Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
Central Washington University

PANGA Laboratory Personnel

Rex Flake
Research Staff; M.S., 2003, Central Washington University; L.E.G., 2010, State of Washington; Engineering Geologist, Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
eml: rex/at/geology.cwu.edu

Tim Melbourne (Director)
Professor, Ph.D. 1999, California Institute of Technology: Seismology and Continental Deformation
eml: tim/at/geology.cwu.edu

Victor Marcelo Santillan
Research Staff; M.S., 2003, Center for earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis; Scientific Programmer and GPS Data Analyst, PANGA Data Analysis Center
eml: marcelo/at/geology.cwu.edu

Craig Scrivner
Research Professor, Ph.D. 1998, California Institute of Technology: Seismology
eml: scrivner/at/geology.cwu.edu

Walter Szeliga
Research Professor, Ph.D. 2010, University of Colorado at Boulder
eml: walter/at/geology.cwu.edu

Current Graduate Students

Ben Norton
Catherine Jeffries
Jesse M. Senko

Graduate Alumni

Hillary Tahtinen, M.S. 2014; BS in Earth Science, Northern Michigan University, 2011
Spatial relationship between GPS slip and seismic tremor during Cascadia slow slip events

Elyse Frohling, M.S. 2014; BS in Geology, University of Montana, 2011
Assessing the seismic potential hazards of the Makran subduction zone

Rodger Wilson, M.S. 2011; BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 2009
Do deformation transients produced by Cascadia slow-slip events modulate seismicity at Cascade volcanoes?

Emily Parker, M.S. 2009; BA in Geology, Colorado College, 2007
Understanding active faulting in the Himalaya: A geodetic study.

Ana Aguiar, M.S. 2008; BS in Physics, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2004
Seismic Constraints on Slow Slip Events Within the Cascadia Subduction Zone

James Chapman , M.S. 2008; BS in Geology, North Carolina State Univerisity, 2001
Energy budget analysis of slow-slip aseismic events along the Cascadia convergent margin using GPS array data

Ray Chuang, M.S. 2007; BS in Geology, International University, Taiwan, 2001
Interseismic Crustal Deformation and Seismic Potential in the Luyeh Area, Eastern Taiwan.

Walter Szeliga, M.S. 2006; BS in Geophysics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2002
Transient Detection and Modeling of Continuous Geodetic Data

Mike Caron , M.S. 2003; now at GRAMM Associates, Richland, WA.
Realization of continuous GPS velocities over a neotectonic crustal block model for the Puget Sound area and the implications for seismic hazard.

Rusty Ardoin , M.S. 2002;
Vertical deformation near Willapa Bay, Washington.

Ken Austin , M.S. 2001; BS in Geology, Central Washington University, 1998
now PBO Field Engineer, Pacific Northwest
The co-seismic displacement fields for the 1992 Landers and 1999 Hector Mines earthquakes, from regional GPS observations

Cyndy Kissler Journey , M.S. 2001
Refining the measured frequency of great earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone

Kim McLean, M.S. 1999; now at Texaco
Neogene shortening across Naryn and At Bashi Basins, southern Kyrgyz Tien Shan

Andrew Miner, M.S. 2001; now PANGA Network Manager & Geologist, CWU
Eocene tectonics and active deformation in Cascadia

Ben Pauk, M.S. 2000; now PBO Regional Engineer, Alaska
Statistical analysis of Global Positioning System data for applications to volcano deformation modeling monitoring and Pacific Northwest coastal uplift