R A. Stephen CV -SEPT. 92

Ralph A. Stephen

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Senior Scientist
Marine Geophysicist: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mail:: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; 360 Woods Road (MS24); Woods Hole, MA 02543-1542
Phone: (508) 289-2583
Fax: (508) 457-2150
Internet: rstephen@whoi.edu

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Birth: February 18, 1951, Toronto, Canada
Citizenship: USA, Naturalized, 1989
Degrees:
- B.A.Sc. (Hon) University of Toronto, 1974, Engineering Science
- Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 1978
Employment History:
- Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1978 - May 1982
- Associate Scientist, June 1982 to May 1986
- Associate Scientist with tenure, June 1986 to November 1990
- Senior Scientist, November 1990 to present
Research Interests:
- Seismic Structure of Oceanic Crust
- Seismic Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Media
- Borehole Seismic Experiments
- Finite Difference Synthetic Seismograms
- VLF and ULF Ambient Noise in the Ocean
Professional Societies:
- Acoustical Society of America, 1987-present
- American Geophysical Union, 1977-present
- Royal Astronomical Society, 1980-present
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1977-present
- Seismological Society of America, 1983-present
Awards:
National and Internationl Committees:
Cruises:
In-House Activities:
Educational Program:
- Advisor for Joint Program Students: W. Loy, N. Bird, J. Collins, G. Duckworth, M. Dougherty, R. Fricke, C. Bradley and R. Greaves
- Examination Committee Member for: A. Merab, F. Pardo-Casis (MIT), D. Burns (MIT), H. Kawahara, P. Dahl, J. Snow, N. Cheng (MIT), M., Imhof (MIT) and V. Lupien (MIT)
- Supervised papers for: S. Little, L. Kong, A. Gunstensen (MIT), L. Li, and C. Williams
- Supervised Summer Student Fellows: W. Schmidt, A. Harding, M. Burton S. Childress and M. Holzrichter
- Supervised Summer Guest Student: I. Zeldenrust
Courses Taught (MIT-WHOI Joint Program):
Sabbatical Leave:
- Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1984 to February 1985
- SACLANT Undersea Research Center, La Spezia, Italy, September 1990 to August 1991
Consulting:
- MIT Earth Resources Laboratory (Full Waveform Acoustic Logging Consortium) - June 1982 - June 1993
- NORDA - Dec. 1986-Jan. 1987; Oct. 1988 - June 1989
- NOSC - May 1990 - Dec. 19900
- Input/:Output. Inc. - Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2001
Selected Publications:

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