Editorial Board Member

Biography

With my original training in Geophysical Engineering in my home country of Romania, and work experience with the oil & gas industry and crustal-scale seismic research prior to my doctoral program at Cornell University, my background and research interests have broadened through training and academic employment at Cornell University and the University of South Carolina. I have engaged in collaborative and interdisciplinary research with other faculty throughout my research career, being the recipient of valuable mentoring in my earlier years, and attempting to provide the same for junior faculty in later years. My research portfolio includes (1) application of active source seismology to the structure, composition, and physical properties of the Earth crust and upper mantle, (2) environmental research as it relates to high-resolution imaging of the shallow subsurface for issues related to natural or manmade hazards and hydrogeology, (3) study of marine gas hydrates seen as future energy resources and potential global climate change triggers, (4) geophysical characterization to assess geologic reservoirs for CO2 storage, and (5) seabed geological and geophysical characterization for wind energy development.