Research Interests
Physics of Earthquakes and Faults
Dynamic Rupture in Structures with Material and Geometrical Heterogeneities
Spatio-Temporal Seismicity Patterns
Information Content of Seismic Catalogs, Earthquake Prediction
High Resolution Imaging of Fault Zone Structures
Experience
Visiting Professor, the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
Postdoctoral fellow (with Professor James R. Rice), Harvard University
Visiting Research Associate, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Education
1982- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, B.Sc. Geology and Physics.
1990- University of Southern California, Ph. D. in Geophysics and Seismology.
Classes taught
Modern Perspectives on Crustal Dynamics (Geol 530))
The Nature of Scientific Inquiery (MD130)
Advanced Seismology (Geol 552)
Physics of Earthquakes (Geol 553))
Short summer course in Munich Germany, August 2001: Introduction to Dynamics of Earthquakes and Faults )
Honors & Awards
Natural Sciences Dean's Fellowship (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
1980-1982).
Valedictorian, Natural Sciences Faculty (The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, 1982).
W. M. Keck Foundation Fellowship (University of Southern California,
1985-1988).
Visiting Professor Fellowship, Earthquake Research Institute, University
of Tokyo, Japan, 1996.
Zumberge Research and Innovation Fellowship, University of Southern
California, 1998.
Mercator Fellowship of the German Research Society (DFG), 2003.
Ranked 4th in citations per paper in a global survey of the ISI //www.esi-topics.com/earthquakes/ on "Earthquake Studies" for the period 1993-2003.
In top 1% of most cited Geosciences authors in the Essential Science Indicators database for the last 10 years. h-index 27
Over 30 invited and keynote talks in the last 3 years.
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