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Member Since 2006
Lucy Jones
Chief Scientist, Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society
Lucy Jones is founder and chief scientist of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, and a Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech where she furthers resilience to natural hazards through scientific research and collaborations with policy makers. She is the author of The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us. In 2021, she created Tempo to bring together scientists and musicians to change the emotional climate about climate change
Professional Experience
Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society
Chief Scientist
2017 - Present
USGS Earthquake Science Center Pasadena
Geophysicist
1983 - 2016
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1981
Brown University
Bachelors
Honors & Awards
Publications
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Synthesis of Current Seismicity and Tectonics Along the 1857 Mw7.9 Fort Tejon Earthquake Rupture and...
We evaluate seismicity and tectonics along the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in southern California to elucidate ongoing near‐field crustal deforma...
June 15, 2024
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Evolution of seismicity near the southernmost terminus of the San Andreas Fault: Implications of rec...
Three earthquake clusters that occurred in the direct vicinity of the southern terminus of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in 2001, 2009, and 2016 rais...
February 09, 2017
AGU Abstracts
Connecting Local Students with Local Expertise: A Summer-long Earthquake Program at Caltech for High Schoolers
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE WORKFORCE III POSTER
education | 15 december 2023
Ariel Raymond, Lucile Jones
Despite the number of higher educational institutions involved in research of the active seismic environment in southern California, most high school ...
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Seismology for Society
BENO GUTENBERG LECTURE
seismology | 12 december 2023
Lucile Jones
To the public, seismology is seen as the study of all aspects of earthquakes and thus the science that can make society safe from earthquakes. Seismol...
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The Southern San Andreas Fault Zone: Synthesis of Crustal Deformation Processes from Seismicity Observations and Interpretations
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY VIEW OF STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE SAN ANDREAS PLATE BOUNDARY SYSTEM AND OTHER TRANSFORM FAULTS I ORAL
tectonophysics | 15 december 2022
Egill Hauksson, Joann Stock, Lucile Jones
We review and synthesize seismicity observations and geophysical and tectonic interpretations along the southern San Andreas Fault (SAF) in southern C...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2020
Member
Science and Society Executive Committee
2017 - 2019
Member
Ambassador Award Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Science and Society Executive Committee
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