2009 IRIS Board of Directors Candidates

Francis T Wu

Professor of Geophysics
Department of Geological Sciences
SUNY Binghamton
francis@binghamton.edu

http://geology.binghamton.edu/faculty/wu/wu.html

Education and Employment

• B.S. Geology. National Taiwan University, 1959
• Ph.D. Geophysics. California Institute of Technology, 1966

Service to IRIS and Seismological Community

• DMS Standing Committee (1990-1996; chair, 1993-1996)
• NSF-EAR: Geophysics Panel (1993-1995) and Liaison for Continental Dynamics Panel (1993-1996)
• Program Co-Chair, WPGM, AGU, 1992 and 1998
• BSSA board of directors, 1986-1992
• Ocean Bottom Seismometer Instrument Pool Oversight Committee, (2008-)

Statement

My research in the last 20 years has concentrated on the acquisition and use of seismological and other geophysical data in the study of collision and mountain ranges.

I have just finished a comprehensive, collaborative geophysical experiment under the Taiwan Integrated Geodynamics Research or TAIGER project. I formerly mounted two deployments in Tibet, one in South Island, New Zealand, and one in northern China. From these projects, I fully appreciate the importance of the high quality support provided by IRIS PASSCAL in the field, and with software and data archiving. Through the TAIGER project I realize that the key to success for such multi-pronged research projects is coordination among the IRIS research community, the ocean-bottom seismometer community and the complex ship operations support system.

I had been a frequent user of GSN data and DMC services since IRIS began. With my interest in Asian tectonics I have participated in many discussions regarding issues of data exchange in Asia. Data has begun to flow, but certainly more open data exchange is desired.

If elected I shall use my experience as a basis to serve the IRIS community.