USGS Mendenhall Postdoc Opportunity, Earthquake Hazards Team

Improving Ground Motion Forecasts for Future Earthquakes

The USGS Earthquake Hazards Team has several postdoctoral research
opportunities available as part of the USGS Mendenhall Research
Fellowship program. One of these opportunities focuses on improving
our understanding of the 3-D structure in order to better forecast
ground motions for use in seismic hazard analyses with the San
Francisco Bay area serving as a model region. Recently graduated or
soon-to-be graduating PhD students are encouraged to develop a focused
research program that fits broadly within this topic.  Candidates with
backgrounds in areas such as geophysics, seismology, computer
modeling, applied mathematics, or tectonphysics would be most
appropriate. The application deadline is November 9, 2009. Candidates
must have completed their PhD between November 9, 2004 and the
starting date (October 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011).

Details of the USGS Mendenhall Postdoc Research Program can be found
at the USGS website: http://geology.usgs.gov/postdco

This is Research Opportunity #28 out of a total of 62 being offered
for fiscal year 2011.

For more information, and to discuss how to proceed with preparing an
application, please contact any of the following research advisors:

Brad Aagaard, (650) 329-4789, baagaard@usgs.gov
Robert Jachens (650) 329-5300, jachens@usgs.gov
Paul Spudich (650) 329-5654, spudich@usgs.gov
Robert Simpson (650) 329-4865, simpson@usgs.gov