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Advancing Earthquake Science Worldwide Advancing Earthquake Science Worldwide 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony 28 APRIL • ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO Message from the President Celebrating Growth and New Opportunities SSA Board Today SSA presents its highest honors— offerings this fall. Through our advocacy work, the Charles F. Richter Early Career Award, including new briefings on Capitol Hill, Frank Press Public Service Award and the Society is reminding U.S. policymakers why Officers Harry Fielding Reid Medal—to Marine Denolle, your work makes a difference and needs ongoing Brian Tucker and Karen Fischer. federal support. Susan Hough, President William R. Walter, President-Elect These members have done exemplary work in The past year has been one of growth and new Peter Shearer, Past President support of the Society’s mission—advancing opportunities for SSA, and the reason is you. earthquake science for the benefit of society. Their Peggy Hellweg, Secretary As we celebrate our esteemed colleagues today, outstanding accomplishments offer inspiration Mitch Withers, Treasurer I’d like to offer thanks to every member for their to our entire community. They remind us all to continued commitment to our mission. Thank you continue pushing the boundaries of knowledge. for your volunteer work, for your research and for Board of Directors As you continue to push those boundaries, know your career advice to members at the start of their Sergio Barrientos (2020) that SSA is here to help. careers. On page 20 we also offer our deepest gratitude for your generous gifts that have helped Margaret Boettcher (2021) The report that follows in these pages highlights the us once again to advance our science and protect Xyoli Pérez-Campos (2021) newest pathways to professional support that SSA public safety. Heather DeShon (2022) now provides to our growing community. Doug Dreger (2021) It has been an honor to serve as your president. SSA has just expanded its Global Travel Grant Christine Goulet (2020) program, which now helps both student and early- Kuo-Fong Ma (2022) career members exchange information with their Meghan S. Miller (2022) peers near and far. A redesign of our two journals Kate Scharer (2020) is bringing more seismic information to readers, Susan Hough John Townend (2022) with more specialization and new ways to share President knowledge. We’re looking forward to exchanging new ideas at a brand new, topical SSA meeting, on seismic tomography, that we’ve added to our 2 Seismological Society of America Seismological Society of America | 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony 3 2019 Awards Marine Denolle Brian Tucker Karen Fischer Assistant Professor, Founder, GeoHazards Professor, Brown University Harvard University International HARRY FIELDING CHARLES F. RICHTER FRANK PRESS PUBLIC REID MEDAL EARLY CAREER AWARD SERVICE AWARD This award honors outstanding This award honors outstanding contributions to This award honors outstanding contributions to the contributions in seismology or earthquake engineering. the goals of the Society by a member early in her or advancement of public safety or public information his career. relating to seismology. SSA honors Karen Fischer with the Harry Fielding Reid Medal for her pioneering research on Earth’s upper SSA honors Marine Denolle with the Charles F. SSA honors Brian Tucker with the Frank Press mantle structure and dynamics, the structure and Richter Early Career Award for her important Public Service Award for his efforts to make evolution of continental lithosphere, and the dynamics contributions to developing synthetic seismograms the world’s most vulnerable communities safer of subduction systems. that can be used for ground motion predictions for from earthquakes and other natural hazards. His future earthquakes, with particular applications to nonprofit GeoHazards International, with local and She conducted groundbreaking research on the boundary how seismic waves behave in sedimentary basins. international partners, has developed earthquake between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere. scenarios and seismic safety action plans, She is widely recognized for her contributions to Her paper published in the journal Science in 2014 retrofitted schools, improved the seismic safety characterizing seismic anisotropy which have helped to described how she deployed instruments along of hospitals, mapped landslide hazards, designed identify and analyze patterns of mantle flow beneath the San Andreas Fault in the San Gorgonio Pass in and promoted vertical tsunami evacuation parks, continents and in subduction zones, where one tectonic California, to test whether sedimentary basins near and initiated the local manufacture of “School plate moves underneath another. Her work in subduction San Bernardino might funnel seismic energy from Earthquake Desks.” zones has established evidence for three-dimensional the San Andreas Fault into the Los Angeles basin. asthenospheric flow. Her conclusion, that the Los Angeles metro area “While many of us in the seismological community could be threatened by this type of ground motion, can justifiably claim that the science and products Fischer is “an outstanding seismologist who has conducted informed the U.S. Geological Survey seismic we’ve produced will lead to safer cities and many observational and modeling studies of the Earth’s resilience plan with Los Angeles. potentially save lives or reduce other losses over seismic structure, illuminating dynamic mantle-flow the long-term, few can point to specific cases where processes in subduction zones, near the core-mantle The study, among others, shows that Denolle is an communities have benefitted directly from our boundary, and at the base and within the continental exceptional seismologist due to her grasp of the efforts; Brian Tucker can,” said seismologist David lithosphere,” said Professor Donald W. Forsyth, who entire scientific process, her colleagues said in their Wald in nominating Tucker for the award. nominated Fischer for the medal. nominations of Denolle for the award. ➜ To learn more about the The Joyner Fund provides the financial support for the nominating process, visit Richter honorarium. seismosoc.org/awards Photo: © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation- used with permission MacArthur Foundation- T. and Catherine D. Photo: © John 4 Seismological Society of America | 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony Seismological Society of America | 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony 5 2020 Honors Julian J. Bommer Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College London WILLIAM B. JOYNER MEMORIAL LECTURE Julian J. Bommer has worked for more than 30 years at the interface between seismology and earthquake engineering as both a researcher and practitioner. His Joyner lecture, delivered at the 2020 SSA Annual Meeting, focuses on the impact of small- magnitude earthquakes, of both tectonic and anthropogenic origin, on the built environment and how the risk associated with such events can be quantified and mitigated. Awarded by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and SSA, the lectureship honors William B. Joyner’s career at the U.S. Geological Survey and his commitment to continuing communication and education at the interface between research findings of earthquake science and the practical realities of earthquake engineering. 6 Seismological Society of America | 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony Seismological Society of America | 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony 7 Growing Stronger Together More Time with Your Colleagues At SSA we’ve always known that face-to-face communication advances science. Our members proved it once again at the 2019 Annual Meeting. Last year, our community of scientists and engineers gathered in Seattle to exchange seismic The 2019-2020 year has been knowledge. They asked and answered one another’s research questions. They offered and received one of new opportunities for the The intimate setting in which SSA community. career advice. Together, they explored the very future of seismology. to discuss my research and hear about other investigations and Our Society has grown in size and expanded SSA continues to welcome an increasing number experiments from other scientists our reach. We’ve added a new meeting and of attendees to our annual gatherings—24 was so valuable.” new content to our peer-reviewed journals. percent more in the past year alone. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we also welcomed —ISABEL HONG, Ph.D. candidate at We’ve found new ways to tell the world why a record 21 travel grant recipients to the 2019 Rutgers University and 2019 Annual Meeting meeting. All attendees, whether it was their first or seismology matters. Travel Grant recipient 21st meeting, had the opportunity to learn about During the past year SSA has provided emerging tools and technologies in an expanded array of workshops and special interest groups led members with a record number of travel by their colleagues. grants to attend meetings focused on our science—our Annual Meeting as well as Our time together is incredibly valuable—for networking, for collaborating and for learning. others hosted by organizations around We don’t want anyone to have to miss an the globe. opportunity to connect with their peers, so we’ve Global Travel Grant Recipient Waheed G. Akande added a childcare option to our 2020 Annual (University of Aberdeen) at left receiving a Meeting. We’ve also created more opportunities for We’re helping our scientists and engineers souvenir from Co-Chair Farokh Parsizadeh at the members to meet and share their work with one exchange more seismic
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