Utah State University Geophysics Group

Research Fellow:

  • Ravi Kanda


  • PhD Candidate:

    (Alumni):
  • Xiaofei Ma (2018)


  • Visiting PhD Candidate:

  • Yongdong Li (from China University of Geosciences-Wuhan, with support from the Chinese Scholarship Council)


  • MSc Candidates:

  • Amanda Leaman

  • (Alumni):
  • Eric Beard (2012)


  • Undergraduate Researchers:

  • Brian Ferrara

  • (Alumni):
  • Alan Gunnell (2008)
  • Hans Anderson (2009)
  • Tamara Jeppson (2009)
  • Jared Romero (2010)
  • Isaac Allred (2014)
  • Michael Berry (2015)
  • Eric Lyman (2016)
  • Matt Olsen (2016)
  • Jared Bryant (2020)
  • Ryker Tracy (2021)




  • Recent External Collaborators

    Geodesy and Potential Fields:

  • Henry Berglund, UNAVCO
  • Frederick Blume, UNAVCO
  • Ashutosh Chamoli, IIT-Roorkee
  • James Foster, University of Hawaii-Manoa (HIGP)
  • Mark Murray, New Mexico Tech
  • Steve Nerem, University of Colorado
  • John Paul Puchakayala, Memphis University (CERI)
  • Dhananjay (Tiku) Ravat, University of Kentucky


  • Zhihou Zhang, Southwest JiaoTong University (visiting USU with CSC support)


  • Geodynamics:

  • Thorsten Becker, University of Southern California
  • Mousumi Roy, University of New Mexico
  • Mark Tamisiea, National Oceanography Center (UK)
  • Jeroen van Hunen, University of Durham
  • Shijie Zhong, University of Colorado


  • Lithospherics:

  • Jon Kirby, Curtin University
  • Marta Pérez-Gussinyé, Royal Holloway University of London
  • Tony Watts, Oxford University

  • Seismology:

  • Brandon Schmandt, University of New Mexico
  • Anne Sheehan, University of Colorado
  • Derek Schutt, Colorado State University
  • Robert B. Smith, University of Utah





  • This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation's Geophysics and EarthScope Science programs under grants 0125618, 0207820, 0454541, 0537559, 0809954, 0955909, 1114268 and 1246977; by NASA grants NAG5-7619 and NAG5-11224; and by a Utah State University New Faculty Research Grant. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of NASA, the NSF or Utah State University.

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