Member Since 1978
Barbara A. Romanowicz
Professor , University of California Berkeley
Professional Experience
University of California Berkeley
Professor
1991 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1979
University of Paris 7
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
William Bowie Medal
Received 2019
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received 2018
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received 2015
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Publications
Introduction to the Distributional Finite Difference Method for 3D Seismic Wave Propagation and Comp...

We have extended the distributional finite difference method (DFDM) to simulate the seismic‐wave propagation in 3D regional earth models. DFD...

April 18, 2024
AGU Abstracts
The Distributional Finite Difference Method: a Promising Approach for Seismic Wavefield Computations in Global Seismology
ADVANCES IN THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGY III ORAL
seismology | 13 december 2024
Barbara A. Romanowicz, yder J. masson, CHAO LYU, M...
As increasingly higher spatial resolution is sought to investigate the nature of target small scale objects in Earths mantle, the complexity of meshin...
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Combining Seismic Anisotropy, mineral physics and geodynamics to investigate mantle flow in the Extended Transition Zone in the Southwest Pacific
REDISCOVERING EARTH’S MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES THROUGH IMAGING, MODELING, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND MINERAL EXPERIMENTS I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 12 december 2024
Dorian Soergel, Utpal Kumar, Barbara A. Romanowicz...
The presence of ponding slabs at the base of the mantle transition zone (600-700 km) can be explained by the changes in material properties related to...
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The efficient hybrid seismic wave numerical simulation in the presence of solid-fluid coupling boundaries
ADVANCES IN THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGY II POSTER
seismology | 12 december 2024
CHAO LYU, Barbara A. Romanowicz, Liang Zhao, yder ...
Applying full-waveform methods to image small-scale geophysical structures buried within the Earth requires computing the seismic wavefield over large...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2023
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecturers - Earth Interior
2018 - 2019
Associate Editor
Tectonics
2018 - 2018
Book Editor Only
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