Michael C. Gurnis is the John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics; Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair, Seismological Laboratory; Director, Seismological Laboratory; and Director, Schmidt Academy for Software Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.Michael C. Gurnis. Caltech Seismological Laboratory. https://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/michael-c-gurnis Since 2009, Gurnis has served as director of the Caltech Seismological Laboratory ("Seismo Lab"), a leader in the study of earthquakes and geophysics for more than 100 years.Caltech's Seismo Lab Celebrates 100 Years at the Forefront of Earthquake Science. Caltech. November 09, 2022. https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltechs-seismo-lab-celebrates-100-years-at-the-forefront-of-earthquake-scienceBlinder, Collin. Seismo Lab at Caltech celebrates 100 years. Pasadena Star News. November 13, 2022. Perkins, Robert. USA: Scientists identify almost 2 million previously "hidden" earthquakes. Prevention Web: California Institute of Technology. April 18, 2019. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/usa-scientists-identify-almost-2-million-previously-hidden-earthquakes
Gurnis served as director of the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG),Michael Gurnis Named Director of the Seismological Laboratory. Caltech Seismological Laboratory. https://seismolab.caltech.edu/news/michael-gurnis-named-director-of-the-seismological-laboratory an NSF-funded institute operated by Caltech which supports and promotes Earth science by developing and maintaining open-source software for computational geophysics and related fields.NSF Awards $6.75 Million for Geodynamics Computational Facility. National Science Foundation. September 16, 2004. https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100442&org=NSF
Gurnis was awarded the 2013 Agustus Love Medal for fundamental contributions to geodynamics from the European Geosciences Union.2013 Augustus Love Medal. Michael Gurnis. http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/augustus-love/2013/michael-c-gurnis/ Michael Gurnis' 2013 Augustus Love Medal citation He won the 2024 Inge Lehmann Medal.
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External links Michael Gurnis' Caltech Home Page Michael Gurnis' 2013 Augustus Love Medal citation
Other reading McFarling, Usha Lee. How Push Comes to Shove. Los Angeles Times. June 17, 2002. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-17-sci-plume17-story.html