Karen Fischer
| Karen Fischer | |
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| Born | June 16, 1961[1] Boston, MA |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Yale University |
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Karen Fischer is a seismologist known for her research on the structure of Earth's mantle, its lithosphere, and how subduction zones change over geologic history. Fischer is an fellow of the American Geophysical Union and has received the Harry Fielding Reid Medal from the Seismological Society of America for 'outstanding contributions in seismology or earthquake engineering'.
Education and career[edit]
Fischer has a B.S. in geology and geophysics from Yale University (1983).[2] While an undergraduate, Fischer had summer research experiences at Yale University and Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory.[3] In 1989, she earned a Ph.D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1989) with a dissertation titled "The morphology and dynamics of subducting lithosphere".[4] After a postdoctoral appointment at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (1989-1990)[5], she joined the faculty at Brown University where she is currently the Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences.[2]
From 2003 to 2005 Fisher was an editor at Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3)[6] and she served as the president of the Seismology section at the American Geophysical Union from 2013 to 2014.[7]
Research[edit]
Fischer's research uses seismology to study the interior of Earth's crust and mantle.
Deploys seismometers in the field (SESAME)[8]
Plate tectonics - how stable are the plates?[9] (Nature Geosciences paper[10])
How to make the Appalachian Mountains[11][12]
EarthScope lectures on "What puts the 'plate' in plate tectonics?"
Awards[edit]
- Royce Family Professorship, excellence in teaching, Brown University (2004-2004)[2]
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2010)[13]
- Beno Gutenberg Lecture, American Geophysical Union (2016)[14]
- NASA EarthScope lecturer (2017-2018)[8]
- Harry Fielding Medal, Seismological Society of America (2019)[15][16]
References[edit]
- ↑ Fischer, Karen Marie (1989). The morphology and dynamics of subducting lithosphere (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fischer, Karen". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ Fischer, Karen Marie (1989). The morphology and dynamics of subducting lithosphere (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ Fischer, Karen Marie (1989). The morphology and dynamics of subducting lithosphere (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ "Karen Fischer | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ "Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems". AGU Journals. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ "About - Seismology". connect.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Speaker series". EarthScope. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Yoksoulian, Lois. "Continental interiors may not be as tectonically stable as geologists think". news.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ Hu, Jiashun; Liu, Lijun; Faccenda, Manuele; Zhou, Quan; Fischer, Karen M.; Marshak, Stephen; Lundstrom, Craig (2018). "Modification of the Western Gondwana craton by plume–lithosphere interaction". Nature Geoscience. 11 (3): 203–210. doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0064-1. ISSN 1752-0894.
- ↑ "How a continent collision built the Appalachian mountains". Futurity. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ Hall, Galen (2016-12-02). "Brown researchers investigate birth of Appalachian mountains". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ Anonymous (2010). "AGU Fellows Elected for 2010". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 91 (6): 59–59. doi:10.1029/2010EO060010. ISSN 2324-9250.
- ↑ "2016 AGU Section and Focus Group Awardees and Named Lecturers". Eos. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ "Karen Fischer wins top honor in seismology". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ↑ "Karen Fischer | Seismological Society of America". www.seismosoc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
External links section[edit]
- Karen Fischer publications indexed by Google Scholar
https://vivo.brown.edu/display/kfischer
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