David von Seggern

Position: Emeritus Seismic Network Manager

Dr. von Seggern retired on 9/30/2005 as seismic network manager under the DOE contract to the UNR Seismological Laboratory for seismic studies at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yucca Mountain is being studied by the DOE as the designated repository for high-level nuclear waste.

Education: Ph. D., Geophysics, Pennsylvania State University

Favorite quote:

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it is hitched to everything else in the universe. (John Muir)

Interests:

• local earthquake activity and event characterization
• signal and noise studies related to detection and identification of events
• wave propagation and numerical modeling codes
• seismic data processing and seismic data bases
• Mathematica applied to seismic data analysis
• design, cataloging, and display of mathematical curves and surfaces

Publications