For this “State of the ECS”, our Seismo-team will introduce themselves and tell about their ECS experience. Happy reading!
Greetings! I’m Adam and by a twist in the timestream in Vienna I ended up as an editor of blog of the Seismology ECS division. If your (or your colleague’s) research touches on any aspect of Seismology or related fields, please reach out!
My background is diverse, spanning master in High-Energy Astronomy, bachelor in Nuclear Physics and doctorate focused on Tidal Analysis. I spent some time in Amsterdam doing Astrophysics, and about six years in Karlsruhe (Germany) being part of Seismology group, doing interdisciplinary project between Ocean Science, Planetary Science and Geodesy. Over the years, I worked with gravimeters, seismometers and high performance computing.
To start a non-science-related conversation, ask me about any kind of skiing, gardening or wine—I might not stop talking!
I’m eager to get your input to this blog!
Hi there, from Zürich! I don’t know how it is where you are, but here it is starting to become cosy, dark and cold. The ideal months to get some good work done, which in my case comprises finishing up my PhD!
I am working on DAS data from both the Bedretto and Mont Terri underground labs in Switzerland, that we collected over the past few years, and of course on my thesis; busy times ahead, indeed. However, I am happy to announce that we found Adam, who will take over the blog lead from me over the following months, but I will very happily stay involved in the ECS and looking forward to learn and do so much more with our nice team.
Care to join? Please reach out to one of us!
Hi Everyone, My name is Ana. 2024 coming to a close also means that a lot of our members are reaching the end of their PhDs!
So if you are looking for a way to get more connected to the seismology community, I can only recommend joining the ECS team! 😀
For me 2024 was all about processing and sifting through the data we acquired during the field seasons of 2022 and 2023 in Greenland. About what feels like 90% of 2024, I have been looking at waveforms, specifically events from the base of the glacier. And now, after finding and analysing about 50.000 great looking events, I am finally moving towards putting all my findings on paper. I am excited to write up all the interesting new results that we got, and sharing them with the scientific community. See you at EGU25!
Hello everyone, I’m David and I’m currently doing a post-doc at the University of Lisbon in Portugal focussing on a combination of seismology and oceanography with DAS submarine fibre optic cables in the Atlantic off the coast of Madeira Island. This was a completely new topic for me, having worked with land stations and OBS before, but it is such an interesting field and the stuff you can detect with these cables is mind blowing. With the EGU Seismology ECS group, we gave a brief and, I found, very helpful introduction into that topic, which is one of the reasons I like being a member of the representatives. Another reason is the great community there, being an easy point of contact with likeminded people on an international level. I’m happy to meet!
Hi all, Dinko here! My term as your ECS Seismology representative officially ended at this year’s General Assembly, so I’m now enjoying my “retirement.” First off, a big thank you to everyone who has been part of the ECS group during these years. It’s been an incredible journey, and I’ve learned so much from all of you!
Special shoutout to Michi, who first got me involved with the ECS team; Janneke, my amazing predecessor; Angel, who was a rockstar in organizing so many things; Foivos, whose efforts made our Seismology 101 short course such a hit; and Katinka, for being an exceptional blog editor. You all, and every member over the last four years, have made this experience truly memorable! I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that, unfortunately, there won’t be a Seismology 101 short course at EGU25. Although our short course received great feedback every year and always managed to fill the room (last year, we had more than 100 attendees!), it was rejected for EGU25. I am deeply saddened that this tradition will not be continued, especially as the 101 short courses truly embody the spirit of interdisciplinarity—where seismologists explain seismology to geoscientists who encounter seismology topics in their research. I remain hopeful that it will make a comeback in 2026. I hope I’ve served the team and the Seismology community well, especially during the General Assemblies. Though my time as representative has come to an end, I’m not stepping away entirely! I’m shifting my focus to organising the Seismology Division’s ‘Promote your Science’ webinars, so if you’re interested in showcasing your work, don’t hesitate to reach out.
It’s been an absolute honour and a blast to serve in this role. I hope to see many of you at future General Assemblies and Seismology Division events.
Hi Everyone, Laura here, I hope everyone had a nice year.
Here is my update for 2024: I entered my second year working as the CommunitySeismology Officer of the QuakeShake outreach programme based at DIAS in Dublin Ireland. I was fortunate to receive additional funding for my programme which allowed us to purchase 62 Raspberry Shakes and run two in person workshops one for teachers and one for the general public. Distributing all these seismometers (Christmas came early for our lucky seismometer hosts) has kept me on my toes all year long.
I am looking forward to the Christmas break and spending some quality time with friends and family. I will be looking to our Geo Movie Cup for some movie inspiration over the festive holidays. Wishing everyone a Nollaig Shona Duit (Merry Christmas in Irish) and a Happy New Year!
In this place can be your introduction, and, on the left hand side, your photo (now there’s beautiful Earth Interior)!
Currently we are missing team members, many are just about finish their PhD, others feel they already stay too long in the rep team.
Just write to us, contribute, share, and enjoy!
We begin our new episode full of enthusiasm, and hope to publish many interesting blogs and to be there for our EGU SM community again! – The ECS team
