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Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Supervisory Research Geophysicist Fred F Pollitz fpollitz@usgs.gov 650-329-4821
Supervisory Research Geophysicist David Wilson dwilson@usgs.gov 505-846-2856
Supervisory Research Geologist Stephen B DeLong, Ph.D. sdelong@usgs.gov 651-356-4102
Supervisory Geophysicist Lynda Lastowka llastowka@usgs.gov 303-273-8422
Supervisory Geophysicist Lind S Gee lgee@usgs.gov 650-329-5656
Supervisory Geophysicist Valerie Irene Thomas vthomas@usgs.gov 626-583-7820
Student Intern Demi L Girot dgirot@usgs.gov
Student Intern Zachary A Kortum zkortum@usgs.gov
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards Gavin P Hayes ghayes@usgs.gov 303-273-8421
Seismologist Paul Stanton Earle pearle@usgs.gov 303-273-8417
Scientist Emeritus Jill McCarthy jmccarthy@usgs.gov 303-273-8579
Scientist Emeritus Jackson K Odum odum@usgs.gov 303-273-8645
Scientist Emeritus Bruce W Presgrave presgrave@usgs.gov 303-273-8461
Scientist Emeritus James W Dewey jdewey@usgs.gov 303-273-8419
Scientist Emeritus George L Choy choy@usgs.gov 303-273-8424
Scientist Emeritus Stephen H Hartzell shartzell@usgs.gov 303-273-8572
Scientist Emeritus Robert A Williams rawilliams@usgs.gov 303-273-8636
Scientist Emeritus Robert Wesson rwesson@usgs.gov 303-273-8524
Scientist Emeritus Linda Pratt lkpratt@usgs.gov 303-273-8507
Scientist Emeritus Roger Borcherdt borcherdt@usgs.gov 650-644-8946
Research Structural Engineer Sanaz Rezaeian srezaeian@usgs.gov 303-273-8565
Research Structural Engineer Kishor Jaiswal kjaiswal@usgs.gov 303-273-8584
Research Structural Engineer Neal Simon Kwong, PhD nkwong@usgs.gov 303-273-8589
Research Statistician Max Schneider, PhD mschneider@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist, Geodesy Coordinator Jessica Murray jrmurray@usgs.gov 650-329-4864
Research Geophysicist (Mendenhall) Liam Toney, PhD ltoney@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Joan Gomberg gomberg@usgs.gov 206-616-5581
Research Geophysicist Aaron Wech awech@usgs.gov 907-786-7464
Research Geophysicist Evelyn Roeloffs evelynr@usgs.gov 360-993-8937
Research Geophysicist Jeffrey Joseph McGuire jmcguire@usgs.gov 650-329-5153
Research Geophysicist Robert W Graves rwgraves@usgs.gov 626-583-7239
Research Geophysicist Katherine Guns kguns@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Chanel Deane cdeane@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Justin Rubinstein jrubinstein@usgs.gov 650-439-2852
Research Geophysicist Joern Kaven okaven@usgs.gov 650-329-4675
Research Geophysicist Evan Hirakawa ehirakawa@usgs.gov 650-329-5632
Research Geophysicist Walter Mooney mooney@usgs.gov 650-329-4764
Research Geophysicist Kevin R Milner kmilner@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Sarah Minson sminson@usgs.gov 650-439-2879
Research Geophysicist Ruth Harris harris@usgs.gov 650-439-2842
Research Geophysicist Annemarie Baltay abaltay@usgs.gov 650-439-2759
Research Geophysicist Stephanie G Prejean sprejean@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Josie Nevitt jnevitt@usgs.gov 650-439-2461
Research Geophysicist Benjamin Brooks bbrooks@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Malcolm J. S. Johnston mal@usgs.gov 650-329-4812
Research Geophysicist David J Wald wald@usgs.gov 303-273-8441
Research Geophysicist Mark Petersen mpetersen@usgs.gov 720-357-4751
Research Geophysicist Peter M Powers, PhD pmpowers@usgs.gov 303-273-8467
Research Geophysicist Ned Field field@usgs.gov 303-273-8469
Research Geophysicist Andrea Llenos allenos@usgs.gov 650-439-2562
Research Geophysicist Andrew Michael ajmichael@usgs.gov 650-439-2777
Research Geophysicist Yuehua Zeng zeng@usgs.gov 303-273-8561
Research Geophysicist Brad Aagaard baagaard@usgs.gov 303-273-8481
Research Geophysicist William J Stephenson wstephens@usgs.gov 303-273-8573
Research Geophysicist Allison M Shumway ashumway@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Kyle B Withers kwithers@usgs.gov 303-273-8619
Research Geophysicist Andrew J Barbour, Ph.D. abarbour@usgs.gov 650-439-2803
Research Geophysicist Robert E Anthony reanthony@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Kate E Allstadt, Ph.D. kallstadt@usgs.gov 303-273-8570
Research Geophysicist Thomas Pratt, Ph.D. tpratt@usgs.gov 720-357-0470
Research Geophysicist Clara Yoon cyoon@usgs.gov 626-658-0229
Research Geophysicist Morgan P Moschetti, PhD mmoschetti@usgs.gov 303-273-8464
Research Geophysicist Eric M Thompson emthompson@usgs.gov 303-273-8562
Research Geophysicist Paula M Burgi pburgi@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Grace Parker gparker@usgs.gov 650-439-2609
Research Geophysicist Dara E Goldberg degoldberg@usgs.gov 303-273-8419
Research Geophysicist David Shelly dshelly@usgs.gov 303-273-8659
Research Geophysicist William L Yeck, PhD wyeck@usgs.gov 303-273-8648
Research Geophysicist Morgan T Page mpage@usgs.gov 626-583-6804
Research Geophysicist Oliver S Boyd, Ph.D. olboyd@usgs.gov 303-273-8617
Research Geophysicist Rufus D Catchings, PhD catching@usgs.gov 650-329-4749
Research Geophysicist Robert Skoumal, PhD rskoumal@usgs.gov 650-439-2241
Research Geophysicist Jeanne Hardebeck jhardebeck@usgs.gov 650-439-2711
Research Geophysicist Erin Wirth Moriarty ewirth@usgs.gov 206-685-7563
Research Geologist Belle Philibosian bphilibosian@usgs.gov 650-439-2784
Research Geologist Nicholas (Nick) M Beeler nbeeler@usgs.gov 360-993-8987
Research Geologist Austin J Elliott, Ph.D. ajelliott@usgs.gov 650-439-2690
Research Geologist Katherine (Kate) Scharer kscharer@usgs.gov 626-583-7240
Research Geologist Judith Fierstein jfierstn@usgs.gov 650-329-5202
Research Geologist Sylvia R. Nicovich snicovich@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Rich Briggs rbriggs@usgs.gov 303-273-8465
Research Geologist Christopher B DuRoss cduross@usgs.gov 303-273-8544
Research Geologist Devin McPhillips, PhD dmcphillips@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Alexandra (Alex) Hatem ahatem@usgs.gov 303-273-8474
Research Geologist Jessica Thompson Jobe jjobe@usgs.gov 303-273-8474
Research Geologist Nadine G Reitman, PhD (she/her) nreitman@usgs.gov 303-273-8499
Research Civil Engineer Nicolas W Mathews, PhD nmathews@usgs.gov
Research Civil Engineer Nicolas Luco nluco@usgs.gov 303-273-8683
Research Civil Engineer Andrew J Makdisi, PhD, PE amakdisi@usgs.gov 303-273-8500
Research Civil Engineer Mehmet Celebi celebi@usgs.gov 650-329-5623
Research Civil Engineer Alex Grant agrant@usgs.gov 650-329-5205
Res. Geophysicist Elizabeth S Cochran ecochran@usgs.gov 626-583-7238
Operations Manager, National Strong Motion Project Dean Childs dmchilds@usgs.gov 650-416-4585
National Strong Motion Project Data Center Manager Lisa Schleicher, PhD lschleicher@usgs.gov 650-329-5680
Mendenhall Research Geophysicist Travis Alongi, PhD talongi@usgs.gov
Mendenhall Research Fellow/Research Civil Engineer Sabine Loos, PhD sloos@usgs.gov
Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow Margaret E Glasgow mglasgow@usgs.gov (650) 439-2637
Media Lead - Natural Hazards Steven Sobieszćzyk ssobie@usgs.gov 503-853-3425
IT Specialist Kenneth S Rukstales rukstales@usgs.gov
GIS Specialist Eric Jones esjones@usgs.gov 303-273-8445
GIS Specialist Robert G Schmitt rschmitt@usgs.gov 303-273-8583
Geophysicist/Science Communications/Web Content Manager Lisa A Wald lisa@usgs.gov
Geophysicist David A Lockner dlockner@usgs.gov 650-858-2529
Geophysicist Jana Pursley jpursley@usgs.gov 303-273-8623
Geophysicist Noah S Lindberg nlindberg@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Tamara Jeppson tjeppson@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Brian D Kilgore bkilgore@usgs.gov 650-329-4859
Geophysicist Jason M Altekruse jaltekruse@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Brandon S Clayton bclayton@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Julie A Herrick jherrick@usgs.gov
Geophysicist James A Smith jamesasmith@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Susan E. Hough hough@usgs.gov 626-583-7224
Geophysicist Nicholas van der Elst nvanderelst@usgs.gov 626-583-6042
Geophysicist Joanne H Chan jchan@usgs.gov 650-439-2516
Geophysicist Mark Goldman goldman@usgs.gov 650-329-5496
Geologist Karimah Comstock kcomstock@usgs.gov 650-439-2708
Geologist Suzanne Hecker shecker@usgs.gov 650-329-5655
Geologist Ellen L Phillips ephillips@usgs.gov 650-329-5463
Geologist Sonia Ellison sellison@usgs.gov
Geodetic Engineer Todd Ericksen tericksen@usgs.gov
Field Geophysicist Jason L. De Cristofaro jdecristofaro@usgs.gov 626-583-7230
Earthquake Seismologist Ian Stone istone@usgs.gov
Earthquake Disaster Assistance Team (EDAT) Manager Lindsay A. Davis ldavis@usgs.gov 720-908-2883
Director, Geologic Hazards Science Center Ryan D Gold, Ph.D. rgold@usgs.gov 303-273-8633
Developmental Geophysicist Kirstie L Haynie, PhD khaynie@usgs.gov 303-273-8526
Deputy Director Brian Shiro, Ph.D. bshiro@usgs.gov 303-273-8515
Computer Scientist Michelle Guy mguy@usgs.gov 303-273-8650
Computer Scientist Eric M Martinez emartinez@usgs.gov 303-273-8653
Civil Engineer Henry (Ben) Mason hmason@usgs.gov
Center Director Christine A Goulet goulet@usgs.gov
Associate Program Coordinator Michael L Blanpied mblanpied@usgs.gov
Associate Coordinator for External Research Jill Franks jfranks@usgs.gov 703-648-6716
Assistant Coordinator William Barnhart, Ph.D. wbarnhart@usgs.gov
Assistant Center Director Shane Detweiler shane@usgs.gov 650-329-5192
ANSS Depot Manager Patrick Bastien pbastien@usgs.gov 505-846-8029
ANSS Coordinator and Associate Coordinator for Global Seismographic Network Cecily J. Wolfe, Ph.D. cwolfe@usgs.gov
Program Manager William Leith wleith@usgs.gov 703-648-6786
Physical Scientist Adam Ringler, Ph.D. aringler@usgs.gov 505-846-6116