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Andrea Donnellan is manager of JPL’s Instrument Systems Section. Still an active researcher Donnellan collects and analyzes geodetic data to model deformation of mechanical Earth processes and study cascading geohazards. She has applied Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR/UAVSAR), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and stereophotogrammetry or Structure from Motion (SfM) from small uninhabited aerial vehicles (sUAS) to studying the underlying dynamics of earthquake fault systems, plate boundaries, landslides, and wildfire/debris flows cascades. Donnellan leads JPL’s Near-Surface Airborne Instruments Laboratory (N-SAIL). She is PI of QUAKES-I developing an airborne imaging suite of visible and SWIR cameras for stereophotogrammetry and improving UAVSAR capability to study and respond to natural disasters. Donnellan is on the NISAR Science Team. Since 2020 she has led NASA’s Surface Topography and Vegetation Incubation Study, which released its study report in June 2021. Donnellan was Principal Investigator of NASA's GeoGateway project of which the predecessor project QuakeSim won NASA’s Software of the Year Award in 2012. Donnellan has conducted field studies in California, in Antarctica, on the Altiplano of Bolivia, in Mongolia, and on Variegated Glacier in Alaska. She has been a geophysicist at JPL since 1993. Donnellan has degrees in Geology (BS Ohio State University, 1986), Geophysics (MS and PhD Caltech 1988 and 1991), and Computer Science (MS University of Southern California, 2003). She held a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from 1991-1993. Donnellan has received the Presidential Early Career Award, the MUSES of the California Science Center Woman of the Year Award, Women in Aerospace Award for Outstanding Achievement, JPL's Lew Allen award, several NASA Space Act Awards, the Antarctic Service Medal, and has been a finalist in the astronaut selection process three times. Donnellan has a glacier in Antarctica named after her for her work on that continent.

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Schwarz, M. F., Applegate, R., Zinke, R., Arrowsmith, R., Donnellan, A., Padgett, C., DeLong, S., & Hammer, M. (2023, 09). Data processing and quality for applications to active faulting in California with QUAKES-I Stereo-imagery . Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13272

Grant Ludwig, L., Mirkhanian, M. A., Donnellan, A., Parker, J. W., Wang, J., & Pierce, M. E. (2021, 08). Using GeoGateway to access NASA Earth Science data for teaching. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11545

Abolfathian, N., Fielding, E. J., Bekaert, D., Donnellan, A., & Sangha, S. S. (2021, 08). Spatiotemporal variations of stress and strain in the crust near 2019 Ridgecrest Sequence Earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11528

Milliner, C., Avouac, J., Aati, S., Chen, R., Chiou, B., Dawson, T., Donnellan, A., & Dolan, J. F. (2021, 08). Characterizing the Deformation and Hazard of Fault Zones Using Geodetic Imaging Data. Oral Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11135

Donnellan, A., Suarez, J., Asimaki, D., Goulet, C. A., McPhillips, D., Meng, X., Devine, S. C., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2021). Toppling of Trona Pinnacles in the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence and subsequent M5.6 Aftershock of June 2020. Seismological Research Letters, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 11006

Morelan, A. E., Hudnut, K. W., & Donnellan, A. (2020, 08). Quantifying fault displacement via optical image correlation using structure-from-motion orthomosaics in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10761

Grant Ludwig, L., Mirkhanian, M. A., Donnellan, A., & Parker, J. W. (2020, 08). Expanding the GeoGateway Science User Community. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10575

Devine, S. C., Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Donnellan, A., McPhillips, D., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2020, 08). Developing a Database for the Fragile Geologic Features at the Trona Pinnacles National Monument. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10571

Milliner, C., Avouac, J., Chen, R., Aati, S., Chiou, B., Donnellan, A., Dawson, T., & Dolan, J. F. (2020, 08). Development of a Geodetic-based Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis Using Near-field Geodetic Imaging Data. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10551

Donnellan, A., Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., Lyzenga, G. A., McPhillips, D., & Devine, S. C. (2020, 08). Database Development for the Trona Pinnacles Fragile Geologic Features. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10481

Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., Kishida, T., Brooks, B. A., Gold, R. D., Ponti, D. J., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., Ericksen, T., Hernandez, J., Patton, J. R., Olson, B., Dawson, T., Treiman, J. A., DuRoss, C. B., Blake, K., Bachhuber, J. L., Madugo, C. M., Sun, J., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Conway, E. M., & Goulet, C. A. (2019, 08). Engineering and Geological Effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9907

Goulet, C. A., Meng, X., Donnellan, A., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2019, 08). Survey of Damaged Tufa Pinnacles in Trona Following the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9867

Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Parker, J. W., Ansar, A., Goulet, C. A., Ben-Zion, Y., Vernon, F. L., & Lynch, D. K. (2019, 08). Targeted High-Resolution Topographic Imaging of Active Faults and the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Ruptures in Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9834

Milliner, C., Donnellan, A., Chen, R., Zinke, R., Xu, X., Morelan, A. E., Dawson, T., Madugo, C. M., Dolan, J. F., Sarmiento, A., Bozorgnia, Y., & Ansar, A. (2019, 08). OR-Corr a New Outlier-Resistant Image Correlation Method: Examples of Surface Deformation and Complex Fracturing from the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Imaged by High-resolution Optical and Radar Imagery . Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9732

Parker, J. W., Heflin, M. B., & Donnellan, A. (2019, 08). Tools for GNSS application to tectonics. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9438

Mirkhanian, M. A., Grant Ludwig, L., Donnellan, A., Parker, J. W., & Granat, R. A. (2018, 08). Using GeoGateway Data to Explore Deformation in the Cajon Pass Region. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8833

Donnellan, A., Parker, J. W., Heflin, M. B., Rundle, J. B., Grant Ludwig, L., & Lyzenga, G. A. (2018, 08). Deformation in the Yuha Desert from the 2010 M7.2 El Mayor – Cucapah Earthquake . Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8774

Parker, J. W., Lyzenga, G. A., Donnellan, A., Glasscoe, M. T., Pierce, M. E., Wang, J., Barba, M., & Tiampo, K. F. (2018, 08). Salton Trough Deformation in GeoGateway Tools, UAVSAR and GeoFEST. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8711

Milliner, C. W., & Donnellan, A. (2018, 08). High Resolution Geodetic Measurements of Co-seismic Fault-zone Deformation for Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Assesment and Confidence Intervals on Geologic Slip Rates. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8555

Donnellan, A., Parker, J. W., Granat, R. A., Heflin, M. B., Rundle, J. B., Grant Ludwig, L., Pierce, M. E., & Wang, J. (2017, 08). Northwest Propagation of Postseismic Deformation in the Yuha Desert from the 2010 M7.2 El Mayor – Cucapah Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7777

Grant Ludwig, L., Donnellan, A., & Parker, J. W. (2017, 08). Using GeoGateway Line-of-Sight (LOS) Tool to Explore Deformation along the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, CA. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7748

Wade, A., Arrowsmith, R., Donnellan, A., Vernon, F. L., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2017, 08). Dekameter-scale geologic structure validation of shallow seismic properties along the San Jacinto fault at Sage Brush Flat, Anza, California. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7738

Glasscoe, M. T., Parker, J. W., & Donnellan, A. (2017, 08). Characterizing fault motion using edge detection in radar images. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7569

Wilson, J. M., Rundle, J. B., Ward, S., Donnellan, A., Song, T., Komjathy, A., & Savastano, G. (2017, 08). Tsunami Squares: fast tsunami computation for use in coupled earthquake, tsunami, and ionosphere simulations. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7493

Parker, J. W., Donnellan, A., Hensley, S., & Glasscoe, M. T. (2016, 08). Characterization of fault motions observed with UAVSAR.. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7027

Glasscoe, M. T., Parker, J. W., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., & Milliner, C. W. (2016, 08). Constraining Interacting Fault Models in the Salton Trough with Remote Sensing Data. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6915

Donnellan, A., Parker, J. W., Granat, R. A., Heflin, M. B., Pierce, M. E., Wang, J., Rundle, J. B., & Grant Ludwig, L. (2016, 08). Access to Geodetic Imaging Products through GeoGateway Analysis, Modeling, and Response Tools. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6687

Rundle, J. B., Rundle, P. B., Donnellan, A., Klein, W., Turcotte, D. L., & Fox, G. (2005). Variation, Correlation, and Recurrence in Topologically Realistic, System-Level Earthquake Simulations. Presentation at 4th ACES Workshop. SCEC Contribution 793

Rundle, J. B., Rundle, P. B., Donnellan, A., Klein, W., Morein, G., Li, P., & Turcotte, D. L. (2005). Stress Transfer in Earthquakes and Forecasting: Inferences from Numerical Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 777

Goulet, C. A., Wang, Y., Nweke, C. C., Tang, B., Wang, P., Hudson, K. S., Ahdi, S. K., Meng, X., Hudson, M. B., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Brandenberg, S. J., Stewart, J. P., Gallien, T., & Winters, M. A. (2021). Comparison of Near-Fault Displacement Interpretations from Field and Aerial Data for the M 6.5 and 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,. doi: 10.1785/0120200222. SCEC Contribution 11108

Rundle, J. B., Granat, R., Donnellan, A., Fox, G., & Crutchfield, J. P. (2021). Nowcasting Earthquakes: Imaging the Earthquake Cycle in California With Machine Learning. Earth and Space Science, 8(12). doi: 10.1029/2021EA001757. SCEC Contribution 10929

Goulet, C. A., Wang, Y., Nweke, C. C., Tang, B., Wang, P., Hudson, K. S., Ahdi, S. K., Meng, X., Hudson, M. B., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Brandenberg, S. J., Stewart, J. P., Gallien, T., & Winters, M. A. (2021). Comparison of Near‐Fault Displacement Interpretations from Field and Aerial Data for the M 6.5 and 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(5), 2317-2333. doi: 10.1785/0120200222. SCEC Contribution 10180

Share, P., Tábořík, P., Stepancikova, P., Stemberk, J., Rockwell, T. K., Wade, A., Arrowsmith, R., Donnellan, A., Vernon, F. L., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020). Characterizing the uppermost 100 m structure of the San Jacinto fault zone southeast of Anza, California, through joint analysis of geological, topographic, seismic and resistivity data. Geophysical Journal International, 222(2), 781-794. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa204. SCEC Contribution 10903

Ponti, D. J., Morelan, A. E., Padilla, S. E., Oskin, M. E., Olson, B., O'Neal, M., Nevitt, J. M., Nale, S., Mongovin, D. D., Philibosian, B., Milliner, C., McPhillips, D., McDonald, J., Mareschal, M., Madugo, C. M., Leeper, R. J., Ladinsky, T., patton, j. R., Pierce, I., Koehler, R. D., Jobe, J., Zimmerman, J., Zachariasen, J., Xu, X., Williams, A. M., Vanderwal, J., Valencia, F. N., Treiman, J. A., Swanson, B. J., Pridmore, C., Spangler, E., Smith-Konter, B. R., Singleton, D. M., Seitz, G. G., Scharer, K. M., Sandwell, D. T., Roth, N., Kozaci, O., Kendrick, K. J., Blair, J., Barth, N. C., Burgess, P., Bullard, T., Brooks, B. A., Bork, S., Blake, K., Bennett, S. E., Bacon, S., Dawson, T., Bachhuber, J. L., Avouac, J., Angster, S. J., Akciz, S. O., Pickering, A., Thomas, K., Rosa, C., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Hudnut, K. W., Graehl, N. A., Holland, P., Hitchcock, C., Hernandez, J. L., Helms, J., Hatem, A., Haddon, E. K., Gutierrez, C., Gold, R. D., Delano, J., Funning, G. J., Frost, E., Ericksen, T., DuRoss, C. B., Donnellan, A., Dolan, J. F., DeLong, S., & Zinke, R. (2020). Documentation of Surface Fault Rupture and Ground-Deformation Features Produced by the 4 and 5 July 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(5), 2942-2959. doi: 10.1785/0220190322. SCEC Contribution 10852

Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G., Ansar, A., Goulet, C., Wang, J., & Pierce, M. (2020). Targeted High-Resolution Structure from Motion Observations over the Mw 6.4 and 7.1 Ruptures of the Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2087-2095. doi: 10.1785/0220190274. SCEC Contribution 10137

Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, J., Buckreis, T., Issa, O., Yeung, J., Lyda, A., Gallien, T. W., Kim, Y., Lucey, J., Delisle, M., Winters, M. A., Pierce, M., Stewart, J. P., Lyzenga, G., Donnellan, A., Hudson, M. B., Ahdi, S. K., Davis, C. A., Meng, X., Goulet, C. A., Hudson, K., Nweke, C. C., Wang, P., & Yi, Z. (2020). Ground Deformation Data from GEER Investigations of Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2024-2034. doi: 10.1785/0220190291. SCEC Contribution 10113

Milliner, C., & Donnellan, A. (2020). Using Daily Observations from Planet Labs Satellite Imagery to Separate the Surface Deformation between the 4 July Mw 6.4 Foreshock and 5 July Mw 7.1 Mainshock during the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 1986-1997. doi: 10.1785/0220190271. SCEC Contribution 10070

Holliday, J. R., Chen, C., Tiampo, K. F., Rundle, J. B., Turcotte, D. L., & Donnellan, A. (2007). A RELM Earthquake Forecast Based on Pattern Informatics. Seismological Research Letters, 78(1), 87-93. doi: 10.1785/gssrl.78.1.87. SCEC Contribution 941

Van Aalsburg, J. D., Grant Ludwig, L. B., Yakovlev, G., Rundle, P. B., Rundle, J. B., Turcotte, D. L., & Donnellan, A. (2007). A Feasibility Study of Data Assimilation in Numerical Simulations of Earthquake Fault Systems. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 163(1-4), 149-162. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.04.020. SCEC Contribution 1082

Rundle, J. B., Rundle, P. B., Donnellan, A., Li, P., Klein, W., Morein, G., Turcotte, D. L., & Grant Ludwig, L. B. (2006). Stress Transfer in Earthquakes, Hazard Estimation and Ensemble Forecasting: Inferences from Numerical Simulations. Tectonophysics, 413(1-2), 109-125. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.10.031. SCEC Contribution 794

Lyzenga, G. A., Panero, W., & Donnellan, A. (2000). Influence of Anelastic Surface Layers on Postseismic Thrust Fault Deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B2), 3151-3157. SCEC Contribution 477

Hager, B. H., Lyzenga, G. A., Donnellan, A., & Dong, D. (1999). Reconciling rapid strain accumulation with deep seismogenic fault planes in the Ventura basin, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(B11), 25207-25219. SCEC Contribution 459

Donnellan, A., & Webb, F. H. (1998). Geodetic observations of the M 5.1 January 29, 1994 Northridge aftershock. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(5), 667-670. SCEC Contribution 399

Donnellan, A., & Lyzenga, G. A. (1998). GPS observations of fault afterslip and upper crustal deformation following the Northridge earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(B9), 21285-21297. SCEC Contribution 398

Prescott, W., Bock, Y., Hudnut, K. W., Watkins, M. M., Agnew, D. C., Donnellan, A., Fenske, L., Hager, B. H., Jackson, D. D., Mori, J., D’Onofrio, D., Young, B., Webb, F. H., & Wyatt, F. K. (1996). Operations Plan for the Southern California Integrated GPS Network, Fiscal Year, 1996. , USA: U.S. Geological Survey. SCEC Contribution 362

Hudnut, K. W., Shen, Z., Murray, M., McClusky, S., King, R. W., Herring, T. A., Hager, B. H., Fang, P., Donnellan, A., & Bock, Y. (1996). Co-seismic Displacements of the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 86(1B, supplement), S19-S36. SCEC Contribution 153

Jones, L. M., Aki, K., Celebi, M., Donnellan, A., Hall, J. F., Harris, R. A., Hauksson, E., Heaton, T. H., Hough, S. E., Hudnut, K. W., Hutton, K., Johnston, M., Joyner, W., Marshall, G., Michael, A. J., Murray, M., Ponti, D. J., Reasenberg, P., Seeber, L., Shakal, A., Mori, J., Thio, H., Todorovska, M. I., Trifunac, M. D., Wald, D. J., & Zoback, M. (1994). The Magnitude 6.7 Northridge, California, Earthquake of January 17, 1994. Science, 266(5184), 389-397. doi: 10.1126/science.266.5184.389. SCEC Contribution 139

Feigl, K. L., Agnew, D. C., Bock, Y., Dong, D., Donnellan, A., Hager, B. H., Herring, T. A., Jackson, D. D., Jordan, T. H., King, R. W., Larsen, S., Larson, K. M., Murray, M., Shen, Z., & Webb, F. H. (1993). Space Geodetic Measurement of Crustal Deformation in Central and Southern California, 1984-1992. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98(B12), 21667-21712. SCEC Contribution 38

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