Avouac, Jean-Philippe

Committee Member — 64 thesises

• Shyu, J. Bruce Hao-Te Hsu — A Neotectonic Model of Taiwan, with a Focus on the Longitudinal Valley Suture (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Deborah Elaine — A New Paradigm for Interpreting Stress Inversions from Focal Mechanisms: How 3D Stress Heterogeneity Biases the Inversions Toward the Stress Rate (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perry, Stephen Michael — Analyzing Stress Change and Energy Budget of Earthquakes Through Physics-Based Modeling (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dmochowski, Jane Ellen — Application of MODIS-ASTER (Master) Simulator Data to Geological Mapping of Young Volcanic Regions in Baja California, Mexico (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ortega Culaciati, Francisco Hernan — Aseismic Deformation in Subduction Megathrusts: Central Andes and North-East Japan (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Philibosian, Belle — Characterization of Diverse Megathrust Fault Behavior Related to Seismic Supercycles, Mentawai Islands, Sumatra (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Xiao — Combined Experimental and Numerical Study of Spontaneous Dynamic Rupture on Frictional Interfaces (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Choi, Eun-seo — Computational Approaches to Localized Deformation Within the Lithosphere and for Crust-Mantle Interactions (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lambert, Valère Régis Westbrooke — Constraining Earthquake Source Processes Through Physics-Based Modeling (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Amidon, William Henry — Cosmogenic ³He and ²¹Ne Dating in Accessory Mineral Phases (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Freya Kurt — Depositional and Structural History of the Pavian and Kudu Nappes in the Naukluft Mountains, Namibia (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bai, Kangchen — Dynamic Earthquake Source Modeling and the Study of Slab Effects (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yu — Earthquake Geology of Myanmar (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Yingdi — Earthquake Moment-Area Scaling Relations and the Effect of Fault Heterogeneity on Slow to Fast Earthquake Slip (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meltzner, Aron Jeffrey — Earthquake Recurrence, Clustering, and Persistent Segmentation near the Southern End of the 2004 Sunda Megathrust Rupture (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lui, Semechah Ka Yan — Earthquake Source Characterization Through Seismic Observations and Numerical Modeling (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ader, Thomas Joachim — Earthquakes of the Nepal Himalaya : Towards a Physical Model of the Seismic Cycle (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Jin — Fast Adaptive Augmented Lagrangian Digital Image Correlation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Marion Y. — Frictional Properties of Fault: From Observations on the Longitudinal Valley Fault, Taiwan, to Dynamic Simulations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Köhne, Tobias — From Daily Deformation to Millennial Mechanics: Insights from Subduction Zone Earthquake Cycle Models (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Verdel, Charles Steven — I. Cenozoic Geology of Iran: An Integrated Study of Extensional Tectonics and Related Vulcanism. II. Ediacaran Stratigraphy of the North American Cordillera: New Observations from Eastern California and Northern Utah (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Persaud, Patricia — Images of Early Continental Breakup in and around the Gulf of California and the Role of Basal Shear in Producing Wide Plate Boundaries (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Malatesta, Luca Claude — Impact of Climate and Tectonics on the Morphodynamics of Alluvial Piedmonts, Implications for Sediment Transfer and the Stratigraphic Record (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Konca, Ali Ozgun — Investigating Large Earthquake Rupture Kinematics from the Joint Analysis of Seismological, Geodetic and Remote Sensing Data (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roback, Kevin Patrick — Investigating Sand Transport and Landslides, and Implications for Past and Present Environments on Mars and Earth (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kaneko, Yoshihiro — Investigations of Earthquake Source Processes Based on Fault Models with Variable Friction Rheology (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Buhler, Peter Benjamin — Measuring and Modeling the Interplay between Planetary Orbits, Interiors, Surfaces, and Atmospheres (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• DiCaprio, Christopher John — Measuring and Modeling Viscoelastic Relaxation of the Lithosphere with Application to the Northern Volcanic Zone, Iceland (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Larochelle, Stacy — Mechanical Interactions Between Water and the Solid Earth: from Quasi-Static Geodetic Deformation to Dynamic Fault Slip (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kanda, Ravi V. S. — Mechanical Models for InterSeismic Deformation in Subduction Zones (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chadwick, Austin John — Mechanics of River Avulsions on Lowland River Deltas (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scheingross, Joel Simon — Mechanics of Sediment Transport and Bedrock Erosion in Steep Landscapes (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kidder, Steven Brooks — Microstructural, Metamorphic and Experimental Constraints on Differential Stress and Temperature in the Middle Crust (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ayoubi, Peyman — Modeling and Parameterization of Basin Effects for Engineering Design Applications (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Taeho — Modeling Frictional Processes in the Presence of Fluids: From Earthquakes in the Laboratory to Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Reservoirs (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schaal, Natalie Sarah Ann — Modeling of Nucleation and Dynamic Rupture on Heterogeneous Frictional Interfaces with Applications to Foreshocks (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leprince, Sebastien — Monitoring Earth Surface Dynamics with Optical Imagery (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alisic, Laura — Multi-Scale Dynamics and Rheology of Mantle Convection with Plates (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meng, Lingsen — Navigating Earthquake Physics with High-Resolution Array Back-Projection (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Min — Numerical Simulations of Seismic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Earth Models: The Japan Subduction Zone (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Ting — Part I: Structure of Central and Southern Mexico from Velocity and Attenuation Tomography. Part II: Physics of Small Repeating Earthquakes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Skinner, Steven Michael — Plate Tectonic Constraints on Flat Subduction and Paleomagnetic Constraints on Rifting (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Junle — Probabilistic Imaging and Dynamic Modeling of Earthquake Source Processes (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sabbeth, Leah — Provenance, Structural Geology, and Sedimentation of the Miocene and Pliocene Californias (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alqattan, Hussain — Quantifying Surface Processes Using Remote Sensing: Accretion in River Deltas and Migration of Barchan Dunes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stevens, Victoria Louise — Reconciling Geodetic Strain and Seismicity Rate with Frequency-Magnitude Relation of the Largest Earthquakes (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yan, Zhimei — Regional Mapping of the Crustal Structure in Southern California (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sirorattanakul, Krittanon — Response of Earthquakes to Transient Stresses, in Laboratory and Nature (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Prancevic, Jeffrey Paul — Sediment Mobility in Steep Channels and the Transition to Landsliding (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Inbal, Asaf — Seismogeodetic Imaging of Active Crustal Faulting (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilding, John Dylan — Seismological Investigations of the Dynamics of Volcanotectonic Interactions (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sudhir, Kavya — Slip Patterns on Heterogeneous Frictional Interfaces (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Somala, Surendra Nadh — Source Imaging with Dense Sensor Networks: Inversions Based on Adjoint Methods (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swanson, Erika McGoldrick — Structural and Clumped-Isotope Constraints on the Mechanisms of Displacement Along Low-Angle Detachments (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nadin, Elisabeth Sophia — Structure and History of the Kern Canyon Fault System, Southern Sierra Nevada, California (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Phillips-Alonge, Kristin Eileen — Structure of the Subduction System in Southern Peru from Seismic Array Data (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Downey, Nathan John — Tectonic History of the Osbourn Spreading Center and Dynamic Subsidence of the Congo Basin (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sousa, Francis Joseph — Tectonics of Central and Eastern California, Late Cretaceous to Modern (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lohman, Rowena Benfer — The Inversion of Geodetic Data for Earthquake Parameters (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewis, Kevin Wayne — The Rock Record of Mars: Structure, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rautela, Ojashvi — Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Earth’s Crust and Mantle: From Surface Deformation to Lower Mantle Structures in the Present Day and the Geological Past (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Yi — Three-Dimensional Elastodynamic Modeling of Frictional Sliding with Application to Intersonic Transition (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rollins, John Christopher — Using Heterogeneous 3D Earth Models to Constrain Interseismic and Postseismic Deformation in Southern California and Nepal (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Yunung Nina — Using Space Geodesy to Constrain Variations in Seismogenic Behavior on Subduction Megathrusts (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))