CNS Director

Steven G. Wesnousky

Director of the Center for Neotectonic Studies

University of Nevada, Reno
Mail Stop 169
Reno, Nevada 89557
wesnousky@unr.edu

Education:

Ph.D. (Seismology) Columbia University, City of New York, 1982
M.Phil (Seismology) Columbia University, City of New York, 1979
M.A. (Seismology) Columbia University, City of New York, 1978
B.A. (Geology) University of California at Santa Barbara, 1975

Professonal Experience

1995-present	Professor of Geology and Seismology University of Nevada at Reno
1989-present	Director, Center for Neotectonic Studies University of Nevada at Reno
1989-1995	Associate Professor of Geology and Seismology University of Nevada at Reno
1989-1989	Associate Professor, Center for Earthquake Research and Information Memphis State University
1986-1989	Assistant Professor, Center for Earthquake Research and Information Memphis State University
1983-1986	Research Fellow California Institute of Technology
1982-1983	Research Associate Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University
1976-1982	Graduate Research Assistant Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University

Professional Societies:

Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

Seismological Society of America

Other Activities and Awards:

Visiting Scholar, State Key Lab of Earthquake Dynamics, Beijing, 2014
Lecturer, Earthquake tectonics and hazard on the continents short course, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2013
Lecturer, ICTP Indo-Asian Collision Zone Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2012
Editorial Board Comunicações Geológicas, 2011-2012
NSF Earthscope Speaker, 2010-011
Visiting Faculty, Hiroshima University, 2010
Distinguished Faculty Award, Geology Department, UCSB, 2009
Foundation Professor UNR, 2008
University of Nevada, Reno Tibbets Award for Most Outstanding Teacher, 2008
Mackay School of Mines and Engineering co-Outstanding Researcher, 2008
Lemay UNR College of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007
Scientific Review Panel, Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, 2006-7
UNAVCO-GeoEarthscope LIDAR Working Group, 2006.
Fulbright Scholar to Venezuela, 2005 (Feb-Aug)
Professeur Invite a Jussieu, Paris VII, France, 2004 (Sept-Nov)
Visiting Professor, Intitute of Nuclear and Geological Sciences, New Zealand, 2004-2005 (Nov-Feb)
Seismological Society of America Search Committee for Editor, 2004
SCIGN Coordinating Board, 1999-2002
Otto Glogau Award, New Zealand Soc. for Earthquake Engineering, 2000
CIRES Visiting Scholar Research Fellowship, 1998
Fulbright Foreign Scholar Award in India, 1997-1998
President of Seismological Society of America, 1995-1997
Board of Directors, Seismological Society of America, 1993-1995
Associate Editor, Bull. of Seismological Soc. of America, 1988-1993
Southern Calif. Earthquake Center, Participating Member. 1991-2001
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1994
Outstanding Researcher Award, Mackay School of Mines, UNR, 1992
Panel Member, United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP),
1988-1991, 1996, 2000, 2001
Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Memphis State University, 1989
Visiting Research Associate, California Institute of Seismology, 1988 (Mar-Jun)

Publications