News & Outreach

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Cal Poly Humboldt Feature (December 2025)

Cal Poly Humboldt campus news recently joined us for a big expansion of our DAS array in Humboldt County. We enlisted the help of Cal Poly geology students for the tap test used to locate the channels. Lots of hammer swinging and head scratching; overall a successful day. Learn more in the article and the accompanying video.

Scientific American Article (December 2025)

Our work was recently featured in an article in Scientific American. Brad Lipovsky and Zhongwen Zhan are quoted in the article.

Science Paper Coverage (September 2025)

Our work imaging the M7 Mendocino Fault Earthquake, published recently in Science, was featured in some national and Bay Area publications. Check out the popular science articles in NBC News, SFGate, and KQED (npr).

New Scientist Piece (May 2025)

Our work at Caltech imaging the Moho and some of our preliminary work the USGS was featured in a wonderful popular science piece on fiber-optic sensing with telecom fibers. Andreas Fichtner, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Andreas Wustefeld, Daniel Bowden, and Rafael Mestre are some of the other scientists featured. Check it out here.

Caltech News Piece (November 2024)

My work imaging the Moho in Southern California, published recently in Science Advances, was summarized nicely in an article in Caltech News this month.

The Earthquake Fellows Program (September 2022)

The Earthquake Fellows Program at Caltech is a new outreach initiative that introduces local high school students to scientific research through the lens of seismology. The goal of the program is to give students from groups that are underrepresented in science an opportunity to see what a career in science looks like. I was lucky enough to be involved in Earthquake Fellows throughout its first two years and had the opportunity to help shape the program’s curriculum and objectives. Check out this link to learn more.