Richard Craig Aster Professor and Department Head Geosciences Department 1482 Campus Delivery Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 Phone: (970) 491-7606 [email protected] http://www.ees.nmt.edu/aster Updated November 2017 Professional Preparation Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 1991 M.S., Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986 B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering with additional major completed in Physics; graduation with High Honors and Distinction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983 Appointments Professor of Geophysics and Department Head, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 2014 – Associate Chair, New Mexico Tech Department of Earth and Environmental Science, 2011-2012 Chair, New Mexico Tech Department of Earth and Environmental Science, 2008-2011 Professor of Geophysics, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, May, 2000 – 2013 Associate Professor of Geophysics, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, May, 1996-May, 2000 Assistant Professor of Geophysics, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, August, 1991-May, 1996 Postgraduate Research Geophysicist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA., May, 1991 - August, 1991 Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, September, 1987- May, 1991 Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, October, 1985- September, 1987 Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, January, 1984- October, 1985 Awards and Honors Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 Seismological Society of America Board of Directors 2008-2014 President, Seismological Society of America (SSA), 2009-2011 New Mexico Tech Distinguished Research Award, 2010 IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2009-2010 New Mexico Tech Faculty Award, 2005 NSF Antarctic Service Medal, 1999 Synergistic Activities Department Head, CSU Geosciences, overall responsibilities for department operations and advancement (2014- ). Chair, NMT EES Department, broad responsibilities for department and institutional development (2009-2011; Associate Chair 2007-2009; 2011-2012). Chair, Los Alamos Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics Advisory Committee, review of external grant and programmatic Earth science activities in the IGPP program 2011-present IRIS Data Management System Standing Committee, Chair (2012- 2014). Community governance and advising for IRIS Consortium data management activities. Board Member and President, Seismological Society of America. Contribute to all aspects of SSA activities in collaboration with the membership and staff of the society (2008-2014); SSA liaison to American Geosciences Institute. Co-Chair, Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth’s Dynamic Systems, NSF Directed, Decadal-scale, IRIS Consortium Facilitated Report (w/ Barbara Romanowicz, Donald Forsyth, and Thorne Lay (ed.); 2008-2009). Co-Editor, Future Geophysical Facilities Required to Address Grand Challenges in the Earth Sciences, Community Report to the National Science Foundation, 2015. Member, AGU Committee on Public Affairs. Contribute to AGU Congressional and Public outreach, position statements, and policy (2007-2009). Principal Investigator, New Mexico Tech IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center and EarthScope USArray Array Operations Facility. Institutional coordination, general oversight, and planning, and public outreach for the IRIS Consortium national NSF facility for supporting seismic data collection with portable seismic instrumentation for the PASSCAL and EarthScope programs (1998-2013). Chair, Geoscience for America’s Critical Needs, Report of the American Geosciences Institute, 2015. Co-author, Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, Inverse Theory textbook for graduate students in geophysics and related disciplines (with B. Borchers and C. Thurber). Elsevier, 2004; Second Edition, 2012; Third Edition in Preparation. Polar Networks Science Committee, A joint committee reporting to UNAVCO and IRIS with the goal of coordinating their efforts in polar instrumentation and observing networks (2006-2009; Chair 2015-2016). Co-Principal Investigator. POLENET, NSF OPP International Polar Year. Exploring the tectonics and ice cap dynamics of West Antarctica (2008-present). Recent Collaborators Schmandt, B., Karlstrom, K., Worthington, L., University of New Mexico; Kyle, P, Bilek, S., Grapenthin, R., and Borchers, B., New Mexico Tech; Thurber, C., University of Wisconsin- Madison; Rowe, C., Los Alamos National Laboratory; MacAyeal, D., University of Chicago; McNamara, D., and Benz, H., USGS, Golden, CO; Bromirski, P., Gerstoft, P., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego; Dueker, K and Sims, K., University of Wyoming; Nyblade, A., Penn. State University; Simons, M. and Tsai, V., Caltech; Wiens, D., Washington University; Wilson, T, .and Bevis, M., Ohio State University; Huerta, A. and Winberry, P., Central Washington University., McGrath, D. and Schutt D., Colorado State University, Hansen, S., University of Alabama; Dalziel, I., University of Texas.; Willis, M., University of Colorado; Stephen, R., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ph.D. Thesis Advisor Peter M. Shearer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, CA. Thesis Advisees Yvan Charnavel (M.S., 1993); Mike Skov (M.S., 1994); Rod Flores (M.S., 1995); Joe Henton (M.S., 1995); George Slad (M.S., 1995); Rebecca Knight (M.S., 1996); Mitch Withers (Ph.D., 1997); Xiaobing Zhang (M.S., 1999); Charlotte Rowe (Ph.D, 2000); Joe Leon (M.S. 2001); Sang Yun Mah (M.S., 2004); Mario Ruiz (M.S., 2004); Dave Wilson (Ph.D., 2004); Rafael Alvarado (M.S., 2004); Sara McNamara (M.S., 2004); Wenzheng Yang (M.S., 2004); Brent Henderson (M.S., 2006); Shoba Maraj (M.S., 2011); Jonathan MacCarthy (Ph.D., 2011); Hunter Yarbrough (Ph.D., 2012); Julien Chaput (Ph.D., 2012); Robert Anthony (Ph.D., 2016); Nicole McMahon (Ph.D., 2011 -), Michael Baker (Ph.D., 2013-). Courses Taught Geophysical Inverse Methods Geophysical Data Processing and Analysis Theoretical Seismology Earthquake Seismology Evolution of the Lithosphere Graduate Seminar and Professional Development Publications (Books) Aster, R., Borchers, B., Thurber, C., Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, 301 pp, Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. Aster, R., Borchers, B., Thurber, C., Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, Second Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, 360 pp., 2012. Aster, R., Borchers, B., Thurber, C., Instructor Solutions Manual to Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, Second Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, 274 pp., 2012. Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals Aster, R., Hypocenter Locations and Velocity Structure in the Phlegraean Fields, Italy, M.S. thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 128 pp, 1986. Schneider, J., Aster, R., Powell, L, Meyer, R., Timing of portable seismographs from OMEGA navigation signals, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 77, 1457-1478, 1987. Aster, R., Meyer, R., Three-dimensional velocity structure and hypocenter distribution in the Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy, Tectonophysics, 149, 195-218, 1988. Aster, R., On projecting error ellipsoids, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 78, 1373-1374, 1988. Savage, M., Shih, X., Meyer, R., Aster, R., Shear-wave anisotropy of active tectonic regions via automated S-wave polarization analysis, Tectonophysics, 165, 279-292, 1989. Gurrola, H., Minster, J.B., Vernon, F.L., Berger, J., Given, H.K., Aster, R., A comparative study of high frequency seismic noise at selected sited in the USSR and USA, Proc. 11th Annual AFGL/DARPA Seis. Res. Symp., 1989. Aster, R., Meyer, R., Determination of shear- and compressional-wave velocity variations and hypocenter locations in a rapidly-inflating caldera: the Campi Flegrei, Phys. Earth and Planet. Int.., 55, 313-325, 1989. Aster, R., Shearer, P., Berger, J., Compressional- and shear-wave polarizations at the Anza seismic array, Proc. 11th Annual AFGL/DARPA Seis. Res. Symp., 1989. Pujol, J., Aster, R., Joint hypocentral determination and the detection of low-velocity anomalies. An example from the Phlegraean Fields earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 129-139, 1990. Gurrola, H., Minster, J.B., Given, H., Vernon, F., Berger, J., Aster, R., Analysis of high- frequency seismic noise in the western U.S. and eastern Kazakhstan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 80, 951-970, 1990. Aster, R., Shearer, P., Berger, J., Quantitative measurements of shear-wave polarizations at the Anza seismic network, southern California -- implications for shear-wave splitting and earthquake prediction, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 12,449-12,474, 1990. Aster, R., Crustal Shear-Wave Anisotropy and Near-Surface Attenuation in the Anza Seismic Gap, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 227 pp. 1991. Aster, R., Shearer P., Berger, J., Reply to `Comment on ``Quantitative measurements of shear wave polarizations at the Anza seismic network, Southern California: Implications for shear wave splitting and earthquake prediction'' by Richard C. Aster, Peter M. Shearer, and Jon Berger', J. Geophys. Res., 96, 6415-6419, 1991. Aster, R., Shearer, P., High-Frequency borehole seismograms recorded in the San Jacinto fault zone, Southern California. Part 1: Polarizations, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1057-1080, 1991. Aster, R., Shearer, P., High-frequency borehole seismograms recorded in the San Jacinto fault zone, Southern California Part 2: Attenuation and Site Effects, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1081-1100,