2005 EarthScope/SSA Distinguished Lecturers

Dr. Michael Wysession

Washington University,
Saint Louis, Missouri

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and a Modern Journey to the Center of the Earth

Date Venue
Jan 01 2005, 3:00 PM New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Apr 02 2005, 3:00 PM National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Dallas, Texas, United States
May 12 2005, 4:00 PM Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
May 13 2005, 4:00 PM Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jun 21 2005, 4:00 PM Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, United States
Jun 30 2005, 4:00 PM American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States
Jul 23 2005, 4:00 PM Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 23 2005, 4:00 PM Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Oct 23 2005, 4:00 PM St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Nov 15 2005, 3:00 PM Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, United States

Dr. Susan Hough

Research Geophysicist
U.S. Geologic Survey Pasadena,
Pasadena, California

The Very Long Reach of Very Large Earthquakes

Curriculum Vitae

Susan Hough graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in geophysics in 1982 and received a PhD in Earth sciences from the University of California, San Diego in 1988. Since 1992 she has worked as a research geophysicist at the US Geological Survey in Pasadena. Her research interests include earthquake ground motions, induced earthquakes, historical earthquakes, and seismic hazard. She led deployments of portable seismometers following a number of damaging earthquakes, including the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, and 2010 Haiti earthquakes. She has co-authored over 120 articles, and was elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2009. She is now serving as President-Elect of the Seismological Society of America. In addition to technical articles, she has a long-standing interest in science communication, having authored five books on earthquake science for a non-specialist audience as well as numerous popular articles. She has further led USAID-supported capacity development projects in a number of countries including Nepal, Haiti, and Myanmar.

Date Venue
Jan 26 2005, 3:00 PM University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Feb 04 2005, 3:00 PM Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Apr 28 2005, 4:00 PM SSA Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
May 17 2005, 4:00 PM Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, United States
Nov 05 2005, 3:00 PM Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Nov 18 2005, 3:00 PM Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, United States