Professional Positions:

Professor of Geology: 1986-present
Associate Professor of Geology: 1982-1986
Assistant Professor of Geology: 1977-1982

Principal Research Activities:

Earthquake geology-Neotectonics and paleoseismology
Quaternary stratigraphy
Quaternary volcanism
Seismic and volcanic hazards

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D. (Geology), Stanford University, 1977
"Late Holocene Displacement History along the South-Central Reach of the San Andreas Fault"
A.B. with highest honors (Geology), University of California, Riverside, 1972

Professional Societies:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union (Fellow)
Geological Society of America  (Fellow)
Seismological Society of America
National Academy of Sciences

Awards and Honors:

• 2006 National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals GLBT Scientist Award
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2001.
• National Academy of Sciences, member, 1999.
• Outreach Award, for Knowledge Transfer, Southern California Earthquake Center, 1998.
• Commendation, for public service, City of West Hollywood, 1997.
• Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1996.
• Honoree, 1988 Los Angeles Times, "88 in 88": Los Angeles Times Magazine, IV, January 10, 1988, p. 23.
• Honoree, 1986 Esquire Register: Esquire, December 1986, p.208.
• National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research, 1982.
• E.B. Burwell, Jr., Memorial Award of the Engineering Geology Division, Geological Society of America. In recognition of published paper, 1980. Sieh (P78c).
• Gordon Watkins Award (from Chancellor, University of California at Riverside for community service), 1972.

Selected recent service:

• Chair, Division GIS Committee (1996-2000; 2005-)
• Member, Advisory Panel, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2000-present)
• Member, Geology Search Committee (1998- 2005)
• Member, Assessment Committee, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University,Taiwan (2004)
• Chair, Division Visiting Professor Committee (2003-2004)
• Member, U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (2000-2003)
• Division Post-doctoral Fellowship Committees (1995-2003)
• Caltech Faculty Board, (2000-2001)
• Leader, Division field trip to Greece and Turkey (Sept 1999)
• Interviewee, KPCC Airtalk: The Caltech Edition, (23 Sep 98, 22 Mar 99)
• Member, Committee on the Science of Earthquakes, Nat'l Research Council, Nat'l Academy of Sciences (1996-1998)
• Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Basic Research, Committee on Science (April 24, 1997)
• Co-chair, Division Seminar Program (1995-97)

Selected invited lectures 2004-present:

• National U Singapore (07 Mar 2007)
• Banda Aceh (26 Feb 2007)
• Huntington Library (17 Feb 2007)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Invited Topical Lecture, 16 Feb 2007)
• USAID Washington DC (14 Feb 2007)
• Myanmar Earthquake Society, Yangon (25 Jan 2007)
• Earnest C. Watson Lecture, Caltech Public Events (18 Oct 2006)
• University of Tokyo (28 Sept 2006)
• Oxford University (27 April 2006)
• National Science Foundation (24 April 2006)
• Plenary session speaker, Seismological Society of America Centennial meeting (21 April 2006)
• UC Berkeley (16 Feb 2006)
• Condon lecturer, Oregon State University (6 Oct 2005)
• National Taiwan University (5 Sept 2005)
• International Conference, Kyoto, Japan (1 Sept 2005)
• International Conference, Padang, Sumatra (25 Aug 2005)
• Medan Institute of Technology, Sumatra (23 Aug 2005)
• Caltech Seismological Lab (5 Aug 2005)
• UNAVCO (4 June 2005)
• Caltech Earthquake Research Affiliates (6 May 2005)
• Royal Society, London; Institut du Physique du Globe, Paris; Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego (Feb 2005)
• Keynote speech, (2004) meeting of Joint Geoscience Assemblage, Taoyuan, Taiwan, (17 May 2004)