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Falk
Amelung
Falk Amelung received a "Diplom" degree in Geophysics in 1992 from the
University of Muenster,
Germany and in 1996 a PhD from the University of Strasbourg, France.
From 1997-1999 he was a PostDoctoral
researcher at Stanford University and from 1999-2002 a research
scientist at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. In 2002 he joined
the University of Miami where he is currently Assistant Professor at
the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Amelung is
director of the InSAR laboratory.
He is also at the Center of Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote
Sensing (CSTARS).
Amelung’s research focuses on active processes that result in
deformation of the Earth’s crust.
He uses Satellite Radar Interferometry for the study of active
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Scott
Baker
received his BS in geology (2003) and MS in geology (2006) from the
University of Georgia (Athens, GA). Currently he is working on his PhD
in the division of Marine Geology and Geophysics at the Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (University of Miami, Miami,
FL). His research interests include remote sensing and seismology. His
master’s thesis was an investigation of the crust and
uppermost mantle in the southern Appalachian Blue Ridge using
teleseismic broadband earthquake data and receiver function analysis.
Current research involves using satellite radar interferometry (InSAR)
to study Earth surface processes, specifically tectonic deformation and
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Juliet
Biggs received a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences and
an MSci degree
in Geological Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2003 and a
Ph.D. degree from the University of Oxford in 2007. She is currently
the
Rosenstiel Postdoctoral Fellow and holds a Lindemann Postdoctoral
Fellowship from the English Speaking Union. Juliet’s research
focuses on the application of space geodetic techniques, in particular
InSAR, to the study of active tectonics, including volcanoes and the
earthquake cycle in a range of settings including
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Estelle Chaussard received received a B.Sc. degree in Geology and a Master degree in
Geophysics from the University of Montpellier, France. From 2006 to 2008, for her Master, she
was working on active tectonic and numerical modeling of the Western United States dynamic.
She is currently enrolled on a PhD program at the University of Miami working with Dr Amelung
on volcanoes activity and earthquakes deformation in Sumatra using InSAR data. |
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Tim Dixon
received a B.Sc. degree in
1974 from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada ,
and Ph.D. degree in 1979 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego. From 1979-1992, he worked at
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. In
1992,
he moved to the University of Miami, where he is currently a Professor
at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Director
of the Geodesy Laboratory, and Co-Director of the Center for
Southeastern
Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS). In 2001 he was elected
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Dixon’s research
focuses
on the application of space geodetic and remote sensing data to study
of the Earth’s surface and sub-surface processes, including
earthquakes
and volcanic deformation, crustal deformation and mountain building,
and
coastal subsidence. |
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Noel
Gourmelen received a "DEA" degree in
Geophysics from the University of Montpellier, France, and is currently
enrolled on a PhD program at the University of Miami. From 1999
to 2001, he studied at the university of Nice, France, working on
neotectonics of the western Pacific in collaboration with the Institute
of Research and Devellopment (IRD) of Noumea, New Caledonia. In 2001,
he moved to the University of Montpellier, where he earned a Masters
degree in Geophysics working on active tectonics and subsidence over
the Tehran basin and the Albortz range in Iran. Gourmelen’s
research
focuses on the use of space geodesy to study
of the Earth’s surface and sub-surface processes, focusing
especially
on the present day deformation over the western Basin & Range
and
application and devellopment of InSAR processing to deformation over
large area of the earth surface.
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Sang-Hoon Hong
received a B.Sc. degree in Geology and the Ph.D. degree in Earth
system sciences from the Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 1997 and 2006. His
Ph.D. thesis was on the generation of digital elevation model over the coastal area
using satellite SAR interferometry. He is interested in the application of SAR data
processing to detect target and SAR interferometry to coastal area, wetland. He was
a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Yonsei University, Korea. He is currently
working as a Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
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Yan Jiang
received his B.
Eng. degree in Geomatics Engineering from Wuhan University, China, in
2006. Currently he is working on his PhD in the
division of Marine Geology and Geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of
Marine
and Atmospheric Science (University of Miami, Miami, FL). His research
interests include GPS data processing and application of GPS to study
earth's surface and sub-surface process. His current research areas
include
Iceland and Louisiana.
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Sang-Wan Kim
received a B.Sc. degree in Geology and the Ph.D. degree in Earth system
sciences from the Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 1992 and
2004. His Ph.D. thesis was on the analysis of subsidence in the urban
area using permanent scatterer and volcano monitoring using
differential SAR interferometry (DInSAR). His research interests
include SAR data processing
and the application of SAR interferometry to reclaimed coastal land,
wetland, and volcano. He was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the
Sejong
University, Korea. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher
at the Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing,
University
of Miami, Miami, FL.
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Batuhan Osmanoğlu
received his B.Sc.
degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Istanbul Technical
University, Turkey in 2005, and is currently working towards his Ph.D
at Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science - University of
Miami, FL. He worked on developing a radar altimeter simulator (RAS)
for his undergraduate thesis. Prior to that, during his internship at
Center for Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing (CSCRS, Istanbul
Tech.) he developed a radiometric correction algorithm for optical
satellite images of SPOT 4. His research interests are: remote sensing
techniques and technologies, satellite systems and wireless
communication.
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Kim Psencik received a
double B.S. degree in 2004 in Marine Science and Geology from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL,
and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Geophysics in the Marine Geology and Geophysics Division of
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) at the University of Miami under
Dr. Tim Dixon.
Kim’s research focuses on the application of space geodetic GPS and computer modeling to study
the Earth’s surface and sub-surface processes. Most specifically Kim is working on dynamics of
Episodic Tremor and Slip events on the Cocos-Caribbean subduction zone beneath the Nicoya Peninsula
Costa Rica. She is also working on the kinematics and dynamics of Sierra Nevada Block rotation.
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Gina
Schmalzle received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1999 from
Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, USA. She worked at the University
of Georgia from 1999 to 2001 focusing on calibrating and maintaining a
network of Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometers throughout the United
States. In August of 2001, she moved to the University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences where she is
currently a graduate student in the division of Marine
Geology and Geophysics.
She was awarded the 2001 Rosenstiel Fellowship upon arriving at the
University of Miami. In 2003 she won the American Geophysical Union
Outstanding Student Paper Award. She also has been a NASA Earth System
Science Fellow since 2003. Schmalzle’s research focuses on
the application
of GPS to study of the Earth’s surface and sub-surface
processes, including
earthquakes and crustal deformation. She use sophisticated finite
element
models combined with the data (GPS and other publically available data)
to better understand the earth processes. Her current research areas
include central California, the Eastern California Shear Zone and Baja
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Dr. Shimon Wdowinski
is a research associate
professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Miami, where he teaches and researches geology and
geophysics. His work has focused on the development and usage of
space geodetic techniques that can detect very precisely small
movements
of the Earth’s surface. He successfully applied these
technologies
to study natural hazards and environmental phenomena, such as
earthquakes,
landslides, and wetland surface flow. He received a B.Sc in Earth
Sciences
(1983) and M.Sc. in Geology (1985) from the Hebrew University
(Jerusalem,
Israel) and an M.S. in Engineering Sciences (1987) and Ph.D. in
Geophysics
(1990) from Harvard University. Before resuming a faculty position at
Tel
Aviv University, he conducted a post-doctorate research at Scripps
Institute
of Oceanography, UCSD (1990-1993). He joined the University of Miami in
2001.
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