topPeter M. Shearer—President–Elect, Seismology
Jean-Paul Montagner—President–Elect, Seismology
Douglas A. Wiens—Secretary, Seismology
Lind S. Gee—Secretary, Seismology
Peter M. Shearer—President–Elect, Seismology
AGU member since 1982 (Fellow, 1999). Professor of geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Major research interests include upper-mantle discontinuities, deep-Earth scattering, earthquake location methods, and spectral analysis for Q and source properties. B.S., 1978, Yale University; Ph.D., 1986, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Postdoc at University of Cambridge, 1986–1988; Green scholar/assistant researcher at UCSD, 1988–1991; on UCSD faculty from 1991. Member, Seismological Society of America; IRIS Executive Committee, 1996–2000; USArray Steering Committee, 1998–2002; SCEC Seismology Committee, 2001–2006; NSF Geophysics Panel, 2007–2009. Authored 110 refereed papers, 55 in AGU publications. AGU Fall Meeting Program Committee, 1998–2000; AGU Gutenberg Lecturer, 2005.
Statement: By necessity and tradition, seismology has always been a cooperative science and we have prospered as we have built shared facilities, such as global and regional networks, instrument pools, and data centers. The past decade has seen many exciting developments, and seismology is poised to make additional breakthroughs as new data sets and analysis methods become available. Large, interdisciplinary projects are an increasingly vital part of our research, but we are fortunate to work in a field where individual investigators can still make important contributions. The tragedy of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami reminds us that our research is not an abstraction; it relates directly to issues of building codes and emergency planning. Also, public education programs can be just as important as resolving details of deep Earth structure. As your section president, I will work to ensure that Seismology retains its distinct identity within a growing AGU. I see AGU's most important role as providing the organizational infrastructure to help its members produce high-quality papers and meetings, and I will strive to ensure that AGU's electronic publications and Web-based tools make our lives easier rather than more complicated.
Jean-Paul Montagner—President–Elect, Seismology
AGU member since 1986. AGU Fellow, 2004. Professor of geophysics, University Paris VII-Denis Diderot, Paris; Institute of Physics of the Globe, Paris; and Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). Major interests: global Earth structure, composition, and dynamics, mantle convection, seismic wave propagation in anisotropic, anelastic, heterogeneous media, geophysical instrumentation (seismometry, ocean bottom stations, and global seismic networks). E.N.S. Cachan; M.S. in physics, University Paris XI, 1976. Aggregation of physics, 1979; third cycle thesis, 1981. Ph.D. state thesis, University Paris VI, 1986. Research Fellowhip, Atomic Energy Council (CEA), 1981–1984; research associate, National Scientific Research Council (CNRS), 1984–1989; postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1986–1988; director of GEOSCOPE program, 1990–2000; consultant of the Ministry of Education and Research, 1991–1994; director of the Seismolab-IPGP, UMR/CNRS, 1996–2003; scientific director of Earth, Environment, Universe Sciences in the Research Direction of the Ministry of Research, 2003–2006; visiting faculty positions: Australian National University, 1994; California Institute of Technology, 2001–2002; University of Tokyo, ERI, 2008; Chairman of Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks, 1993–1997; member of the Steering Committee of Orfeus, 1991–1997; coordinator of the French Program Observatoire Fond de Mer: Ocean Bottom Observatory, 1993–1999; Scientific Committee of ODP-France, 1993–2002, of French Institute of Polar Territories Research, 1995–1999; of IPEV (Polar Insitute) since 2006; of IFCPAR since 2005; vice-chair of International Oceanic Network (ION), 1993–1999; secretary of ION, 1999–2003; Lehmann Medal Committee, 2005; president of the ANR Programme “Catastrophes Telluriques,” 2005–2007; French coordinator of the European Research Training Network SPICE, 2004–2007; organizer of international conferences, on broadband seismology, 1992; ION-ODP, 1995; Montessus de Ballore, 2006; Cargese, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007. Authored approximately 100 refereed publications, 28 in AGU publications; five books or refereed book chapters.
Statement: Seismology faces renewed scientific challenges for understanding earthquakes and for exploring the inner Earth and other planets. Following the devastating geophysical events in Sumatra and with the growing pressure on natural energy resources, the seismological community has responsibilities in society and public outreach. Meeting these requires innovative research, enthusiastic and sustained activities in educational and political arenas, and coordination between professional societies. The transition from monodisciplinary to multidisciplinary approaches affects almost all aspects of seismological research. Like many members of our section, my interests overlap with those of Tectonophysics, Planetary Sciences, and Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology. My research spans from data gathering and analysis (seismic broadband data) to theoretical modeling (wave propagation in complex media) and from the surface of the Earth (lithospheric and tectonic modeling) down to the core. It is an honor to be nominated for the position of president-elect of the Seismology section. I think that Seismology is a wonderful section to link together all Earth science research and that interdisciplinarity must be at the heart of Seismology section activities. In particular it is crucial that AGU journals remain accessible to the whole geosciences community, in particular in developing countries. If elected, I intend to serve the membership of AGU by helping the cooperation and coordination with international Earth science communities and by enhancing the communication and dissemination of scientific information in the direction of nonscientists.
Douglas A. Wiens—Secretary, Seismology
AGU member since 1981. Professor of Earth and planetary sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Major research interests include the seismic structure of spreading centers and subduction zones, deep earthquakes, and seismic sources and lithospheric structure in polar regions. B.S., 1980, Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois), M.S., 1982, Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1985, Northwestern University. Professor at Washington University since 1985. Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, 2005. Member of Sigma Xi, the Seismological Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author or coauthor of 85 publications in refereed journals, including 48 in AGU journals and seven in Nature or Science. Elected AGU Fellow, 2007. RIDGE2000 program Distinguished Speaker, 2007–2008. Member of IRIS Executive Committee (1990–1991, 1994–1998), Global Seismic Network standing committee (1992–1994), and chair of the Data Management Committee (2006 to present). Member of the Ocean Drilling Program ISSEP (1997–1998) and Science Committee (1998–2001). Member (1997–2002) and chair (2006) of the MARGINS program steering committee. Member of the RIDGE2000 steering committee and Executive Committee (2001–2006). Member of National Science Foundation Review Panels, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006–2007. Member, National Academy International Polar Year Planning Committee, 2003–2006. Chair of the Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrumentation Pool Oversight Committee, 2000–2003. AGU service as associate editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research, 1987–1993, and convener of numerous special sessions at AGU meetings.
Lind S. Gee—Secretary, Seismology
AGU member since 1980. Scientist-in-charge, U.S. Geological Survey Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory. Major areas of interest are earthquake and tsunami monitoring, seismic network operations, and Earth structure. A.B., magna cum laude, Harvard-Radcliffe College (1982); Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990). Research staff at the University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (1991–2005); USGS geophysicist (2005 to present). Member of the Seismological Society of America and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. Associate Editor, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1996–1999); member, SSA 2006 Program Committee (2002–2005); member, 100th Anniversary Conference Steering Committee (2002–2005). Chair, ANSS Subcommittee on Network Architecture and Interconnection (2000–2001); cochair, CISN-ANSS Ad Hoc Panel on Earthquake Information Distribution (2003); member, ANSS Technical Integration Committee (2003–2005). Secretary to the IRIS Executive Committee (1995–1999); member, IRIS Education and Outreach Committee (1999–2000). Corecipient of the USGS Shoemaker Award for External Communications Print Product (2006). Air Force Graduate Fellow (1987–1990); AGU Best Student Paper Award (1985), NSF Graduate Fellow (1983–1986). Authored or coauthored nine refereed publications, two in AGU journals.