I am currently a Seismic Data Specialist in the Seismology Division of the Geological Survey of Israel, in Jerusalem, Israel. The GSI , has been assigned by the Israeli Ministry of Energy to perform studies and surveys to reduce earthquake risk. In that capacity, the Seismology Division initiates R & D projects in many fields of seismology, for a better understanding of earthquake phenomena in our region and their possible consequences.
From 2018 to 2021, I was a Research Associate in the Department of Geophysics, at the University of Tel Aviv, in Israel. My research there consisted in gathering seismic data to build a velocity model of Israel and its surroundings. The knowledge of the speed of earthquakes in the area will ultimately be used to obtain more accurate event locations, to either warn the population of a potentially dangerous earthquake (via the new Israeli Earthquake Early Warning System) or help making sure no nuclear tests are being performed in the area (as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty mandate).
From 2014 to 2017, I was a Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London, in the United Kingdom. There, I developed the first-of-its-kind shear-wave velocity model derived from local amplification data alone.
In 2013, I spent one year at the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan, as a Research Fellow. There, I built seismic velocity models of Japan and northeast China in order to better understand the subduction of the Pacific Plate underneath Eurasia.
Between 2009 and 2012, I did my PhD at the Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology, part of the University of Toulouse, in France. During this time, I designed a new method to measure high-quality traveltime data in order to build higher-quality tomographic images of the lowermost mantle.
From 2018 to 2021, I was a Research Associate in the Department of Geophysics, at the University of Tel Aviv, in Israel. My research there consisted in gathering seismic data to build a velocity model of Israel and its surroundings. The knowledge of the speed of earthquakes in the area will ultimately be used to obtain more accurate event locations, to either warn the population of a potentially dangerous earthquake (via the new Israeli Earthquake Early Warning System) or help making sure no nuclear tests are being performed in the area (as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty mandate).
From 2014 to 2017, I was a Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London, in the United Kingdom. There, I developed the first-of-its-kind shear-wave velocity model derived from local amplification data alone.
In 2013, I spent one year at the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan, as a Research Fellow. There, I built seismic velocity models of Japan and northeast China in order to better understand the subduction of the Pacific Plate underneath Eurasia.
Between 2009 and 2012, I did my PhD at the Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology, part of the University of Toulouse, in France. During this time, I designed a new method to measure high-quality traveltime data in order to build higher-quality tomographic images of the lowermost mantle.
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