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Eric Calais - March 31, 2010Brief Biography
Eric Calais is Professor of Geophysics at Purdue University (Indiana, USA). He studied Earth Sciences in France at the ´Ecole Normale Sup´erieure (Paris), at the University of Paris 6, and at the University of Bretagne Occidentale (Brest). He received a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Nice, France, in 1991 and was a postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (U.C. San Diego) from 1992 to 1995. Prof. Calais was nominated University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University in 2005, and received the Jacob-Fallot-J´er´emine award from the French Academy of Sciences in 2008.
Prof. Calais’ research interests concern the geodynamics of tectonic processes at plate bound-aries and in plate interiors. His main tools are Global Positioning System (GPS) geodesy and deformation modeling. He has led a number of GPS field experiments worldwide (Central and Southeastern, Caribbean, Western Europe, Eastern Africa) to study active deformation processes at spatial and temporal scales ranging from individual earthquakes or volcanic events to the mo-tion of tectonic plates. He also uses GPS as an atmospheric remote sensing tool for tropospheric water vapor and ionospheric perturbations. He has co-authored 95 publications in top-tier peer-reviewed journals (h-index 24, 1700 citations), has given over 50 invited lectures and seminars, and contributed to more than 150 presentations at national and international meetings. His re-search is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He teaches geodesy and geophysics at the undergraduate and graduate level and has supervised 19 graduate students. Prof. Calais was appointed Chief Editor for Geophysical Research Letters1 in 2009, after serving as Editor from 2004 to 2008. He currently chairs the Scientific Council of the European Institute for Marine Studies2 (Univ. of Brest, France). Prof. Calais’ service includes chairing the UN-AVCO3Board of Directors from 2005 to 2007. Prof. Calais has been active within several working groups of the International Association of Geodesy and has served as EGU Division Officer in Geodesy. He has been serving on a number of national and international committees in geodesy and/or active tectonics and on review panels for NSF, USGS, and NASA. He has been convener, organizer, or program committee member for more than 25 international scientific meetings. He served as expert-consultant for the World Bank, the International Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the European Union. Prof. Calais is currently co-chair of the United Nations Haiti Earthquake Risk Reduction Task Force.
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As of 2005, Geophysical Research Letters ranks #9 among 129 titles in Multidisciplinary Geosciences (source ISI, Journal Citation Reports)
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The IUEM, located in Brest, France, is a federation of 8 research units at the forefront of current research in marine geophysics, physical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, geomatics, microbiology, marine chemistry, biology, and law and economy, with a mission in research and graduate teaching –www.univ-brest.fr/IUEM.
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UNAVCO is a university-based corporation aimed at promoting Earth Science by advancing high-precision techniques for the measurement of crustal deformation –www.unavco.org
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Personal Data
Professor of GeophysicsDept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, U.S.A. Phone: 765-496-2915, Fax: 765-496-1210, Email: [email protected].
Web: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/∼ecalais/
French Citizen, born September 15, 1964, Paris, France. Permanent Resident status in the U.S.A.
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Education
- Ph.D., 1991, University of Nice, France, in Earth Sciences.
- M.S., 1988, University of Brest, France, in Earth Sciences (DEA).
- B.S., 1986, Ecole Normale Sup´erieure de Saint Cloud and Paris VI University, in Earth Sciences.
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Appointments
- 2007 – Present: Professor of Geophysics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. - 2001 – 2007: Associate Professor of Geophysics (tenure in 2004), Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN, USA.
- 1995 – 2001: Research Scientist (“Charg´e de Recherche”), CNRS, Nice, France. - 1994 – 1995: Research Fellow, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA. - 1992 – 1994: Post-doctoral Fellow, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA. - 1988 – 1991: Research Assistant (“Assistant Normalien Doctorant”), University of Nice,
Nice, France.
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Research Interests
- Current plate motions, intraplate and plate boundary deformation in active tectonic sys-tems: kinematics and dynamics.
- Deformation cycle, magma-tectonic processes, and stress transfer at active plate boundaries. - Global Positioning System (GPS) Geodesy.
- Atmospheric remote sensing with GPS (tropospheric water vapor, ionospheric electron con-tent).
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Awards, Honors, Recognitions
- 2008 – French Academy of Sciences “Jacob-Fallot-J´er´emine” award. - 2005 – University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University.
- 1992-1993 – NATO Postdoctoral Fellow.
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Professional and Scholarly Associations
- American Geophysical Union- European Geophysical Society - International Association of Geodesy
- Comit´e National Fran¸cais de G´eod´esie et G´eophysique
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Graduate Students
- Current Graduate Students: D.S. Stamps (PhD, EAS), L. Bennati (PhD, EAS), H. Dickinson (PhD, EAS), E. Saria (PhD, EAS), T. Bowling (MS, EAS).
- Ph.D. graduated: O. Lesne (Univ. Nice, currently researcher at ACRI S.A., France), J.M. Nocquet (Univ. of Nice, currently researcher at CNRS, Nice, France), M. Vergnolle (Univ. of Nice, currently researcher at CNRS, Grenoble, France), J.Y. Han (Purdue Univer-sity, currently faculty at National Taiwan University), T. Dauterman (Purdue UniverUniver-sity, currently researcher at the German Space Agency), S. Tabrez (co-advised with A. Freed, currently postdoc at Univ. Wisconsin).
- M.S. graduated: S. Hartig-Vey (Univ. Nice), L. Galisson (Univ. Strasbourg), Y. Maz-abraud (Univ. Nice), A. Aufranc (Univ. Strasbourg), S. Menet (ENSAIS Strasbourg), F. Vincent (Univ. Nice), Y. Song (Purdue), A. Aryal (Purdue), L. Dong (Purdue).
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Service (recent only)
- 2010 – Co-chair, United Nations Haiti Earthquake Risk Reduction Task Force. - 2009 – 2010: UNAVCO Science Workshop organizing committee, Chair. - 2008 – UNAVCO Strategic Planning Committee
- 2008 – RCL (Rifted Continental Lithosphere)-MARGINS working group.
- 2006 – Present: Chair, Scientific Council of the European Institute for Marine Studies, France (IUEM, www.univ-brest.fr/IUEM).
- 2006 – 2008: Division Officer, European Geosciences Union (Geodesy, Crustal Deformation and Tectonics, http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/egu info/officers geodesy.html. - 2006 – 2007: Member, Earthscope Facility Executive Committee (www.earthscope.org). - 2006 – 2007: Chair, UNAVCO Board of Directors (www.unavco.org).
- 2005 – 2006: Vice-Chair, UNAVCO Board of Directors. - 2003 – 2007: Elected Member, UNAVCO Board of Directors.
- 2005 – 2007: Member, UNAVCO/PBO GPS Data Analysis Working Group.
- 2004 – Present: Member, UNAVCO Working Group on “Stable North America Reference Frame”.
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Other Professional Activities
- Editor of Scientific Journals: Editor in Chief for Geophysical Research Letters, 2009-present; Editor for Geophysical Research Letters, 2004-2008; Associate Editor for Geophys-ical Research Letters, 2002-2004.
- Journal Reviewer: Nature, Science, J. Geophys. Res., Geophys. Res. Letters, Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., Tectonophysics, Bull. Geol. Soc. America, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Geophysical Journal International, J. of Geodesy, Annales Geophysicae. - Proposal reviewer: National Science Foundation (Geophysics, Tectonics, Continental
Dynamics), NASA, Geol. Society of America, Swedish Research Council, CNES (French Space Agency), CNRS (French National Science Foundation), French Ministry for Research. - Expert-consultantfor the Interamerican Development Bank (BID), the European Union, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Lettis & Associates, Inc. (seismic source characterization for hazard analysis), South African Council for Geosciences. - Session Organizer at International Conferences: EGS meeting 1998, AGU Fall
meet-ing 2000, AGU Sprmeet-ing meetmeet-ing 2002, AGU/Western Pacific conference 2004, AGU Fall meeting 2004, AGU Fall meeting 2005, IUGG meeting 2007, AGU Spring meeting 2009, EGU General Assembly 2009, AGU Fall meeting 2009.
- Co-organizer, Advanced Workshop on “Evaluating, Monitoring and Communicating Vol-canic and Seismic Hazards in East Africa”, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoret-ical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, August 17-28, 2009.
- Panel Member for the NASA Solid Earth and Interior program (proposals), the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (proposals), the Institut Europ´een Universitaire de la Mer (IUEM, France – external review), Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (external review).
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Selected Recent Publications
(Total refereed publications = 95, only the past 3 years are listed here. For a complete publication list, see: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/∼ecalais/vitae/publications calais.pdf. h-index = 24, 1700 total citations, average citations per item = 17)
Dautermann, T., E. Calais, J. Haase, and J. Garrison, Investigation of ionospheric electron content variations before earthquakes in southern California, 20032004,J. Geophys. Res, 112, B02106, doi:10.1029/2006JB004447, 2007.
Vergnolle, M., E. Calais, and L. Dong, Dynamics of continental deformation in Asia,J. Geophys. Res., 112, B11403, doi:10.1029/2006JB004807, 2007.
Garrison, J.L, S.C. Lee, J. Haase, and E. Calais, A method for detecting ionospheric disturbances and estimating their propagation speed and direction using a large GPS network, Radio Science, Vol. 42, RS6011, doi: 10.1029/2007RS003657, 2007.
Mahsas, A., K. Yelles, K. Lammali, E. Calais, A. Freed and P. Briole, Postseismic deformation following the May 21st, 2003, Mw=6.8 Boumerdes earthquake, Algeria,Geophys. J. Int.,
172, 155-166, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03594.x, 2008.
Stamps, D.S., E. Calais, E. Saria, C. Hartnady, J. Nocquet, C.J. Ebinger, and R.M. Fernan-des, A kinematic model for the East African Rift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L05304,
Ebinger, C.J., D. Keir, A. Ayele, E. Calais, T.J. Wright, M. Belachew, J.O. Hammond, M.E. Campbell, and R. Buck, Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during conti-nental rupture: Seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2008.03877.x, 2008.
Ali, S.T., A.M. Freed, E. Calais, D. Manaker, and W.R. McCann, Evolution of stress in North-eastern Caribbean over the past 250 years from coseismic, postseismic, and interseismic stress changes, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 904918 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03634.x, 2008.
Manaker, D., E. Calais, A.M. Freed, S.T. Ali, P. Przybylski, G. Mattioli, P. Jansma, C. Pr´epetit, and J.B de Chabalier, Plate coupling and strain partitioning in the Northeastern Caribbean,
Geophys. J. Int., 174, 889-903 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03819.x, 2008.
Keir, D., A. Ayele, E. Calais, I.J. Hamling, C. Ebinger, T.J. Wright, E. Jacques, K. Mohamed, J.O.S. Hammond, M. Belachew, E. Baker, J.V. Rowland, Capturing lateral dike injection sourced beneath the center of the Dabbahu segment in the Afar rift, Geology, in press, 2008.
Calais, E., N. d’Oreye, J. Albaric, A. Deschamps, D. Delvaux, J. Deverch`ere, C. Ebinger, R.W. Ferdinand, F. Kervyn, A.S. Macheyeki, A. Oyen, J. Perrot, E. Saria, B. Smets, D.S. Stamps, and C. Wauthier, Aseismic strain accommodation by dyking in a youthful continental rift, East Africa,Nature, Vol 456, doi:10.1038/nature07478, 2008.
Keir, D., I.J. Hamling, A. Ayele, E. Calais, C. Ebinger, T.J. Wright, E. Jacques, K. Mohamed, J.O.S. Hammond, M. Belachew, E. Baker, J.V. Rowland, E. Lewi, and L. Bennati, Captur-ing lateral dike injection sourced beneath the center of the Dabbahu segment in the Afar rift,Geology, v. 37, doi: 10.1130/G25147A.1, 59-62, 2009.
Dautermann, T., E. Calais, and G. S. Mattioli, Global Positioning System detection and energy estimation of the ionospheric wave caused by the 13 July 2003 explosion of the Soufrire Hills Volcano, Montserrat, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B02202, doi: 10.1029/2008JB005722, 2009.
Calais, E., and S. Stein, Space geodetic evidence for time-variable deformation in the New Madrid seismic zone,Science, 323, 10.1126/science.1168122, 2009.
Hamling, I.J., A. Ayele, L. Bennati, E. Calais, C.J. Ebinger, D. Keir, E. Lewi, T.J. Wright, and G. Yirgu, Geodetic observations of the ongoing Dabbahu rifting episode: new dyke intrusions in 2006 and 2007, Geophys. J. Int, doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2009.04163.x, 2009.
Stein, S., M. Liu, E. Calais, and Q. Li, Midcontinent earthquakes as a complex system, Seismo-logical Res. Letters, doi:10.1785/gssrl.80.4.551, 2009.
Nooner, S.L., L. Bennati, E. Calais, W.R. Buck, I.J. Hamling, T.J. Wright, and E. Lewi, Post-rifting relaxation in the Afar region, Ethiopia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L21308, doi:10.1029/2009GL040502, 2009.
Dautermann, T., E. Calais, P. Lognonn´e, and G. Mattioli, Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling after the 2003 Explosive eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat,
Geophys. J. Int., 179, 1537-1546 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04390.x, 2009.
D´everch`ere, J., B. Mercier de L´epinay, A. Cattaneo, P. Strzerzynski, E. Calais, A. Domzig, and R. Brac`ene, Comment on “Zemmouri earthquake rupture zone (Mw 6.8, Algeria): Aftershocks sequence relocation and 3D velocity model” by Ayadi et al., J. Geophys. Res, in press 2010.
Stamps, D.S., L.M. Flesch, and E. Calais, Lithospheric Buoyancy Stresses in Africa from a Thin Sheet Approach, International Journal of Earth Sciences, in press, 2010.
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Selected Recent Invited Lectures and Seminars
- Montreal Earth Observatory, Keynote Speaker, Montreal, April 2007. - 26th ECGS Workshop, Keynote Speaker, Luxembourg, November 2007. - American Geophysical Union Meeting, Invited Speaker, Fall 2007.- Indiana University, Invited Seminar, Dpt. of Geology and Geophysics, February 2008. - European Geophysical Union, Keynote Speaker, Vienna, April 2008.
- University of Brest, France, UMR Oceanic Domains, Invited Seminar, May 2008. - IASPEI General Assembly, Invited speaker, Cape Town, January 2009.
- University of Missouri, Dept. of Geosciences, Invited Seminar, October 2008.
- Virginia Institute of Technology, Department. of Geosciences, Invited Seminar, October 2009.
- Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, and Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Columbia University, Invited Colloquium, October 2009.
- Institut de Physique du Globe, Strasbourg, France, Invites Seminar, November 2009. - Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, Invited Expert, February 2009,
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa, Invited Lecturer, July 2009.
- Advanced Workshop on “Evaluating, Monitoring and Communicating Volcanic and Seismic Hazards in East Africa”, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, Invited Lecturer, August 2009.
- NOAA workshop “Monitoring North American Geoid Change”, Boulder, Co, Invited Panel Member, October 2009.
- American Geophysical Union Meeting, Invited Speaker, Fall 2009.
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Teaching
GPS Geodesy, Geodesy and Gravity, Geodetic Measurements of Active Crustal motions, Active Tectonics, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Kinematics Modeling of Active Crustal Motions, seminars on various topics related to active tectonics and space geodesy.
