seismic imaging of crustal and mantle structure using surface wave and ambient noise tomography, receiver functions, and seismic anisotropy. More recently, she has expanded into near-surface and environmental seismology, including HVSR analysis, ambient seismic noise associated with atmospheric and hydrological processes, and machine learning applications to geophysical data. Laura serves as a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Giuseppe Petrillo, Handling Editor
Nanyang Technological University - Earth Observatory of Singapore
ORCID: 0000-0002-2339-559X
Giuseppe is a researcher at Nanyang Technological University - Earth Observatory of Singapore, specializing in statistical mechanics, statistical seismology, and stochastic modeling. With a background that bridges physics and mathematics, his work aims to advance stochastic models by incorporating physical principles. His research spans from statistical mechanics models, such as interfaces in disordered media, to more mathematically driven approaches like space-time-marked self-exciting Hawkes processes of the branching type. His goal is to push the boundaries of these models by infusing them with deeper physical understanding.
Mathilde Radiguet, Handling Editor
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-3877-9393
Mathilde is a geophysicist based at Université Grenoble Alpes, France. Her research focussed on the study of the seismic cycle including earthquakes, interseismic deformations and slow fault slip. She uses geodetic (GNSS, InSAR) and seismic data to monitor crustal deformation and characterize fault processes. Mathilde has joined Seismica as a handling editor and member of the Appeals Committee.
Marlon Ramos, Handling Editor
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-4449-8624
Marlon pays the bills as a research geophysicist at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA. From a research perspective, he is interested in the source physics of earthquakes (or explosions) and has experience in physics-based computer simulations of dynamic rupture and data mining/nonlinear algorithms for (seismic) signal detection. His published work has primarily focused on subduction zones. Marlon is a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Lise Retailleau, Handling Editor
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
ORCID: 0000-0002-0711-4540
Lise is a research scientist at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris based at the volcanological observatory of Piton de la Fournaise, France. Her research focuses on the analysis of the various seismic signals generated in volcanic contexts that propagate in the ocean or in the solid Earth. She studies the links between different events and volcanic activity. She also studies oceanic sources of signals and their use for Earth imaging. Lise joined Seismica as a Handling Editor.
Youyi Ruan, Handling Editor
Nanjing University, China
ORCID: 0000-0002-5691-6670
Youyi Ruan is an Associate Professor at Nanjing University, China. He is a computational and theoretical seismologist who focuses on high-performance computing and seismic tomography of velocity and attenuation at various scales. He is also working on volcano seismology to study the mechanism of transient magma movement during the eruption and AI seismology to facilitate the micro-seismicity monitoring caused by natural hazards and industrial activities. Youyi is a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Krittanon (Pond) Sirorattanakul, Handling Editor
Geomechanics Center of Excellence, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2310-8447
Krittanon (Pond) is a geomechanics specialist at Chevron. His research integrates laboratory experiments, field observations (seismicity, GPS, InSAR), and numerical modeling to study how faults respond to transient stress perturbations and fluids. At Chevron, he translates advances in earthquake science and geomechanics into applications for subsurface energy systems, including unconventional resources, geothermal energy, and carbon storage. He serves as a Handling Editor for Seismica.
Robert Skoumal, Handling Editor
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field
ORCID: 0000-0002-5627-6239
Robert is a Research Geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. His research focuses on improving the characterization of both natural and induced earthquakes. Particular research interests include the development of new methods to characterize small magnitude earthquakes, distinguishing between natural/induced seismicity, and seismogenic fault mapping.
Shiba Subedi, Handling Editor
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
ORCID: 0000-0002-7009-7333
Shiba is a Seismologist at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal. His research interests include crustal imaging, earthquake location, seismicity, education and outreach, and environmental seismology. He has more than 8 years of experience in the Himalaya studying earthquakes and understanding the seismotectonics of the Himalayan region. Prior to taking on Handling Editor responsibilities in 2026, Shiba served on the Media & Branding team 2022-2023.
Hongyu Sun, Handling Editor
University of Texas at El Paso, USA
ORCID: 0000-0003-3828-1859
Hongyu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, USA. Her research interests include seismic monitoring, seismic imaging, near-surface geophysics, and machine learning. She has joined the Seismica Editorial Team as a Handling Editor.
Nikos Svigkas, Handling Editor
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy, National Earthquake Observatory
ORCID: 0000-0002-8544-1934
Nikos Svigkas is a geophysicist specializing in seismology, seismic source modeling, active tectonics and satellite Earth observation. His work combines geophysical, geological and remote sensing analyses to better understand Earth processes and hazards. He has also contributed to research on volcanic activity, infrastructure monitoring, landslides and aquifer activity. Nikos is a researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Italy and a Handling Editor at Seismica.
Meng (Matt) Wei, Handling Editor
University of Rhode Island, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-7405-3389
Matt is a geophysicist at the University of Rhode Island, USA. His expertise includes tectonic geodesy, fault mechanics, and natural hazards. He serves as a handling editor at Seismica.
Jonathan Weiss, Handling Editor
NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-5142-5135
Jonathan is a Geophysicist at the NOAA/NWS/Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA with broad interests in active tectonics, geodynamics, crustal deformation, and geohazards. His recent research has focused on using geodetic data to achieve a synoptic view of the mechanisms that drive Earth-surface deformation, particularly related to the earthquake cycle. When not monitoring global seismicity and conducting applied research aimed at improving warning center operations, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his family and riding surf/skateboards.
Randy Williams, Handling Editor
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-1160-8842
Randy works in the seismology and geomorphology group at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. His research interests are field, laboratory, and numerical investigations of fault and earthquake mechanics in addition to the feedbacks between deformation, fluid flow, and mass transport in the crust. Other interests include paleoseismology and quantitative approaches to better constraining the periodicity (or lack thereof) of large earthquakes in the rock record. Randy is a Handling Editor for Seismica and has served on Board Selection Committees.
Wenbo Wu, Handling Editor
University of California Berkeley, USA
ORCID: 0000-0002-6249-8065
Wenbo Wu is an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley. His research interests include seismic imaging of deep Earth interior, seismic ocean thermometry, and Distributed Acoustic Sensing. He is particularly interested in observations and numerical modelling of global high frequency seismic waves.
Wenbin Xu, Handling Editor
Central South University, China
ORCID: 0000-0001-7294-8229
Wenbin is professor in geodesy and geophysics at Central South University, China. His research focuses on the use of space geodesy (InSAR, GNSS) to study crustal deformation associated with a variety of geophysical and anthropogenic processes, such as earthquake cycle deformation, volcanic activity, land subsidence, and so on. Within Seismica, he is committed to serve as Handling Editor.
Ting Yang, Handling Editor
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
ORCID: 0000-0002-3433-0898
Ting Yang is an observational seismologist specializing in seafloor passive-source seismology. His team develops and deploys ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) to image oceanic lithosphere structures, aiming to understand the geodynamic processes that shaped the seafloor. His research focuses on subduction zones, mid-ocean ridges, and intraplate volcanism, utilizing ambient noise and earthquake data to reveal Earth's deep structure and dynamic evolution. He serves Seismica as a Handling Editor.
Retired
Matthew Agius
Matthew Agius is a seismologist currently working as a post-doctorate researcher at the University of Malta. His research interests range from setting up and operating onshore and offshore seismic networks, processing seismic signals to locate earthquakes, real-time earthquake monitoring and tsunami simulation and using large seismic datasets to image the Earth's lithosphere and mantle structures. Matthew was part of the Media & Branding team until March 2023.
Greg Beroza
Greg is the Wayne Loel Professor of Earth Sciences in the Department of Geophysics at Stanford University. His research is data-driven and focused on earthquake seismology. Among his interests are induced earthquakes, slow earthquakes, intermediate-depth earthquakes, ground motion prediction, and the use of machine learning for seismological analysis. He will be a handling editor at Seismica with an emphasis on editorial mentoring.
Quentin Brissaud
Quentin Brissaud is a geophysicist at NORSAR, Norway studying seismo-acoustics for Earth and planetary applications. He uses machine learning and numerical simulations to make the most out of signals recorded at the ground up to the high atmosphere. Quentin has joined Seismica as part of the Media & Growth Team. Quentin was part of the Media & Branding team until March 2023.
Jaime Convers
Jaime Convers was a seismologist, and co-Chair of the Media & Branding Team at Seismica, until his unexpected passing on February 2, 2025. Jaime was one of the first members to join the Seismica Board and played a foundational role in shaping the journal's identity. A gifted seismologist and science communicator, Jaime helped define the look, voice, and ethos of Seismica from its earliest days. He was instrumental in building our social media presence and in creating the visual and editorial style that authors and readers around the world now recognize. Much of the polish, warmth, and character that distinguish Seismica's communications—especially the way we support authors in promoting their work—are direct reflections of Jaime's creativity and care. He was also a wonderful colleague and friend. Jaime's scientific contributions were as impressive as his presence at Seismica. His research incorporated seasonally induced seismicity and moment tensor inversions in southeast Brazil. He also worked with calculations of radiated seismic energy for intermediate to large earthquakes. He was especially obsessed with the evaluation of energy-deficient Tsunami earthquakes applied to earthquake early warning. The Seismica Moment Award is now renamed in Jaime's honor, beginning with the posthumous award to Jaime for 2024.
Jesper Sören Dramsch
Jesper Dramsch works at the intersection of machine learning and physical, real-world data. Currently, they're working as a scientist for machine learning in numerical weather prediction at the coordinated organisation ECMWF. Jesper has defended a PhD in machine learning for geoscience at DTU. Their interests extend to reproducibility and sci-comm, which they applied in the Tech Team at Seismica.
Ake Fagereng
Åke is a structural geologist based at Cardiff University, UK. He is interested in how the Earth deforms, and specifically in the range of fault slip styles from steady creep to earthquakes. He primarily studies natural fault rocks through field and lab studies, but also uses numerical models and deformation experiments, and participates in geophysical deployments. Ake joined Seismica as a handling editor and member of the mentoring programme, serving from 2022-2026.
Laure Fallou
Laure Fallou is a research manager at the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). With a background in sociology, she is particularly interested in risk culture and the information needs of people who have just felt an earthquake. For instance, she has been studying reactions to Earthquake Early Warnings, the spread of false information or participation in citizen seismology projects, and handles papers in this area for Seismica.
Tran T. Huynh
As the Associate Director for Science Operations for the Southern California Earthquake Center, Tran has responsibility for the Center's strategic planning and implementation, budgeting and financial operations, research administration, personnel, communications, and core science operations. Within Seismica, Tran was chair of the Media & Growth team until 2023.
Paula Koelemeijer
Paula is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford in the UK. Her research has mostly focused on imaging and interpreting the seismic structure of the lower mantle, often using normal mode observations combined with geodynamic simulations and mineral physics. She also has an interest in using seismic noise to study animal and human behaviour. Paula was a Handling Editor at Seismica from 2022-2025.
Brad Lipovsky
Brad is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. His research focuses on understanding the underlying physics of dynamic Earth systems including glaciers, volcanoes, earthquakes, geothermal reservoirs, and landslides. Brad is also the founding principle investigator of the University of Washington Fiber Lab, an interdepartmental group focused around integrated and distributed optical fiber sensing including Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). He was previously acting as Handling Editor for Seismica.
Keyla Carlina Ramirez Loaiza
Keyla Ramirez Loaiza was a member of the Seismica Copy Editing & Standards team until March 2023. Her research interests are earthquake relocalitation, velocity model building and various geophysical data integration. She is the Head of the Geophysics Department at the Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (FUNVISIS). As head of the department she develops with her team projects in Seismic Microzonation to ensure earthquake resistant building design codes, Geodynamic modeling in the South America – Caribbean Boundary, and the Andes of Merida and the and also contributes with the CTBTO National Data Centre. She studied at University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.
Jack Muir
Jack is a seismologist and mathematical geophysicist. He is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Oxford, investigating methods of accelerating seismic waveform calculations using machine learning. He also investigates seismic structures at lengthscales ranging from the 10's of centimeters (agricultural soils) to 100's of kilometers (the core-mantle boundary). He was part of the standards and copy-editing team for Seismica.
Karen M Pearson
Marino Protti Quesada
Marino Protti is a geophysicist and Director of the Costa Rica Volcanological and Seismological Observatory, at the National University (OVSICORI-UNA). He has over three decades of experience studying subduction processes that generate large earthquakes. He was part of an international team that anticipated the rupture area of the Nicoya September 5th, 2012, MW=7.6 earthquake. Marino is a Handling Editor at Seismica and involved in EDI work. He was previously acting as Handling Editor for Seismica.
Claudia Reis
Cláudia Reis is a structural engineer from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon studying the cascading earthquake and tsunami effects on coastal structures. Her main interests are the geophysical characterization of earthquake and derivative tsunami phenomena, multi-hazard/risk assessment and mathematical tools to reproduce the physics involved during the interaction between extreme natural hazard and the response of the built environment. Within Seismica community, she was part of the Standards and Copy Editing Team.
Vitor Silva
Vitor Silva is an earthquake engineer with a focus on seismic hazard and risk analyses, development of methodologies to analyse the impact of earthquakes, and creation of open-source tools. He is the Risk Coordinator at the Global Earthquake Model Foundation and a senior researcher at the Research Unit RISCO at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Vitor is a strong advocate of open science, models and tools, and has contributed to the Seismica policies.
Danielle Sumy
Danielle is a seismologist interested in how people learn about earthquakes. Her research focuses on disaster risk reduction as it relates to earthquake and tsunami early warning. Danielle is motivated by her belief that earthquakes are natural, but disasters are not. Other research interests include earthquake triggering. Danielle is at the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, and currently works on the U.S. Geological Survey's ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system.
Dragos Toma-Danila
Dragos is an experienced researcher in seismology and GIS, with a focus on seismic risk, network analysis and educational seismology. He works at the National Institute for Earth Physics, Romania. Dragos was involved in the Tech Team of Seismica.
Lauren Waszek
Lauren is a global seismologist, studying the structure and properties of Earth's interior from the shallow mantle to the inner core. Her research integrates seismic observations with modeling from mineral physics and geodynamics, in order to constrain compositional characteristics and the associated dynamical processes. Lauren is a lecturer in Physics at James Cook University, Australia, and served as a handling editor for Seismica 2022-2025.
