Geophysics - Geohazards - AI

We aim to transform our understanding of geohazards by combining big data, advanced seismological tools, and insights from climate and hydrological sciences. Our research not only uncovers the processes that drive earthquakes, landslides, and other hazards, but also reveals how a changing climate reshapes Earth’s subsurface and impacts society and the environment.

Central to our mission is the development of low-compute, massive scalability, fully reproducible research workflows that facilitate seamless collaboration and reproducibility across scientific domains (see our Github). We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation, empowering our members to embrace modern technologies and AI-aided software practices.

Our mantra encapsulates our commitment to:

  • Discovering and characterizing geohazards through big data analysis.
  • Transforming seismology to address pressing societal challenges.
  • Empowering our members through modern AI-aided practices and open-source workflows.

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Environment

Environment

Ambient seismic noise reveals soil hydromechanics for water management and geohazard mitigation.

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes

We detect and characterize earthquakes using novel observations, large-scale data, and physics-based models.

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Geoscience and AI

Geoscience and AI

Physics-guided AI fuses simulations and sensing to forecast climate and compounding hazard impacts.

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We are located in Seattle, WA, at the University of Washington, in the heart of the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The PNW is a wonderful natural laboratory to monitor earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, glaciers, and more broadly speaking the subduction-zone environment.

We are looking for new graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduate researcher (more info) !

Latest Updates

Aug, 2025
Yiyu and Marine featured by eScience
July, 2025
Qibin's recent papers on offshore DAS featured by UW News
Jan, 2025
Congrats Qibin and Ethan on your MuxDAS paper being accepted!
May, 2023
Marine's eScience Seminar on Cloud-based Seismology
Aug 25, 2023
Zoe and Yiyu's paper on machine learning for earthquake detection published in Seismica!