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KILB, DEBORAH

Associate Project Scientist

Science Director of the SIO Visualization Center

Degrees:

• B.A., UCSD, San Diego
• M.A., UCLA, Los Angeles
• Ph.D., University of Memphis

Research Interests:

• Crustal Seismology
• Earthquake Source Physics
• Mainshock/Aftershock Studies
• Scientific Visualization Techniques

Honors and Awards:

• Best Student Paper award, Seismological Society of America, Eastern Section, 1998
• Palisades Fellow, The University of Memphis, 1998
• Graduate Research Forum, The University of Memphis, Oral Presentation award, 1998
• Graduate Research Forum, The University of Memphis,Sigma Xi Chapter’s Outstanding Paper award, 1997
• Graduate Research Forum, The University of Memphis, Poster Presentation award, 1997
• Graduate Student Association Research Award, The University of Memphis, 1994 & 1996
• U.S. Geological Survey Graduate Internship Program, 1994
• Academic Award of Excellence, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991
• Santa Barbara Chapter of the Women's Club Scholarship, 1981
• University of California, San Diego, Provost's Honor List (Winter 1983 & 1986, Fall 1984)

Mentoring:

• Ma, Logan (Undergrad; 2012-2012)
• Yang, Alan (Undergrad; 2011-2012)
• Yerrie, Choo (Undergrad; 2011-2012)
• Zhu , Bryan (Other; 2010-2010)
• Fabian, Walter (Post Doc; 2009-2010)
• Quan, Alex (Undergrad; 2007-2008)
• Wei, Matt (Graduate; 2007-2010)
• Jacobs, Allison (Graduate; 2006-2007)
• Kane, Deborah (Graduate; 2006-2011)
• Samilo, Dane (Undergrad; 2006-2007)
• Tice, Genny (Undergrad; 2006-2006)
• Im, Tom (Undergrad; 2005-2006)
• Kane, Deborah (Undergrad; 2005-2006)
• Smith, Jeremie (Undergrad; 2005-2005)
• Constant, Ben (Undergrad; 2004-2004)
• James, Alex (Undergrad; 2004-2004)
• Morikawa, Evan (Other; 2004-2005)
• Otero, Jose (Graduate; 2003-2009)

1997, Kilb, D., M. Ellis, J. Gomberg and S. Davis, On the origin of diverse aftershock mechanisms following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., 128, 557-570.

1998, The Rapid Response Team, Preliminary results from the investigation of the Pymatuning earthquake of September 25, 1998, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 29, 2-14.

1999, Kilb D., and J. Gomberg, The initial subevent of the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake -- is earthquake size predictable?, J. Seismology, 3, 409-420.

2000, Kilb, D., J. Gomberg and P. Bodin, Triggering of earthquake aftershocks by dynamic stresses, Nature, 408, 570-574.

2002, Collaborative visualization in Earth and ocean sciences, Margins Newsletter, 8, 1-2

2002, Kilb D., and A.M. Rubin, Relocated Microearthquakes of the Mt. Lewis ML5.7, California, Earthquake Sequence: Implications of Diverse Fault Orientations, J. Geophysical Res., 107, 2294.

2002, Kilb, D., J. Gomberg and P. Bodin, Aftershock Triggering by Complete Coulomb Stress Changes, JGR, 107, 10.1029/2001JB000202.

2003, Kilb et al., The Visualization Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Education & Outreach, Seis. Res. Lett., 74, 5, 641-648

2003, Kilb, D., A strong correlation between induced peak dynamic Coulomb stress change from the 1992 M7.3 Landers earthquake and the hypocenter of the 1999 M7.1, J. Geophysical Res., 108, B1, 2012

2003, Kilb, D.L., R.L. Newman, F.L. Vernon, J.A. Eakins, L. Ziegler, J. Bowen, J. Otero, Education and Outreach Based on data from the ANZA Seismic Network in Southern California, Seis. Res. Lett., 74, 5, 522-528.

2003, Ziv, A.M. Rubin, D. Kilb. Spatio-Temporal analyses of earthquake productivity and size distribution: observations and simulations, BSSA, 93, 2069-2081.

2004, Martynov,V.G., F.L. Vernon, D.L. Kilb and S.W. Roecker, Directional variations in travel-time residuals of teleseismic P waves in the Crust and Mantle beneath Northern Tien Shan", BSSA, V. 94, 650-664.

2004, Prieto, Germán A., Shearer, Peter M., Vernon, Frank L., and D. Kilb, Earthquake source scaling and self-similarity estimation from stacking P and S spectra, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, No. B8, B08310, 10.1029/2004JB003084.

2005, Moher, T., S. Hussain, T. Halter, D. Kilb, "Embedding Dynamic Phenomena within the Physical Space of an Elementary School Classroom," CHI, 1665-1668.

2005, Schwehr, K., C. Johnson, D. Kilb, A. Nayak, and C. Nishimura, Visualization tools facilitate geological investigations of Mars exploration rover landing sites, IS&T/SPIE Paper Number 5669-15.

2006, Kilb D. and J. L. Hardebeck, Fault Parameter Constraints Using Relocated Earthquakes: A Validation of First Motion Focal Mechanism Data, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 1140-1158.

2006, Mellors, R., D. Kilb, A. Aliyev, A. Gasanov, and G. Yetirmishli. Correlations between Earthquakes and Large Mud Volcano Eruptions, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B04304, doi:10.1029/2006JB004489

2006, Taesombut, N., X. R. Wu, A. A. Chien, A. Nayak, B. Smith, D. Kilb, T. Im, D. Samilo, G. Kent, and J. Orcutt. Collaborative data visualization for Earth Sciences with the OptIPuter, Future Generation Computer Systems, 22, 955-963, doi:10.1016/j.futur

2007, Kilb, D., V. G. Martynov, & F. L. Vernon, “Aftershock Detection Thresholds as a Function of Time: Results from the ANZA Seismic Network following the 31 October 2001 ML 5.1 Anza, California, Earthquake,” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97780–97792, doi: 10.1785/0120060116.

2007, Jiracek, G.R., V. M. Gonzalez, T. G. Caldwell, P. E. Wannamaker, & D. Kilb, Seismogenic, Electrically Conductive, and Fluid Zones at Continental Plate Boundaries in New Zealand, Himalaya, and California-USA, Geophys. Mono. Ser. 175, AGU., Washington, DC, 347-369.

2007, Kane, D.L., D. Kilb, A. S. Berg & V. G. Martynov, Quantifying the Remote Triggering Capabilities of Large Earthquakes Using Data From The ANZA Seismic Network Catalog (Southern California), J. Geophys. Res., 112, B11302, doi:10.1029/2006JB004714.

2008, Kilb, D. “Throwing Mud”, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo299.

2008, Jacobs, A. M., D. Kilb and G. Kent, “3-D Interdisciplinary Visualization: Tools for Scientific Analysis and Communication”, Seis. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1785/gssrl.79.6.867.

2009, Ouyang, Y., Lehmann, M., Hayden, K., and Kilb, D. "Opportunities Presented when Developing Learning Resources for Middle Schoolers", The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 24, No. 4, April 2009, pp 144 – 150.

2009, Ouyang, Y., M. Lehmann, K. Hayden, and D. Kilb, "Flash-based Tool for Earthquake Epicenter Identification" Proceedings of the 2009 WRI World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE 2009), Los Angeles, California, March 31 - April 2, pp 389 – 393.

2009, Felzer K. and D. Kilb, “A Case Study of Two M5 Mainshocks in Anza, California: Is the Footprint of an Aftershock Sequence Larger Than We Think?” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99, p. 2721-2735; DOI: 10.1785/0120080268.

2010, Moher, T., J. Wiley, A. Jaeger, B. L. Silva, F. Novellis, D. Kilb, Spatial and Temporal Embedding for Science Inquiry: An Empirical Study of Student Learning, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS'10), International Society of the Learning Sciences.

2011, Brothers, D., D. Kilb, K. Luttrell, N. Driscoll and G. Kent. Loading of the San Andreas fault by flood-induced rupture of faults beneath the Salton Sea, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo1184.

2012, Peng, Z., C. Aiken, D. Kilb, D. R. Shelly, B. Enescu, ‘Listening to the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki, Japan earthquake’, Seis. Res. Lett., p. 287-293, doi:10.1785/gssrl.83.2.287.

2012, Kilb, D., Z. Peng, D. Simpson, A. Michael, M. Fisher and D. Rohrlick, ‘Listen, Watch, Learn: SeisSound Video products’, Seis. Res. Lett., p. 281-286, DOI: 10.1785/ gssrl.83.2.281.

2012, Kilb, D., G. Biasi, J. Anderson, J. Brune, Z. Peng, and F. L. Vernon, “A Comparison of Spectral Parameter Kappa from Small and Moderate Earthquakes Using Southern California ANZA Seismic Network Data”, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., p. 284-300; DOI: 10.1785/ 0120100309.