Member Since 1997
Laura M. Wallace
Professor, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Member, Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service Committee; President, Geodesy Executive Committee; Section President, Council; Chair, Geodesy AGU Travel Grant Reviewers
Professional Experience
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Professor
2023 - Present
Institute for Geophysics
2013 - Present
GNS Science
Principal Scientist
2015 - 2023
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Education
Doctorate
2002
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received December 2019
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2012
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Solid Earth
Received December 2011
Publications
Spatiotemporal Evolution of Slow Slip Events at the Offshore Hikurangi Subduction Zone in 2019 Using...

Detecting crustal deformation during transient deformation events at offshore subduction zones remains challenging. The spatiotemporal evolution of...

August 22, 2024
AGU Abstracts
When a Slow Slip Event Plays with the Seismicity: The Case of the 2021-2023 Manawatu-Kapiti Events and Their Impact on New Zealand's Seismic Hazard
SLOW-TO-FAST EARTHQUAKES FROM SHALLOW TO DEEP: MULTISCALE RHEOLOGY OF PLATE BOUNDARY FAULTS III ORAL
seismology | 12 december 2024
Louise Maubant, Laura M. Wallace, William B. Frank...
Between 2021 and 2023, a deep slow slip event (SSE) occurred in the deeper regions of the Hikurangi subduction zone. This event exhibited a complex te...
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Specifications for SMART cable sensors
SEAFLOOR AND MARINE SENSING DEVELOPMENTS: INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS III ORAL
seismology | 12 december 2024
Laura M. Wallace, William S. Wilcock
The Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (SMART) Subsea Cables initiative seeks to make sustained observations of the deep ocean and the...
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Recurrence Patterns of Shallow Hikurangi SSEs Change Along the Strike of the Margin and After the 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake
SLOW-TO-FAST EARTHQUAKES FROM SHALLOW TO DEEP: MULTISCALE RHEOLOGY OF PLATE BOUNDARY FAULTS I POSTER
seismology | 11 december 2024
Andrea Perez, Ting Wang, Laura M. Wallace, Mark S....
Frequent slow slip events (SSEs) occur along the shallow (< 15 km depth) Hikurangi margin, which marks the subduction of the Pacific plate beneath ...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2027
Chair
Geodesy AGU Travel Grant Reviewers
2025 - 2026
President
Geodesy Executive Committee
2025 - 2026
Section President
Council
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