CV

Ph.D. Candidate in Geophysics
Seismological Laboratory
California Institute of Technology

358 South Mudd

M/S 252-21
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125

efwillia (at) caltech.edu

2022 Ph.D. in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
2019 M.S. in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
2017 B.S. w/ Honors in Geophysics, Stanford University (minor in Geology)
2017 B.A. w/ Honors in Music, Stanford University (concentration in Performance)

2022 Student Presentation Award, Seismological Society of America
2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
2017 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Stanford University
2017 Best Paper Award, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University
2017 Dean's Award for Academic Excellence, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
2017 Award of Excellence, Stanford Univeristy Alumni Association
2016 Shell Technical Fund Scholarship, Shell Oil Company
2016 SEG/Anadarko Scholarship, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
2015 Outstanding Poster Award, Stanford Earth Undergraduate Research Symposium
2013 GSH/Charlie and Jean Smith Scholarship, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

2022 Ge111 Geophysical Field Seminar, Garlock Fault, CA
2021 NSF OOI RCA community DAS experiment, Pacific City, OR
2020 - present Long Valley DAS deployment/maintenance, Mammoth Lakes, CA
2019 - present Ridgecrest EQ response DAS deployment/maintenance, Olancha and Ridgecrest, CA
2019 HAGEN-DAS seismic experiment, Taku Glacier, Juneau Ice Field, AK
2019 - present Millikan Library shaker rebuild/seismic experiment, Pasadena, CA
2019 Ge111 Geophysical Field Seminar, Homestead Valley Fault, Landers, CA
2018 - present Pasadena Array DAS deployment/maintenance, Pasadena, CA
2018 Ge111 Geophysical Field Seminar, Camp Rock Fault, Landers, CA
2018 BASIN nodal deployment/recovery, San Bernardino, CA
2018 South Island Subduction Initiation Experiment (SISIE) R/V Marcus Langseth, out of Dunedin, NZ
2017 Goldstone broadband deployment, Ft. Irwin, CA
2017 Stanford DAS array calibration survey, Stanford, CA

Santa Catalina Island Terraces/Tectonics Low Energy Survey (SCITTLES):

2022 Guest Lecturer, Earthquake Fellows Program (Gr. 10-11), Caltech (2)
2022 Teaching Assistant, Ge111a Geophysical Field Seminar, Caltech
2021 Instructor, (De)coding Earthquakes, TRIO Upward Bound Math & Science, Pasadena City College (18)
2020 Teaching Assistant, Ge111a Geophysical Field Seminar, Caltech
2019 Guest Lecturer, GEOL012 Physical Oceanography, Pasadena City College (1)
2019 Guest Lecturer, GEOL001 Physical Geology, Pasadena City College (3)
2019 Teaching Assistant, Ge111a Geophysical Field Seminar, Caltech
2017 Instructor, All about Oil (Gr. 9-12), Stanford Splash (3)
2017 Instructor, Earthquakes Explained (Gr. 6-8), Stanford Splash (2)
2016 Teaching Assistant, MUSIC13AX Arts Intensive, Stanford University
2016 Instructor, Imaging the Earth with Sound (Gr. 10-12), Stanford Splash (2)
2016 Instructor, Imaging the Earth with E&M (Gr. 10-12), Stanford Splash (2)
2015 Instructor, Physics of the Solid Earth (Gr. 9-12), Stanford Splash (4)

2019 - present Member, IRIS DAS RCN MG&G Working Group
Dec 2020 Workshop Guide, 2020 AGU Workshop of Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Fall 2020 Member, Caltech GPS "Future Ignited" Organizing Committee (DEI recruitment)
2019-2020 Member, Caltech Seismo Seminar Organizing Committee

Reviewer for Geophysical Research Letters, Geophysical Journal International, The Seismic Record, Seismological Research Letters, The Leading Edge, Geophysics, Scientific Reports, AGU Books, IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Letters, SEG Annual Meeting expanded abstracts, NOAA OER proposal