Department of Geological Sciences

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA 92182-1020

Phone: (619) 594-3091

Email: sma@sdsu.edu


Research Interests


  1.    Earthquake source mechanics

  2.    Crustal deformation

  3.    Tsunami

  4.    Computational mechanics


Professional Experience


Professor, San Diego State University, 2022 – present

Associate Professor, San Diego State University, 2013 – 2022

Assistant Professor, San Diego State University, 2008 – 2013

Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University, 2006 – 2008


Education


Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Geophysics, 2006

M.S., Colorado School of Mines, Engineering System, 2001

M.S., Tongji University, Earthquake Engineering, 1999

B.S., Tongji University, Geotechnical Engineering, 1996


Professional Affiliations


American Geophysical Union

Seismological Society of America

Southern California Earthquake Center


Publications (link)