Michael Gurnis, John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics, was named Director of the Seismological Laboratory, effective July 1, 2009. Dr. Gurnis will continue the tradition of strong leadership that the Seismo Lab has enjoyed over the decades. He brings with him a breadth of international experience working with organizations such as SPICE. He has a dedicated focus on education and training of new scientists. He balances his students with both geophysical and computational science. Dr. Gurnis served as Associate Director of the Seismological Laboratory from 1995-2003 and is currently Director of Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG). |

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