BOD Election 2018 - Candidate Profile

Charles J. Ammon

EDUCATION and EMPLOYMENT

2007 - Present	Professor of Geosciences	Penn State University
2001 - 2006	Associate Professor of Geosciences	Penn State University
1998 - 2001	Associate Professor of Geophysics	Saint Louis University
1994 - 1998	Assistant Professor of Geophysics	Saint Louis University
1991 - 1993	Postdoctoral Researcher	University of California, Santa Cruz
1991	Ph.D, Geophysics	Penn State University, Department of Geosciences
1986	M.A., Geological Sciences	State University of New York, Binghampton
1983	B.S., Physics	Penn State University, Department of Physics

SERVICE to IRIS

2013	IRIS Data Products Working Group Member
2011 - 2013	IRIS Global Seismic Network Standing Committee Chair
2011 - 2013	IRIS Coordination Committee Member
2010	IRIS Planning Committee Member
2007 - 2008	IRIS Board of Directors Vice Chair
2006 - 2008	IRIS Board of Directors Member
2005	IRIS Global Seismic Network Standing Committee Member
1999 - 2000	IRIS Global Seismic Network Standing Committee Member

Selected Other Service to the Seismological Community

2015	American Geophysical Union Fellow
2009	Wilson Award for Excellence in Research	Penn State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
2006 -	U.S. Air Force Seismic Review Panel Member
2004	US Geological Survey NEHRP Central and Eastern US Proposal Review Panel
2002	US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center Advisory Panel
1994 - 1996	American Geophysical Union Program Committee Chair for Seismology
1993 - 1996	Associate Editor, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

STATEMENT

The IRIS facility is central to seismological research and IRIS’s ongoing success is a demonstration of a dedicated and talented staff and a committed seismological community sharing data, resources, ideas, and the time and effort required by a community-governed consortium. Because of these efforts, the seismological research community advances in a data-rich environment full of opportunity for creative and innovative seismogram-based investigations of Earth, earthquakes, and other seismic-wave sources. IRIS faces the challenge to continue to support the successful and fundamental core services, while moving forward strategically to embrace scientific and technological change. Revolutions in instrument fabrication that will produce dramatic increases in environmental observations of many types will transform observational science and drive computational innovation. IRIS is well positioned to be part of that transformation and the scientific discoveries that follow. Recent investments in instrumentation and planning to prepare for the curation and open distribution of large data sets move the consortium forward. But diligence is required. The increase in data quantity will challenge our budget-limited enterprise. Meeting the challenge is essential if we are to position the community to participate in the broad, multi-disciplinary discovery and education that approaches. I have happily used IRIS-curated data since it became available, and I previously have served as a member of IRIS standing committees, chaired the GSN SC, and served as vice-chair for the Board.