In recent years, an effort has been made to broaden the geosciences both in terms of the number of underrepresented minorities as well as students with backgrounds in math, physics, and computer science. As an alumnus of the IRIS and UNAVCO RESESS emersive undergraduate research programs, I serve as one of the 2018 IRIS recruitment speakers as part of the IRIS Recruitment Lecture Series. In this role, I travel to minority-serving institutions to speak to undergraduates in the geosciences, mathematics, physics, and computer science about geophysics and seismology career paths as well as opportunities that are available for undergraduate research.
Humans have evolved excellent pattern recognition skills using both our eyes and ears, often performing better than computers. We explore how data (seismic, weather, oceanographic) can be sonified and visualized in order to better identify patterns, …
The earth sciences are particularly visual, and often figures produced are quite literally 'works of art'. Research as Art aims to showcase this scientific art from researchers across the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory community.