SCEC Institutions
The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) is an institutionally based organization comprised of core institutions, which make a major, sustained commitment to SCEC objectives, and a larger number of participating institutions, which are self-nominated through the involvement of individual scientists or groups in SCEC activities and confirmed by the Board of Directors. Membership continues to evolve because SCEC is an open consortium, available to any individual or institution seeking to collaborate on earthquake science in Southern California.
Core InstitutionsCore institutions are designated academic and government research organizations with major research programs in earthquake science. Each core is expected to contribute a significant level of effort (both in personnel and activities) to SCEC programs, including Communication, Education and Outreach Program. Core institutions are obligated to contribute a yearly minimum of $35K of institutional resources (spent in-house on SCEC activities) as matching funds to Center activities. Each core institution appoints an Institutional Director to the Board of Directors. |
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USC Sylvain Barbot |
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Caltech Jean-Phillippe Avouac |
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U Memphis Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos |
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CGS Tim Dawson |
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Columbia Bruce Shaw |
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Harvard John Shaw |
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MIT Tom Herring |
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SDSU Tom Rockwell |
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Stanford Paul Segall |
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UC Los Angeles David Jackson |
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UC Riverside David Oglesby |
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UC San Diego Peter Shearer |
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UC Santa Barbara Chen Ji |
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UC Santa Cruz Emily Brodsky |
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UNR Steven Wesnousky |
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LLNL Arthur Rodgers |
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USGS Golden Nico Luco |
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USGS Menlo Park Ruth Harris |
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USGS Pasadena Kate Scharer |
Participating Institutions - DomesticSCEC membership is open to participating institutions upon application. Eligible institutions may include any organization (including profit, non-profit, domestic, or foreign) involved in a Center-related research, education, or outreach activity. Participating institutions do not necessarily receive direct support from the Center. Each participating institution (through appropriate official) appoints a qualified Institutional Representative to facilitate communication with the Center. The interests of the participating institutions are represented on the Board of Directors by two Directors At-Large. |
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AECOM Paul Somerville |
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Appalachian State Scott Marshall |
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Arizona State J Ramon Arrowsmith |
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Boston University Rachel Abercrombie |
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Brown Terry Tullis |
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Cal Poly Pomona Jascha Polet |
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CSU Fresno Maryam Nazari |
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CSU Fullerton David Bowman |
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CSU Long Beach Nate Onderdonk |
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CSU Northridge Doug Yule |
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CSU Sacramento Steve Skinner |
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CSU San Bernardino Sally McGill |
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Carnegie Mellon Jacobo Bielak |
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Colorado Sch Mines Edwin Nissen |
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Cornell Rowena Lohman |
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Georgia Tech Zhigang Peng |
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Indiana Kaj Johnson |
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JPL Andrea Donnellan |
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LLNL Arben Pitarka |
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LSU Karen Luttrell |
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Marquette University Ting Lin |
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Oregon State Andrew Meigs |
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Penn State Eric Kirby |
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Portland State Brittany Erickson |
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Purdue Andrew Freed |
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Smith John Loveless |
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SMU M. Beatrice Magnani |
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SUNY at Stony Brook William Holt |
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Tufts Robert Viesca |
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U Alaska Fairbanks Carl Tape |
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UC Berkeley Roland Bürgmann |
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UC Davis Michael Oskin |
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UC Irvine Lisa Grant Ludwig |
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U Cincinnati Lewis Owen |
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U Illinois Karin Dahmen |
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U Kentucky Sean Bemis |
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U Massachusetts Michele Cooke |
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U Michigan Ann Arbor Eric Hetland |
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U New Hampshire Margaret Boettcher |
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U Oregon Ray Weldon |
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U Texas El Paso Bridget Smith-Konter |
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U Texas Austin Whitney Behr |
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U Wisconsin Madison Clifford Thurber |
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Utah State Susanne Janecke |
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Utah Valley Nathan Toke |
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WHOI Jeff McGuire |
Participating Institutions - International |
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Academia Sinica Taiwan |
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CEA China |
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CICESE Mexico |
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CRUST Italy |
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DPRI Kyoto Japan |
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ETH Zurich Switzerland |
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GNS Science New Zealand |
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KIGAM South Korea |
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Nat'l Central U Taiwan |
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Nat'l Taiwan University Taiwan |
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U of Bristol UK, Max Werner |
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U of Canterbury NZ, Brendon Bradley |
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University of Otago NZ, Mark Stirling |
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Western University Canada |
How to Apply as a Participating Institution
Email application to SCEC Administration. The application should come from an appropriate official (e.g. department chair or division head) and include (1) a short statement on earthquake science research at your institution, (2) a list of interested faculty, (3) a designated institutional representative, and (4) a description of your institution’s commitment to improving diversity in STEM and in particular in geosciences. Applications must be approved by a majority vote of the SCEC Board of Directors.