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Membership

There are two categories of membership in the EarthScope Consortium. 

Voting Members

Educational and research institutions chartered in the United States, with a major commitment to research in geodesy or seismology and related fields, including single or multiple campuses of multi-campus university systems.

InstitutionMembership RepresentativeMembership Alternate
Appalachian State UniversityScott MarshallWilliam Armstrong
Arizona State UniversityEd GarneroRamon Arrowsmith
Auburn UniversityLorraine W. WolfHaibo Zou
Baylor UniversityJay PulliamPeter James
Binghamton UniversityAlex NikulinTimothy de Smet
Boise State UniversityLee LibertyJeffrey Johnson
Boston CollegeJohn E. EbelAlan L. Kafka
Boston UniversityRachel E AbercrombieMark A Friedl
Bowling Green State UniversityYuning FuJeffrey Snyder
Brown UniversityVictor TsaiColleen Dalton
Cal Poly HumboldtMark Hemphill-HaleyMelanie Michalak
California Institute of TechnologyZhongwen ZhanMark Simons
California State Polytechnic University PomonaJascha PoletJon Nourse
California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)Kerry CatoClaire Todd
California State University, East BayMitchell CraigJoshua Kerr
California State University, FullertonSinan AkcizRichard Laton
California State University, NorthridgeEileen EvansJulian Lozos
California State University, SacramentoSteven SkinnerDavid Shimabukuro
California State University, Stanislaus
Carnegie Institution for ScienceLara WagnerDiana Roman
Central Washington UniversityTimothy MelbourneWalter Szeliga
Colgate UniversityAubreya AdamsMartin Wong
Colorado School of MinesEbru BozdagWendy Zhou
Colorado State UniversityRick AsterDan McGrath
Columbia UniversityFelix WaldhauserMeredith Nettles
Cornell UniversityGeoffrey AbersMatthew Pritchard
Dartmouth CollegeRobert HawleyLeslie Sonder
Del Mar CollegeJohn J NelsonErika Locke
Dixie State University / Utah Tech UniversityAlexander TyeZhenyu Jin
Drexel UniversityAmanda LoughElizabeth Watson
Duke UniversityPeter Eric MalinLincoln F. Pratson
Florida Atlantic UniversitySudhagar NagarajanHongbo Su
Florida International UniversityShimon WdowinskiDean Whitman
Frostburg State UniversityPhillip AllenMatthew Ramspott
Georgia Institute of TechnologyAndrew NewmanZhigang Peng
Grand Valley State UniversityJohn WeberKevin Cole
Hamilton College
Harvard UniversityMiaki IshiiBrendan Meade
Howard UniversityDr. Charles IchokuDr. Osinachi Ajoku
Idaho State UniversityMustafa MashalBenjamin Crosby
Los Alamos National LaboratoryJonathan MacCarthyCathy Snelson
Indiana UniversityMichael HamburgerGary Pavlis
James Madison UniversityShane McGaryElizabeth Johnson
Jet Propulsion LaboratorySusan OwenAngelyn Moore
Kansas State UniversityClaudia AdamPamela Kempton
Lamar UniversityJoseph M. KrugerEdgardo Pujols
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryDon VascoNori Nakata
Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryWilliam R. WalterMichael E. Pasyanos
Lehigh UniversityAnne MeltzerJosh Stachnik
Louisiana State UniversityJuan M. LorenzoAhmed Abdalla
Macalester CollegeKelly MacGregorAlex Chapman
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWilliam FrankThomas Herring
Miami UniversityMike BrudzinskiBrian Currie
Michigan State UniversityShawn WeiJeffrey Freymuelller
Michigan Technological UniversityGregory WaiteRoohollah (Radwin) Askari
Missouri State UniversityKevin MickMelida Gutierrez
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyStephen S. GaoKelly H. Liu
Montana State UniversityEric SprolesMadison Myers
Montana Technological UniversityMichael StickneyYann Gavillot
New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySusan BilekGlenn Spinelli
New Mexico State UniversityJames NiReed Burgette
New York UniversityDavid HollandDenise Holland
North Carolina State UniversityDelWayne BohnenstiehlKarl Wegmann
Northern Arizona UniversityRyan PorterJames Gaherty
Northern Illinois UniversityMegan BrownMelissa Lenczewski
Northwestern UniversitySuzan van der LeeSeth Stein
Ohio State UniversityMichael BevisDémian Gómez
Oklahoma State UniversityDaniel A Laó-DávilaPriyank Jaiswal
Old Dominion UniversityHans-Peter Plag
Oregon State UniversityPieter-Ewald ShareErin Pettit
Pennsylvania State UniversityChristelle WauthierCharles Ammon
Portland State UniversityAshley StreigAdam Booth
Princeton UniversityAllan RubinJeroen Tromp
Purdue UniversityLucy FleschRobert Nowack
Purdue University, Fort WayneDipak K. ChowdhuryCarl Drummond
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSteven RoeckerVictoria Bennett
Rice UniversityFenglin NiuJonathan Ajo-Franklin
Rutgers UniversityVadim LevinLujendra Ojha
Saint Louis UniversityLupei ZhuLinda Warren
Saint Olaf CollegeCharles UmbanhowarAnne Gothmann
San Diego State UniversityShuo MaKim Olsen
San Francisco State UniversityJerry DavisLeonhard Blesius
San Jose State UniversityKim BlisniukRyan Portner
Smith CollegeJack LovelessSarah Mazza
Smithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryMichael PearlmanTBD
South Dakota School of Mines & TechnologyKevin M. WardTimothy Masterlark
Southern Methodist UniversityMaria Beatrice MagnaniZhong Lu
Stanford UniversitySimon KlempererPaul Segall
Stony Brook UniversityWilliam E. HoltWeisen Shen
Syracuse UniversityRobert MouchaChris Scholz
Texas A&M UniversityBenchun DuanStacey Lyle
Texas A&M University - Corpus ChristiMichael StarekMohamed Ahmed
Texas Tech UniversityHarold GurrolaCallum Hetherington
The College of New JerseyShannon GrahamDavid McGee
The University of AlabamaSamantha Hansenibrahim Cemen
The University of Tennessee
The University of Texas at DallasHejun ZhuMortaza Pirouz
The University of TulsaSteven L. RocheJingyi Chen
Tulane UniversityCynthia EbingerBrent Goehring
University at BuffaloKristin PoinarJessica Mejia
University Corporation for Atmospheric ResearchJohn BraunJan Weiss
University of Alaska, FairbanksRonni GrapenthinMichael West
University of ArizonaEric KiserRick Bennett
University of Arkansas at FayettevilleMohamed AlyAndrew Lamb
University of Arkansas at Little RockHaydar Al-ShukriJosh Spinler
University of California, BerkeleyRoland BürgmannRichard Allen
University of California, DavisMichael OskinLorraine Hwang
University of California, IrvineEric RignotBernd Scheuchl
University of California, Los AngelesGilles PeltzerCaroline Beghein
University of California, RiversideAbhijit GhoshGareth Funning
University of California, San DiegoRob MellorsWenyuan Fan
University of California, Santa BarbaraRobin S. MatozaZach Eilon
University of California, Santa CruzEmily BrodskyHeather Savage
University of ChicagoSunyoung "Sunny" ParkDouglas MacAyeal
University of CincinnatiDylan WardDaniel Sturmer
University of Colorado, BoulderAnne SheehanKristy Tiampo
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
University of ConnecticutVernon F. CormierJulie Fosdick
University of DelawareColton LynnerJessica Warren
University of FloridaRaymond M. RussoEmma (Mickey) MacKie
University of GeorgiaRobert B. HawmanMattia Pistone
University of Hawaii at ManoaBridget Smith-KonterRobert Dunn
University of HoustonAibing LiCraig L. Glennie
University of IdahoEric MittelstaedtTim Bartholomaus
University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignPatricia GreggRoss Maguire
University of IowaDavid PeateTBD
University of KansasLeigh A. StearnsGeorge Tsoflias
University of KentuckySeth CarpenterDhananjay Ravat
University of MaineSeth CampbellKristin Schild
University of Maryland-College ParkVedran LekicMong-Han Huang
University of Massachusetts, AmherstHaiying GaoMichele Cooke
University of MemphisThomas GoebelRobert Smalley
University of MiamiGuoqing LinFalk Amelung
University of MichiganZack SpicaYihe Huang
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMax BezadaJustin Revenaugh
University of MissouriEric SandvolMian Liu
University of Montana - MissoulaHilary MartensPayton Gardner
University of Nevada, Las VegasShichun HuangMichael Wells
University of Nevada, RenoGeoffrey BlewittJohn N. Louie
University of New Hampshire
University of New MexicoBrandon SchmandtEric Lindsey
University of New Orleans
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJonathan M. LeesMichael Shore
University of OklahomaJake WalterJunle Jiang
University of OregonDiego MelgarEmilie Hooft
University of PittsburghWilliam HarbertNadine McQuarrie
University of Puerto Rico at MayagüezVictor A. HuerfanoAlberto Lopez
University of Rhode IslandMeng (Matt) WeiYang Shen
University of RochesterTolulope OlugbojiRachel Glade
University of South CarolinaScott WhiteDan Frost
University of South FloridaJochen BraunmillerRocco Malservisi
University of Southern CaliforniaDavid OkayaHeidi Houston
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Texas at ArlingtonNathan BrownMajie Fan
University of Texas at AustinJingyi Ann ChenDaniel Trugman
University of Texas at El PasoAaron A. VelascoRaed AlDouri
University of UtahMichael ThorneTonie van Dam
University of WashingtonHarold TobinMarine Denolle
University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeDyanna CzeckJulie Bowles
University of Wisconsin, MadisonKurt FeiglDavid J. Hart
University of Wisconsin, OshkoshTim PaulsenEric Hiatt
University of WyomingKen DuekerMatt Burkhart
Utah State UniversityTony LowrBrady Cox
Utah Valley University, Department of Earth ScienceMichael BundsNathan Toke
Virginia TechD. Sarah StampsJohn Hole
Washington University in Saint LouisDouglas WiensMichael Wysession
Wayland Baptist UniversityTim WalshAdam Reinhart
Wesleyan UniversityPhillip ResorSuzanne O'Connel
West Virginia UniversityJaime ToroDengliang Gao
Western Washington UniversityColin AmosJackie Caplan-Auerbach
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionJohn CollinsCatherine Walker
Wright State UniversityErnest HauserDoyle Watts
Yale UniversityJeffrey ParkMaureen Long

Associate Members

Educational and research institutions in the United States that do not otherwise qualify for voting membership, government entities in the United States or foreign countries that are engaged in geodetic or seismological research and development, and educational and research institutions in foreign countries that are engaged in geodetic or seismological research and development.

InstitutionRepresentative
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan
Academy of Sciences, Seismological Center, Tirana, Albania
Addis Ababa University
Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC)
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC / NREL
Ardhi University
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
AWE Blacknest, United Kingdom
Azerbaijan Republic Center of Seismic Service, Baku, Azerbaijan
British Geological Survey, United Kingdom
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
C4G/UBI
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Carleton University
Central Geological Survey MOEA
Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada, Mexico
Centro Regional de Sismología para América del Sur, Lima, Peru
China Earthquake Networks Center
China Earthquake Networks Center, Xicheng, Beijing, People's Republic of China
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
China University of Geosciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
CICESE
CIDCO
CIVISA
Council for Geoscience South Africa
Curtin University
Dalhousie University, Canada
Delft University of Technology
Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Ankara, Turkey
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland
Earth System Research Laboratory / NOAA
Ecòle Polytechnique, Canada
Eötvös Loránd Geophysical Institute of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Escuela Politecnica Nacional
Escuela Polytécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
ESSTI
European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology
GeoForschungs Zentrum Potsdam
Geological Survey of Canada
Geological Survey of Canada, Continental Geoscience Division, Ontario, Canada
Geological Survey of Colombia
Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Geophysical Institute of Israel
Geophysical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
Geophysical Service of Russian Academy of Sciences
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Obninsk, Russia
Geophysical Survey of the Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberia, Russia
Geosciences Azur, Valbonne, France
GEOTOP, Universitè du Quebec à Montreal, Canada
Global Hydrology and Climate Center
GNS Science
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Harbin Institute of Technology, People's Republic of China
Harris Galveston Subsidence District
Hong Kong Observatory, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Icelandic Meteorological Office
ICSU World Data Center for Geoinformatics, Kiev, Ukraine
Idaho National Laboratory
Ilia State University
Ilia State University/Institute of Earth Sciences/NSMC, Georgia
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Paris, France
Institute for Space Sciences (ICE CSIC)
Institute of Dynamics of Geosphere, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Institute of Earthquake Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Institute of Geology, CEA, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy Geological Sciences, People's Republic of China
Institute of Geophysics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Institute of Geophysics, CEA, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Institute of Seismology-China Earthquake Admin
Instituto de Ciències de la Terra Jaume Almera, Barcelona, Spain
Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM
Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Ate, Lima, Peru
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE
Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica (INPRES), San Juan, Argentina
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy
Instituto Nicaragense de Estudios Territoriales
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran
Ist. Naz. Oceanografia Geofisica Sperimentale-OGS
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Jordan Seismological Observatory, Amman, Jordan
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Insti
Kandilli Observatory, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Kangwon National University, South Korea
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Kathmandu University
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
King Fahd University Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
KMA Korean Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea
KNMI /ORFEUS, De Bilt, The Netherlands
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resource
Korea Polar Research Institute
Kuban State University, Kuban, Russia
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat
Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
Mahidol University, Thailand
Maryland Geological Survey, Maryland
Masaryk University, Czech Republic
McGill University
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
MCT-Observatorio Nacional
Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Nanjing University, People's Republic of China
Nanyang Technological University
National Central University
National Central University, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
National Institute for Earth Physics, Bucharest - Magurele, Romania
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics - Trieste, Italy
National Observatory of Athens
National Observatory of Athens, Greece
National Oceanography Centre
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Cairo, Egypt
National Space Center, DTU Space
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Natural Resources Canada
Naval Air Weapons Station, Geothermal Program Office, Ridgecrest, California
NOAA/NOS
Norwegian Polar Institute
Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Patras University
Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Public Seismic Network Inc
Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Queens University
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Royal Observatory of Belgium
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Uccle, Belgium
San Fernando Naval Observatory
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (Formerly-Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Southern California Earthquake Center
Southern University of Science and Technology
Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland
Technical University of Crete
Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Technische Universität Darmstadt
The Australian National University
The Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey-Marmara Research Center, Gebze Kocaeli, Turkey
The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Tongji University, Yangpu, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Tribhuvan University
TUBITAK Marmara Research Center
U.S. Geological Survey, Cascade Volcano Observatory
Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
Universidad Complutense, Spain
Universidad de Chile
Universidad de Costa Rica
Universidad de Los Andes
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Universidad de Santiago De Chile
Universidad de Sonora
Universidad del Quindío, Colombia
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Universidad Nacional - OVSICORI-UNA
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín
Universidad Nacional de San Agustin - IAPP
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja
Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Universidade Estadual Paulista
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte-UFRN
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM)
Universite Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
University de La Rochelle
University of Alberta
University of Alberta, Canada
University of Barcelona
University of Bergen, Norway
University of Bologna
University of Bristol
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of Bucharest
University of Bucharest, Romania
University of Calgary
University of Calgary, Canada
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
University of Central Asia
University of Central Asia
University of Chile
University of Dhaka
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
University of Durham
University of French Polynesia
University of Glasgow
University of Helsinki, Institute of Seismology, Helsinki, Finland
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
University of Iceland
University of Leeds
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
University of Lethbridge
University of Lisbon
University of Luxembourg
University of Manitoba
University of Nairobi
University of New Brunswick
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Nottingham
University of Oslo
University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand
University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa, Canada
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
University of Oxford
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
University of Peshawar (NCEG)
University of Porto
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
University of Science and Technology of People's Republic of China, People's Republic of China
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
University of Tasmania
University of the West Indies
University of the West Indies
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Triest
University of Tuebingen
University of Victoria
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Victoria University, Institute of Geophysics, Wellington, New Zealand
Ville de Montreal
Virunga Supersite
Wuhan University
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Sheng, People's Republic of China

As a Voting Member, you:

  • Have a direct role in setting policy and priority for the EarthScope Consortium community and facilities.
  • Have an institutional vote in the election of members of the EarthScope Consortium Board of Directors.
  • Have membership in a community committed to scholarly research and education using geodesy.
  • Are eligible to request financial support for participation in EarthScope Consortium meetings, short courses, and workshops, when available.

How to apply for membership

Before applying for membership in the EarthScope Consortium, please read the Bylaws carefully.

Membership is contingent upon approval by the EarthScope Consortium Board of Directors and remittance of a membership fee of $2,500 after membership is approved. Fee waivers will be considered upon request.

Request an EarthScope Consortium Membership Application via email: communityat symbolearthscope.org

How do I designate my institution’s member representative?

The primary and alternate representatives are appointed in writing by the appropriate executive officer of each Member, and represents the Member in all communications and interaction between the Member and the EarthScope Consortium.

How do I change my institution’s member representative?

In the event of a change in representation, the written appointment by the Member’s executive officer shall be filed with the Secretary of the EarthScope Consortium Board of Directors via boardat symbolearthscope.org, and copying communityat symbolearthscope.org.