Visiting Researchers
John Vidale
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Institute |
University of Washington |
Title |
Professor | |
Country |
USA | |
Period of Stay |
2013/09/14 - 2013/09/27 | |
Research Theme |
Relation between slow slip and regular earthquakes | |
Host Researcher |
Kazushige OBARA |
Self Introduction
John Vidale is a Professor at the University of Washington, Director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, and the Washington State Seismologist. He was an undergrad at Yale and gained his PhD from Caltech, then worked for UC Santa Cruz and the USGS, taught at UCLA for a decade, and finally came to Seattle in 2006. While at UCLA, he was director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. His honors include the Macelwane Medal (1994) and being named the Gutenberg lecturer (2009) by the American Geophysical Union and the Researcher of the Year by the College of the Environment at UW (2011). His research focuses on earthquakes, volcanoes, Earth structure, and the hazards of strong shaking. Prof. Vidale is currently working on monitoring the earthquakes and volcanoes in Oregon and Washington, studying strange slow earthquakes and landsliding in earthquakes, and exploring how to implement earthquake early warning for the Pacific Northwest.
Parting Thoughts