SCEC provides funding for students and early career researchers to present their earthquake research at professional conferences.
A SCEC Research Travel Award can help. The Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) provides travel support for students and early career researchers to present their work at professional conferences, fostering connections and gaining valuable feedback to advance their academic and professional development. These SCEC awards help to remove financial barriers so recipients can contribute to and benefit from crucial research collaborations.
Karen Clark
UCLA
Time-step and Duration of Waveforms Influence on Ground Motion Simulation Validation, by Karen M. Clark, Sajan K C, & Chukwuebuka C. Nweke
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Gaspard Farge
UC Santa Cruz
The disturbing influence of small earthquakes on tectonic tremor synchronization, by Gaspard Farge, & Emily E. Brodsky
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Sajan K C
USC
Evaluating Bias in Simulated Ground Motions for Moderate Magnitude Earthquakes in Southern California: A Study Using the Graves-Pitarka Method, by Sajan K C, Chukwuebuka Nweke, & Robert Graves
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Zhengze Li
USC
Earthquake pump as an elevator for microbiomes in the accretionary prisms of subduction zones, by Zhengze Li, Sylvain Barbot, & Karen Lloyd
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Danielle Lindsay
UC Berkeley
On decadal changes in fault behavior in Northern California, by Danielle Lindsay, Taka’aki Taira, & Roland Bürgmann
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Mingqi Liu
USC
Mechanics of large earthquakes and seismic swarms at oceanic transforms controlled by hydrothermal alteration, by Mingqi Liu, & Sylvain D. Barbot
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Saeed Mohanna
UCLA
An analysis of the pre-, co-, and post-seismic effects of the 2024 Noto Earthquake and Tsunami, by Saeed Y. Mohanna, Lingsen Meng, Alessandro Vuan, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Doron Morad
UC Santa Cruz
Determinism and stochasticity in laboratory earthquakes final size driven by interface heterogeneity, by Doron Morad, Shahar Gvirtzman, Jay Fineberg, & Emily Brodsky
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Anushka Vaidya
USC
Growth-focused, Research, Outcomes, Optimization, and Tracking (GROOT): A Database Approach to Improve Understanding of Internship Program Impacts, by Anushka Vaidya
Poster Presentation at the 2024 AGU Fall Meeting.
Luis Vasquez
USC
Accelerating Full-Waveform Inversion with Fourier Neural Operators, by Luis Vazquez, Qingkai Kong, Eric Matzel, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Binhao Wang
USC
Simulating earthquake cycles using lab-derived, physics-based friction with multiple deformation and healing mechanisms, by Binhao Wang, Mingqi Liu, & Sylvain Barbot
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Baoning Wu
USC
Nearfield Strong-motion of the 2023 M7.8 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake and Implications for High-frequency Radiation Mechanisms, by Baoning Wu, Bo Li, Hao Zhang, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Liuwei Xu
UCLA
Dual-Initiation Ruptures in the 2024 Noto Earthquake Encircling a Fault Asperity at a Swarm Edge, by Liuwei Xu, Chen Ji, Lingsen Meng, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Yijian Zhou
UC Riverside
Abundant Repeating Earthquakes with Non-repeatable Ruptures on the Erkenek-Pütürge Fault (SE Turkey), by Yijian Zhou, & Abhijit Ghosh
Poster Presentation at the 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Travis Alongi
UC Santa Cruz
What Controls the Shallow Fault Damage Zone and Fluid Flow? Insights from New High-Resolution Seismic Imaging, by Travis Alongi, Emily Brodsky, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Luis Bazán Flores
Univ of Memphis
Normal Fault Displacement History Provides Clues on Ruptures Along the Southern San Andreas Fault, by Luis Bazán Flores, Christos Kyriakopoulos, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Konstantinos Gkogkas
Univ of Utah
Towards a better understanding of the Los Angeles basin structure using data recorded from the LAB2022 nodal array, by Konstantinos Gkogkas, Fan-Chi Lin, Valeria Villa, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Catherine Hanagan
Univ of Arizona
Afterslip and triggered creep in the rate-dependent framework: Inversion of borehole strain and GNSS displacements for the Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake, by Catherine Hanagan, Richard Bennett, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Nicholas Madera
CSU Northridge
Testing topography and fault geometry effects on earthquake ruptures and ground motions along double compressional bends, by Nicholas Madera & Julian Lozos
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Saeed Mohanna
UCLA
Analysis of aftershock migration following the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquakes, by Saeed Mohanna, Max Liu, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Siyuan Sui
Stony Brook Univ
Crustal architecture across Southern California and its implications on San Andreas Fault development, by Siyuan Sui, Weisen Shen, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Liuwei Xu
UCLA
The 2023 Mw7.8 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey Earthquake: A Multi-segment Rupture in Millennia Supercycle, by Liuwei Xu, Saeed Mohanna, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Yijian Zhou
UC Riverside
High-Resolution Seismicity Imaging and Early Aftershock Migration of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş (SE Türkiye) Mw 7.9 & 7.8 Earthquake Doublet, by Yijian Zhou, Hongyang Ding, Abhijit Ghosh, et al.
Poster Presentation at the 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting.
Award: Up to $1,500 based on submitted estimated costs (for conference registration, transportation, and lodging) and the availability of funds.
Criteria: Each application is evaluated for: (1) Alignment of the research with SCEC mission and goals; (2) Scientific merit of the proposed research; (3) Career level and performance of the applicant; and (4) Demonstrated financial need.
For Travel in September – November
July 31 annually
For Travel in December – February
October 31 annually
For Travel in March – May
January 31 annually
For Travel in June – August
April 30 annually
Contact Gabriela Noriega if you have questions about upcoming deadlines.
Students and early career researchers introduce groundbreaking research (on stage and online) as SCEC lightning talks. These presentations enhance the visibility of SCEC’s emerging scientists, and give the wider community a platform to provide feedback that promotes professional growth and advances earthquake science.
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