Biography

Present position

2008 - Professor, Seismology and Mathematical Geophysics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University


Previous appointments

2007   Visiting Professor of Geophysics, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA. 


The Australian National University

2006-2016   Head of Seismology and Mathematical Geophysics, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.

2001-2007   Senior Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.

1995-2001   Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.

1992-1995   Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.

University of Cambridge

1989-1992   Research Associate, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, 
Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. 


The Carnegie Institution of Washington

1988-1989   Harry Oscar Wood Fellow in the Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, 
                     Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA.





Education

1988             Ph.D. in Geophysics, 
                      "Seismic inversion for earthquake location and 3-D velocity structure" 
                      Australian National University, Australia. 


1984             Cerificate for Advanced study in Mathematics, 
                      (Part III of the Mathematical tripos) 
Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 
                      Univ. of Cambridge, UK.1983            

1983             B.Sc. Physics (Hons), 
                      Dept. of Physics, Loughborough Univ. of Technology Loughborough, UK.