Dr Jonathan R. Weiss

Biography

For my research I employ a variety of novel geological and geophysical techniques to investigate problems in active crustal deformation. My current work is focused on using InSAR and GNSS data to study interseismic strain accumulation and seismic hazard across the Alpine-Himalayan belt. I also continue to be involved in studies of large subduction zone earthquakes, Andean seismotectonics, and numerical investigations of crustal deformation and thrust fault formation. I completed postgraduate work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, studying rapid continental extension in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece for my M.S. and orogenic wedge deformation across the active fold-and-thrust belt of southern Bolivia for my Ph.D. I also spent a number of years using multibeam sonar to map shallow coral reef ecosystems around the U.S. Pacific Islands while working for the UH-NOAA Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research. I received a B.S. in Geology from the College of William and Mary in Viriginia. Employment History Postdoctoral Research Fellow, COMET, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Jul 2016-Present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2016 Seafloor Mapping Specialist, UH-NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Nov 2004-Aug 2010 Sonar/Data Systems Specialist, Hawaii Mapping Research Group, Jul-Nov 2004 Qualifications Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2016 M.S., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004 B.S., Geology, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 2000 Memberships/Fellowships American Geophysical Union (2000-Present) Society of Exploration Geophysics (2000-2015) Geological Society of America (2000-2013)

Research Interest

Integrated field, remote sensing, and numerical studies applied to active tectonics Deformation and seismic hazard associated with fault systems in continental interiors Eurasian and Arabian Plate tectonics Probabilistic approaches to geologic/geophysical data analysis Structural, tectonic, and climatic controls on geomorphology and landscape evolution Island archipelago and hot spot volcano evolution