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Member Since 1991
Rachel E. Abercrombie
Research Professor, Boston University
Member, Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service Committee; President, Seismology Executive Committee; Section President, Council; Editor, JGR Solid Earth Section
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Boston University
Research Professor
2001 - Present
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Doctorate
1991
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Thank You to Our 2025 Reviewers
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
24 march 2026
Dense nodal array reveals variable faulting processes and rupture mechanics for fluid-induced seismicity in Cushing, Oklahoma
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIORS IN SEISMOLOGY: MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS FOR COMPLEXITY IN SEISMICITY, CRUSTAL MECHANICS, AND FAULTING I POSTER
seismology | 18 december 2025
Factors That can Influence the Activation of Complex Fault Structures: Insights from Two Contrasting Induced-Earthquake Sequences in Oklahoma
FAULT ZONE COMPLEXITY AND EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE DYNAMICS: FROM NUCLEATION TO ARREST II ORAL
seismology | 17 december 2025
Should you trust spectral estimates of earthquake (or Acoustic Emission) Stress Drop? Implications from an International Community Collaborative Study
CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AND HETEROGENEITY FROM LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO LARGE EARTHQUAKES I POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 16 december 2025
The Role of Water in Intermediate Depth Seismicity from Observations of Colombia’s Cauca Cluster
FLUIDS, FAULTING AND EARTHQUAKES: THE ROLE OF FLUIDS IN SEISMOGENESIS I ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2025
From Earthquakes to Whales, Volcanoes to Clean Energy, and Beyond, Seismology is Benefiting Society in More Ways Than Most of us Know
SOCIETAL IMPACT OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES ORAL
union sessions | 15 december 2025
To Heal or Not to Heal?: 2. The Moment–Recurrence Time Behavior of Repeating Earthquakes in the 2011 Prague, Oklahoma Aftershock Sequence Is Consistent With Laboratory Healing Rates
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
16 september 2025
Thank You to Our 2024 Reviewers
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
26 march 2025
Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2027
Member
Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service Committee
2020 - 2027
Editor
JGR Solid Earth Section
2026 - 2026
Chair
Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service Committee
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Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Citation
For ground breaking contributions to our understanding of earthquakes over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received December 2016