Joan Gomberg
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Joan Gomberg | |
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, San Diego |
| Known for | Seismology |
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| Institutions | University of Washington United States Geological Survey |
Joan S. Gomberg (born 1957) is a research geophysicist at the United States Geological Survey. She serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington. She is interested in subduction zone science, and studies how earthquakes trigger each other and how faults can slip. Gomberg is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. She was the first person to demonstrate how dynamic stress associated with seismic waves can trigger other earthquakes.
Gomberg studied geophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1979.[1] She moved to California for her graduate studies, earning a PhD in 1989.[1] Gomberg held postdoctoral fellowships at University of California, San Diego and University of Nevada, Reno. She was awarded a Gilbert Fellowship in 1993.[1]
