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Postdoctoral Fellows
Below are all of our Postdoctoral Fellows. To learn about our Distinguished Fellows Program visit: Institutional Postdoctoral Research Fellows. To see staff by primary discipline please visit: Climate, Energy, Polar and Planetary, and Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics.
Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics
Marine Geosciences Each year University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) researchers and students undertake several major seagoing campaigns. In the spring, UTIG researchers conduct an MG&G field course to train students. The campaigns and field course employ a variety of geophysical techniques, including 2D and 3D seismic reflection imaging, seismic refraction acquisition, chirp profiling, multibeam bathymetric… Continue Reading Marine Geosciences, Seismology and Tectonics
UTIG researcher co-authors study on 2010 earthquake-icequake connection
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Research Associate Jake Walter contributed to a published study examining the connection between the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile in 2010 and micro-earthquakes in Antarctica, also known as “icequakes.” Walter was a postdoctorate researcher at Georgia Tech working at the time of the study with Zhigang Peng, an associate professor in… Continue Reading UTIG researcher co-authors study on 2010 earthquake-icequake connection
UTIG Researcher’s Article Featured in AGU Magazine
A recently published paper co-authored by Cliff Frohlich of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is featured in the May 20, 2014, edition of Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Frohlich and his co-authors published a paper in the January 2014 edition of Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth regarding the largest recorded earthquake in East… Continue Reading UTIG Researcher’s Article Featured in AGU Magazine