Jackie Caplan-Auerbach Explained

Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach is a seismologist and professor of geology at Western Washington University (Western).[1] [2] She is best known for identifying the "Swift Quake", a seismological phenomenon during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.[3] Her research usually focuses on the sounds and seismic motions from volcanoes.[4] [5] She currently serves as the associate dean of Western's College of Science and Engineering.[6]

Personal life and education

According to her profile on Classmates.com, Caplan-Auerbach graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California with the class of 1985, and them from the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California with the class of 1981.[7]

She later received a dual-B.A. in physics and English from Yale University, and later a Ph.D. from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2001.[8] Although her educational background is in physics, she found an advisor at the University of Hawaiʻi who was planning to put seismometers on an underwater volcano, and Caplan-Auerbach's interest was piqued, so she joined the team.[9]

Caplan-Auerbach is married to Pete Stelling, also a volcanologist, and retired faculty at Western.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach . September 2, 2023 . . en . bepress.
  2. Web site: July 31, 2023 . WWU seismologist captures 'Swift-quake,' story goes global . September 2, 2023 . WWU News . Western Washington University.
  3. Web site: Hoffman . Hailey . August 9, 2023 . Viral 'Swift Quake' WWU professor aims to make earth science popular . September 2, 2023 . . en.
  4. Web site: Hawryluk . Dianna . July 28, 2023 . Jackie Caplan-Auerbach: Swiftquake . September 2, 2023 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Glazer . Ilan . July 5, 2019 . "Our role as geoscientists is to help people understand fragility and power of the world." an interview with Jackie Caplan-Auerbach . September 4, 2023 . StoryCorps Archive . . en-US.
  6. Web site: caplanj: Jackie Caplan-Auerbach . September 4, 2023 . Geology Department . . en.
  7. Web site: Jackie Caplan-Auerbach . September 4, 2023 . Classmates.com.
  8. Summer 2006 . Alumni News . Nuhou Kanaka Puka [Alumni News] . Department of Geology and Geophysics of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology . 18–21.
  9. Seismology & Volcanology with Dr. Caplan-Auerbach . Spark Science . . Barber DeGraaff . Regina . 2019-05-11 . 2023-09-04.
  10. Web site: Jacobo . Julia . 2023-02-08 . This is how heat from a volcano can be used to power an entire town . 2023-09-08 . . en.

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