Science for Alaska Summer Series: Seismology in Alaska and on Venus with Bryant Chow

Bryant will be speaking on how scientists try to understand the internal structures of planets through the lens of seismology. Starting on Earth, and then detouring to our neighbor Venus, with honorable mentions to the Moon and Mars, you'll learn how seismologists and space
agencies work together to put instruments on other planets, to listen for signals that carry crucial information about what's shaking, and what's happening in the ground beneath their (lander) legs.

Bryant is a self-described "computational seismologist who likes to go outside" – he uses big computers to simulate how seismic waves travel through the Earth or other planets. He also enjoys getting out into the field to deploy instruments and connect with the landscapes he studies. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Seismology with UAF's Geophysical Institute and Department of Geosciences. He earned a PhD in Geophysics at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, an MSc in Geophysics at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, and a BSc in Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Future dates and topics for the presentations are as follows:

August 9: Alaska Wildfire Monitoring, Jen Delamere

September 13: Aurora Season Kickoff, Don Hampton