Institute: California Institute of Technology
Title: Assistant Professor
Country/Region: USA
Period: 2022/12/11 - 2022/12/29
Theme: Toward of creating Hidden Earthquake Catalog in Japan
Host: Hiromichi NAGAO
Introduction: Zachary Ross is a William H. Hurt Scholar and Assistant Professor of Geophysics at the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D in Geophysics from the University of Southern California, where he was advised by Professor Yehuda Ben-Zion. He then was a Postdoctoral Scholar in Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology. His research program aims to improve our understanding of earthquakes, fault zones, and volcanoes by incorporating recent technology from machine learning and applied and computational mathematics. For his research contributions, he has received several awards and honors including the Keiiti Aki Early Career Award from AGU, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation CAREER award, and Kavli Fellowship from the US National Academy of Sciences.
Fiscal Year: 2022