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Emily C. Roland Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 360-713-7817 Emily.Roland@Wwu.Edu Emily C. Roland Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 360-713-7817 [email protected] Education Ph.D., Marine Geophysics 2006 - 2011 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Joint Program in Oceanography, Applied Ocean Science and Engineering Thesis topic: Earthquake Behavior and Structure of Oceanic Transform Faults Advisor: Je↵McGuire Co-advisors: Dan Lizarralde, John Collins, Mark Behn B.S., Geophysical Engineering 2001 - 2005 Colorado School of Mines Magna cum Laude, With Honors Minors in Geology and Public A↵airs Delft Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands Sept. 2004 - Jan. 2005 Visiting Student in Applied Geophysics M.Sc. Program Professional Assistant Professor, Geology and Marine and Coastal Sciences, Sept 2020 - present Experience Western Washington University Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography, Sept 2014 - 2020 University of Washington Research Geophysicist, Alaska Science Center Jan. 2012 - July 2014 United States Geological Survey Grants Funded Abers, G., Roland, E., Schwartz, S., “Behavior and structure on and around the megathrust revealed by the Alaska Amphibious Seismic Community Experiment”, NSF-GeoPrisms 1947713, $273,269 UW award, 6/1/2020-5/31/2023 Aderhold, K., Roland, E., Trehu, A., Tominaga, M., “Marine Seismology Symposium 2020”, NSF-OCE 1939512, $148,921 IRIS award, received: 07/15/2019 Roland, E., Ogston, A., “Characterizing o↵shore Quaternary deformation, fluid pathways, and sediment dynamics along the Cascadia margin (5 year Cooperative Agreement)”, USGS Earthquake Hazards and Coastal and Marine Science, Up to $1,016,320 to UW over 5 years, including Rachel Carson Ship time in year 1, 2019-2024 Worthington, L., Roland, E., Nedimovic, M., “Collaborative Research: Relationship between plate boundary obliquity, strain accommodation, and fault zone geometry at oceanic-continental transforms: The Queen Charlotte Fault”, NSF-OCE 1824165, $397,640 UW award, 3/1/19- 2/28/2022 Boettcher, M., McGuire, J., Collins, J., Behn, M., Roland, E., Warren, J., “Collaborative Re- search: Capturing 4D Variations in Stress, Slip, and Fault-Zone Material Properties: The 2019- 2021 Gofar Transform Fault Earthquake Prediction Experiment”, NSF-OCE 1832164, $225,875 UW award, 12/1/2018-11/01/2021 Roland, E., Crider, J., “Seattle Fault location, earthquake recurrence and e↵ects: Linking on- shore and o↵shore records via shallow marine seismic surveys in the Duwamish Waterway and Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington,” USGS-NEHRP, $87,504, 4/1/2019- 3/31/2020 Roland, E. “Synthesis of crustal fault deformation history in Puget Sound Washington from new and legacy marine geophysical data,” USGS-NEHRP, $87,828, 12/1/2017- 11/30/2018 1 Grants Funded Abers, G., Adams, A, Roland, E., Schwartz, S., Sheehan, A., Shillington, D., Webb, S., Wiens, continued D., Worthington, L., “Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment”, NSF-GeoPrisms 1654568, $1,467,392 ($67,762 UW sub-award), 3/1/2017-2/29/2020 Schmidt, D., Wilcock, W., Bodin, P., Delaney J., Gonzales, F., Harrington M., LeVeque, R., Roland, E., Vidale, J., “An O↵shore Geophysical Network for Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest”, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Grant Award, $1M, 1/2016-12/2017 Wilcock W., Roland, E., MacCready, P., Schmidt D., “Collaborative Research: Constraints on Interseismic Deformation O↵shore Oregon from Calibrated Continuous Pressure Records” NSF-OCE 1558477, $229,863, 3/1/2016-2/28/2018 Roland, E., Gulick, S., Haeussler, P., “O↵shore Rapid Response Investigation of Aftershocks Following January 5th, 2013 Mw 7.5 Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault Earthquake, South- east Alaska” Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas Austin, Internal Grant Award, $46,497, 2/2013-2/2014 Roland, E., “Sources of Seismic Heterogeneity and Segmentation along the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone”, USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1/2012-6/2014 Grants Submit- Zumberge, M., Sasagawa, G., Roland, E., Wilcock, W., Schmidt, D., “Collaborative Research: ted/Pending: Constraints on Interseismic Deformation O↵shore Alaska from Calibrated Continuous Pressure Records”, NSF-OCE, $123,632 UW award, Status: declined. Roland, E., Worthington, L., Liberty, L., Tape, C., Han, S. “Collaborative Research: Seis- mic Imaging of the Locked-to-Slipping Transition Across the 1964 Rupture Area of the Alaska Subduction Zone”, NSF-OCE, $338,628 UW, Status: declined. Abers, G., Roland, E., Shillington, D., “Collaborative Research: Seismicity and imaging of the Alaska Megathrust with an ocean bottom seismic array”, NSF-OCE 1558469, $249,881 UW award, received: 08/12/2015, Status: declined, resubmitted-funded as community experiment in 2016, OCE 1654568 Wilcock W., MacCready, P., Roland, E., Schmidt D., “Collaborative Research: Vertical Seafloor Geodesy on the Cascadia Margin to Constrain Megathrust Locking and Slow-Slip Deformation O↵shore”, NSF-GeoPRISMS 1458116, $247,577 UW award, received: 08/08/2014, Status: de- clined, resubmitted-funded in 2015, OCE 1558477 Roland, E., Liberty, L., Tape, C., Worthington, L., “Collaborative Research: Seismic Imaging of the Locked-to-Slipping Transition of the Alaska Subduction Zone”, NSF-GeoPRISMS 1456381, $243,355 UW award, received: 07/30/2014, Status: declined, prepared for re-submission to NSF- OCE. Worthington, L., Bangs, N., Becal, A., Gulick, S., Roland, E., “Collaborative Research: Link- ages between along-strike structural variations and seismogenesis in the Central Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone”, NSF-GeoPRISMS 1456379, $21,006 UW award, received: 07/30/2014, Status: declined. Teaching University of Washington, Marine Geology and Geophysics Spring 2018, 2019 OCEAN540(Oceanography) Synthesis of processes that form ocean basins, the evolution of the oceanic lithosphere and cycling of material through sedimentation and subduction University of Washington, Seafloor Mapping Fall 2015, 2016, 2018 OCEAN497 (Oceanography) Mulitbeam bathymetry acquisition and processing, includes 3 day research cruise. 2 Teaching University of Washington, Marine Geographical Information Science Fall 2017, 2018, 2020 continued Co-listed OCEAN452/502 (Oceanography) / FISH452/502 (Fisheries) GIS and geospatial data analysis and acoustic remote sensing, with a topical focus on marine geohazards. University of Washington, Exploration Seismology Spring 2016, Winter 2018, Spring 2020 Co-listed OCEAN412, 504 (Oceanography) / ESS467 (Earth and Space Sciences) Applied seismic reflection and refraction methods, acquisition and processing. University of Washington, Field Investigations in Oceanography Spring 2017, 2015 OCEAN 220 (Oceanography) Basic oceanographic and marine geology and geophysics field methods and data analysis, with a focus on marine magnetics. University of Washington, Geospatial Information Technology Fall 2015, 2016 OCEAN 452/502 (Oceanography) / FISH 452 (Fisheries), ESS 600 GIS and geospatial data analysis with a focus on marine geological applications. Colorado School of Mines, Introduction to Geophysics November 2012 Invited lecturer for GPGN 200 course Included marine seismology, and mechanics of earthquakes and faulting. Graduate Current - Primary Advisor Students • Kevin Pszczola - Masters Student, Western Washington University, 2020- Research focused on forearc faulting along the Alaska continental margin • Emma Myers - PhD Student, UW (ESS - Earth and Space Sciences Dept.) 2015- Dissertation focused on on structure of the Cascadia forearc and central Chile • Ginevra Moore - PhD Student, UW (OCEAN - School of Oceanography) 2017- Masters thesis focused on Puget Sound shallow deformation structure Dissertation focused on Alaska subduction megathrust mechanical behavior and earthquake source properties Committee member with science input - Current and Recent Past • Mikkel Louis - Masters Student (WWU) 2020- Research focused on eruption style at submarine volcanic vents • Bridgit Boulahanis - PhD (Columbia University) 2020- Research focused seismic imaging of subduction zone and oceanic plate structure • Elizabeth Davis - PhD Student (UW-ESS), May 2018- Dissertation focused on deformation patterns and paleoseismology of Seattle Fault • Ian Stone - PhD Student (UW-ESS) 2015- Dissertation focused on on Cascadia seismicity and ground motion simulations • Philip Green - PhD Student (UW-ESS), Nov 2018- Dissertation focused on exhumation uplift history of Haida Gwaii related to Queen Char- lotte faulting • Erik Fredrickson - PhD Student (UW-OCEAN) 2016-2020 Masters thesis focused on using seafloor pressure as a geodetic tool • Rose Hilmo - PhD Student (UW-OCEAN) 2016-2020 Masters thesis focused on on characterizing seismic noise on seafloor instrumentation • Brendan Phillip - PhD Student (UW-OCEAN) 2017-2019 Dissertation focused on hydrogeology and methane seeps on the Cascadia margin • Carolyn Nuyen - PhD Student (UW-ESS), Nov 2018-2020 Dissertation focused on deformation of Cascadia forearch from geodetic observations and models • Evan Lahr - PhD Student (UW-OCEAN), Nov 2018-2020 Masters thesis focused on sediment transport along the WA continental shelf near the Columbia River 3 • Irita Aylward - PhD Student (UW-OCEAN), Nov 2018-2020 Dissertation focused on the role of fluid in slow slip events at the Hikurangi margin o↵shore New Zealand Peer-Reviewed Roland, E., P. Haeussler, T. Parsons, P. Hart. (2020) “Submarine landslide kinematics derived Publications from highresolution imaging in Port Valdez, Alaska.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125, no. 7, //doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018007
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