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Peter Shearer, professor of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, is the recipient of the 2026 Harry Fielding Reid Medal. Shearer is recognized as one of the leading observational seismologists of his generation, noted for his outstanding contributions to improving earthquake locations and other source properties … Continue Reading »
Charles Langston, professor emeritus at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis, is the 2025 recipient of the Harry Fielding Reid Medal. Langston is best known for his seminal research on receiver function methodology, developing methods of extracting and analyzing subtle signals from body waves … Continue Reading »
Norman A. Abrahamson, adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Davis, and former engineering seismologist at Pacific Gas & Electric Co, is the 2024 recipient of the Harry Fielding Reid Medal. Abrahamson is recognized as a global leader in the field … Continue Reading »
Brian L. N. Kennett, emeritus professor of seismology at the Australian National University, is the recipient of the 2023 Harry Fielding Reid Medal, Kennett is recognized for research spanning almost all areas of seismology, especially wave propagation, portable network deployments, seismic tomography and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). He is perhaps … Continue Reading »
Ellsworth is recognized for his critical contributions to earthquake location, earthquake nucleation, earthquake recurrence and induced seismicity research. With Felix Waldhauser, Ellsworth developed the double-difference (DD) earthquake location method, which has had a tremendous influence on the field of seismology since the publication of the seminal study in the Bulletin … Continue Reading »
Gail M. Atkinson is recognized for her seminal contributions in engineering seismology, especially regarding ground motion characterization. She is one of the pioneers of the stochastic ground motion simulation method, used to predict strong ground motions from earthquakes in regions where seismic data are limited. Her work to develop ground-motion … Continue Reading »