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James Atterholt
Research Geophysicist, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center
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United States Geological Survey
Postdoctoral Fellow
2025 - Present
USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center
Research Geophysicist
2025 - Present
California Institute of Technology
PhD Student
2019 - 2024
Indiana University Bloomington
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California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2024
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2019
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Sharp Structural Variability of the Gorda Slab Imaged by a Fiber Array
SEISMIC IMAGING FROM CRUST TO CORE: UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY PROCESSES I ORAL
seismology | 18 december 2025
Locating Out-of-Network Earthquakes on Short DAS Cable Subsegments for Earthquake Early Warning
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS: PERFORMANCE, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, AND FUTURE PLANS II ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2025
Fiber-Imaged Supershear Dynamics in the 2024 Mw7 Mendocino Fault Earthquake
GEOPHYSICAL ADVANCES WITH DISTRIBUTED FIBER-OPTIC SENSING I ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2025
S/P Amplitude Ratios With Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Application to Earthquake Focal Mechanisms
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
15 october 2025
Comprehensive Evaluation of DAS Amplitude and Its Implications for Earthquake Early Warning and Seismic Interferometry
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
28 march 2025
Constraining Dike Opening Models With Seismic Velocity Changes Associated With the 2023–2024 Eruption Sequence on the Reykjanes Peninsula
AGU ADVANCES
20 february 2025
Inverting for Dike Geometry with Temporal Seismic Velocity Changes in the Reykjanes Peninsula’s 2023-2024 Eruption Sequence
UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC AND VOLCANOTECTONIC PROCESSES V ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2024
Fine Scale Southern California Moho Structure Uncovered with Distributed Acoustic Sensing
SEISMOLOGY GENERAL CONTRIBUTION: STRUCTURE I ORAL
seismology | 12 december 2024
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2023

Presentation Title: Illuminating Moho Variability Across the Garlock Fault with Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Event: 2023 AGU Annual Meeting

Awarding Section: Seismology

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