Directory

Faculty

Operations and Research Staff

Postdocs/Visiting Scientists | Graduate Students

Faculty

Richard Allen

Director
rallen@berkeley.edu

Doug Dreger

Associate Director
ddreger@berkeley.edu

Norman Abrahamson

Civil and Environmental Engineering
abrahamson@berkeley.edu

Alexandre Bayen

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
bayen@berkeley.edu

Jonathan Bray

Civil and Environmental Engineering
bray@ce.berkeley.edu
510-642-9843

Bruce Buffett

Earth and Planetary Science
bbuffett@berkeley.edu
510-642-1251

Roland Burgmann

Earth and Planetary Science
burgmann@berkeley.edu
510-643-9545

Ken Goldberg

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
goldberg@berkeley.edu
510-643-9565

Raymond Jeanloz

Earth and Planetary Science
jeanloz@uclink.berkeley.edu
510-642-2639

Michael Manga

Earth and Planetary Science
mmanga@berkeley.edu
510-643-8532

Burkhard Militzer

Earth and Planetary Science
militzer@berkeley.edu
510-643-7414

Jack Moehle

Civil and Environmental Engineering
moehle@berkeley.edu
510-642-0697

James Rector

Civil and Environmental Engineering
rector@ce.berkeley.edu
510-643-7820

Barbara Romanowicz

Earth and Planetary Science
barbarar@berkeley.edu

Nicholas Sitar

Civil and Environmental Engineering
sitar@berkeley.edu

Kenichi Soga

Civil and Environmental Engineering
soga@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-7534

Taka'aki Taira

Research Seismologist
taira@berkeley.edu

Chi-Yuen Wang

Earth and Planetary Science
chiyuen@berkeley.edu
510-642-2288

Hans-Rudolf Wenk

Earth and Planetary Science
wenk@berkeley.edu
510-642-7431

Weiqiang Zhu

Earth and Planetary Science
zhuwq@berkeley.edu

Operations and Research Staff

Julien Marty

Operations Manager
jmarty@berkeley.edu

Valerie Acton

Systems Administrator
vacton@berkeley.edu

Andrei Akimov

Applications Programmer
andrei.akimov@berkeley.edu

Zack Alexy

Engineer
zacka@berkeley.edu
510-642-3976

Steve Allen

Applications Programmer
syallen@berkeley.edu
510-643-3898

Mario Aranha

IT Applications Programmer
maranha@berkeley.edu
510-643-3898

Mark Ballew

Systems Administrator

Sierra Boyd

Research Data Analyst
osboyd@berkeley.edu

Matthew Carli

Financial Analyst
mcarli@berkeley.edu

Dylan Cembalski

Engineer
cembalski@berkeley.edu
510-619-5365

George Dorian

Engineer
georged@berkeley.edu
510-642-3976

Ivan Henson

IT Applications Manager
ihenson@berkeley.edu
510-664-9029

Aya Ibayashi

Applications Programmer
aibayashi@berkeley.edu

Jeremy Kaplan

Engineer
jkaplan@berkeley.edu

Angela Lux

Project Scientist
angie.lux@berkeley.edu

Alvaro Medina

Engineer
amedina77@berkeley.edu

Akie Mejia

IT Applications Programmer
rfmejia@berkeley.edu

Paul Milligan

Information Systems Analyst
millpaul@berkeley.edu
510-664-5119

Robert Nadeau

Research Seismologist
nadeau@berkeley.edu
510-643-3980

Charley Paffenbarger

IT Systems Administrator
cpaff@berkeley.edu
510-642-5333

Brian Pardini

Systems Administrator
bpardini@berkeley.edu

Aileen (Ellie) Paterson

Financial Officer, BSL
aileen.paterson@berkeley.edu
510-642-2961

Suresh Raman

MyShake Lead
suresh.raman@berkeley.edu

Samantha Stanley

Technical Engagement Regional Coordinator
samantha.stanley@berkeley.edu

Nicholas Stein

Engineer
nstein@berkeley.edu
510-642-3976

Jennifer Taggart

Web & Ops Developer
jennifer.c.taggart@berkeley.edu

Fabia Terra

Project Manager
terra@berkeley.edu
510-642-5907

Stephen Thompson

IT Systems Manager
stephen.thompson@berkeley.edu
510-664-9177

Christina Valen

Data Analyst
christina.valen@berkeley.edu

Amy Williamson

Assistant Researcher
amy.williamson@berkeley.edu

Junli Zhang

Applications Programmer
junlizhang@berkeley.edu

Stephane Zuzlewski

IT Database Administrator
stephane@berkeley.edu
510-664-9029

Postdocs and Visting Scientists

Utpal Kumar

Computational seismology, Geodesy, Geophysical data analysis
utpalkumar@berkeley.edu

Ran Nof

Natural hazards early warnings: Earthquake, Tsunamis and Sinkholes
ran.nof@gmail.com

Artie Rodgers

Earthquake strong motion simulation, Bay Area earthquakes
rodgers7@llnl.gov

Dorian Soergel

soergeldorian@gmail.com

Jonathan Wolf

Dynamics of the mantle, deep Earth structures such as large-low velocity provinces, ultralow velocity zones, and the D'' discontinuity, velocity structure of the outermost core, and more rarely, planetary seismology
jonathan.wolf@berkeley.edu

Yuankun Xu

Yuankun’s work focuses on landslides over the U.S. West Coast. He conducts research using InSAR, field instrumentation, and hydromechanical modeling to understand the physics of landslide processes.
yuankunx@berkeley.edu

Graduate Students

Tyler Cadena

Volcanology
tcadena@berkeley.edu

Prajna Paramita Das

Seismology
prajnapdas@berkeley.edu

Mrinal Dursun

mrinal.dursun@berkeley.edu

Yuancong Gou

Seismology
yuancong_gou@berkeley.edu

Isis Lemus

Active Tectonics and Earthquake Hazard
ilemus@berkeley.edu

Danielle Lindsay

Geodetic observations, active tectonics, slow earthquakes
danielle.lindsay@berkeley.edu

Savvas Marcou

Real-time Seismology and the MyShake Project
savvas.marcou@berkeley.edu

Bo Rong

Seismology
borong@berkeley.edu

Zach Smith

Interaction between tectonics and fluid flow
zachary_smith@berkeley.edu

Haoyu Wang

Deep learning for Seismology
haoyu.wang@berkeley.edu

Administrative Staff (Shared with Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Aileen (Ellie) Paterson

Financial Officer, BSL
aileen.paterson@berkeley.edu
510-642-2961

David Elvins

Research Administrator, ERSO
elvins@berkeley.edu

Alysiana Halter

Project Policy Analyst
anhalter@berkeley.edu

Heather Murthy

Research Administrator, ERSO
murthy2019@berkeley.edu

Veronica Padilla

Management Services Officer, EPS
vmp@berkeley.edu
510-642-4540

Drew Vaeth

Budget Officer, EPS
drewcv@berkeley.edu
510-642-2727

Anthony Vitan

Director of Facilities, MPS Dean's Office
ajvitan@berkeley.edu
(P)510-642-2242 (C)510-334-5068

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