About Me:

I am a fifth year graduate student in the Geophysics Curricular Group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. I graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in physics and a emphasis in astrophysics.

Currently I work at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics with the Gravity Group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We design, develop, test, and use a variety of geophysical instrumentation to measure and record seafloor and terrestrial gravity anomalies, strain (icesheets, bore-holes, seafloor and crust), sub-audible anthropogenic and atmospheric sound (infrasound), and local and teleseismic earthquakes.

My current research interest lies in the devlopment of a fiber optic seismometer (iSeis). iSeis uses a novel approach to measuring earth displacments through a Michelson interferometer. Please use the following links for further information.

• An Introduction to SIFO and its Theory
  
  
• 3-Dimension Animation: A video (.mov) showing how the fiber optic seismometer works. For adittional video options and information click here.
  
  
• SIFO DATA: current data sets and findings pertaining to the SIFO
  

Support for my PhD comes from the National Science Foundation. I am currently developing, building, and testing an observatory quality low noise, broadband seismometer which uses a 633 nm laser (Michelson interferemometer) as the primary displacement transducer. For further information, please click the "Research" tab above.