Jeanne Hardebeck
American seismologist
Jeanne L. Hardebeck is an American research geophysicist studying earthquakes and seismology who has worked at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) since 2004. Hardebeck studies the state of stress and the strength of faults.
Education and career
Hardebeck received her B.A. in computer science from Cornell University in 1993. She went on to receive her M.S. in Geophysics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1997 and her Ph.D in Geophysics from Caltech in 2001. Between 1994 and 2000, Hardebeck served as a Graduate Research Assistant at Caltech for her advisor, Egill Hauksson. After receiving her Ph.D., she served as a Green Postdoctoral Scholar for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at U.C. San Diego (2000 and 2003). She was a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Scholar for the USGS Earthquakes Hazard Team (2003 and 2004), collaborating with Andrew Michael. She started as a Research Geophysicist for the USGS Earthquakes Hazard Team in 2004.
Research
Hardebeck's area of research focuses around crustal stress and the strength of faults, earthquake statistics, and the testing of earthquake forecasting methods. Her research is noted for the clarity it provides on issues such as the strength of faults and the state of stress that were previously clouded by assumptions and unreliable data.
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