Brian P. Wernicke

Curriculum Vitae

26 June 1958
Los Angeles, California

Married; two children

PhD, Earth and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982
BS, Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, 1978

2001-present: Chandler Family Professor of Geology, California Institute of Technology

• 2003-2004: Crosby Distinguished Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1992-2001: Professor of Geology, California Institute of Technology
• 1987-1992: Professor of Geology, Harvard University
• 1990: Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology
• 1986-1987: Associate Professor of Geology, Harvard University
• 1983-1986: Assistant Professor of Geology, Harvard University
• 1982-1983: Assistant Professor of Geology, Syracuse University

• Phi Beta Kappa (1978)
• W.A. Tarr Award for Outstanding Undergraduate in Geological Sciences, University of Southern California (1978)
• Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985)
• Honorary A.M. Degree, Harvard University (1987)
• Fellow, Geological Society of America (1991)
• Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), Geological Society of America (1991)
• Highly Cited Researcher (most-cited 250 in Geosciences category), Institute for Scientific Information (2002)

• Member, Working Group 3, Second Conference on Scientific Oceanic Drilling (COSOD-II), 1986-1987
• Panelist, U.S. Geological Survey External Grants Program, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 1987
• Member, Continental Margins Committee, Ocean Sciences Board, National Research Council, 1987-1989
• Member, Panel on Coupled Hydrologic/Tectonic/Hydrothermal Processes at Yucca Mountain, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, National Research Council, 1990-1992
• Member, Antarctic Lithosphere Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation, 1990-1991
• Corresponding Member, Working Group 3, Team D, Interunion Commission on the Lithosphere, 1986-1990
• Editorial Board, Geology, 1990-1992
• Panelist, Continental Dynamics Program, Division of Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation, 1993-1996
• Member, Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) Selection Committee, Geological Society of America, 1996-1998
• Member, Earthscope Plate Boundary Observatory Steering Committee, Division of Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation, 1999-present
• Editor-in-Chief, Tectonics, 2000-present

Tectonic evolution of the continental lithosphere through judicious combination of field observation and geophysical and geochemical methods; physical processes governing the large-scale structural evolution of mountain belts, especially extension of the continental crust and processes in the deep lithosphere; GPS geodesy and neotectonics, especially earthquakes and slow episodic deformations revealed through comparison of geodetic and geologic measurements.