2023 SSA Board of Directors Election Results

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The Seismological Society of America held its Board of Directors election on Friday, 6 January 2023. The following members were elected to a three-year term beginning 17 April 2023 at the SSA Annual Meeting in Puerto Rico:   Annemarie Baltay, research geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey Principal fields: observational earthquake seismology, … Continue Reading »

At Work: Rebecca O. Salvage

Rebecca Salvage at Moraine Lake in Canada

6 January 2023–Rebecca Salvage’s high school in the U.K. didn’t offer Earth sciences as a course, but she loved physical geography and chemistry. One of her teachers suggested that Salvage consider a geology degree at university. “When I got there, I knew this was what I wanted to do,” recalls … Continue Reading »

At Work: Joses Omojola

Joses Omojola

30 November 2022–So far, the career of Joses Omojola has moved from water to oil to salt. His first interest, in hydrogeology, came about in high school after he watched his first water borehole being drilled. “A geologist came over to me, explaining about the different sediments they were bringing … Continue Reading »

At Work: Xiaohua (Eric) Xu

Eric Xu at Ridgecrest site

30 September 2022–“Geodesy is quite an old research field that started pretty much when humans wanted to measure the Earth, but it is also very new, especially since the rise of space-borne radar techniques,” said Xiaohua (Eric) Xu. “Space geodesy has helped scientists to measure not just the shape, but … Continue Reading »