Department: Geophysics

Contacts

Office: Mitchell Building, Third Floor
Mail Code: 94305-2215
Phone: (650) 724-3293
Email: rmadison@stanford.edu
Web Site: https://earth.stanford.edu/geophysics

Courses offered by the Department of Geophysics are listed under the subject code GEOPHYS on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses website.

Geophysics is a hybrid discipline uniquely devoted to applying physical principles and methods to the study of the complex systems (processes and properties) of Earth and other planets. The undergraduate and graduate programs are designed to provide a background of fundamentals in science, and courses to coordinate these fundamentals with the principles of geophysics. Graduate programs provide specialized training and lead to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. The Department of Geophysics is housed in the Ruth Wattis Mitchell Earth Sciences Building. It has numerous research facilities, among which are a state-of-the-art broadband seismic recording station, high pressure and temperature rock properties and rock deformation laboratories, various instruments for field measurements including seismic recorders, nine dual frequency GPS receivers, and field equipment for measuring in-situ stress at great depth. Current research activities include crustal deformation, earthquake seismology and earthquake mechanics, reflection, refraction, and tomographic seismology, rock mechanics, rock physics, seismic studies of the continental lithosphere, remote sensing, environmental geophysics, and synthetic aperture radar studies.

Faculty

Chair: Biondo Biondi

Associate Chair: Howard Zebker

Director of Graduate Studies: Eric Dunham

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Dustin Schroeder

Director of Curriculum Development: Paul Segall

Professors: Greg Beroza, Biondo Biondi,  Eric Dunham, Simon Klemperer, Rosemary J. Knight, Paul Segall, Howard Zebker*

Associate Professor: Dustin Schroeder*

Assistant Professors: Jenny Suckale, Dustin Schroeder, Sonia Tikoo-Schantz

Professor (Research): William Ellsworth, Tapan Mukerji

Emeriti: Jon Claerbout, Robert Kovach, Gerald M. Mavko, Amos Nur, Jerry Harris, Mark D. Zoback, Norman H. Sleep

Courtesy Professors: Stephan A. Graham, Tapan Mukerji, Alexandra Konings, Mathieu Lapotre, Ayla Pamukcu, Laura Schaefer, Tiziana Vanorio, Jef Caers, Wendy Mao, Aditi Sheshadri, Leif Thomas

* Joint appointment with Electrical Engineering