Prof. Mark Simons
John W. and Herberta M. Miles Professor of Geophysics and Director of the Brinson Exploration Hub
Prof. Mark Simons received his B.Sc. from UCLA in 1989 and his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1996. Dr. Simons has been at Caltech since 1996 and is currently a Professor of Geophysics and the Director of the Brinson Exploration Hub. Dr. Simons was Chief Scientist of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2017 to 2023. Dr. Simons studies processes that deform the solid earth, including those associated with earthquakes, volcanic activity, and shallow aquifers, as well as tides, and glacial rebound; Planetary tectonics and geodynamics, particularly the Earth’s Moon and Saturn’s moon Enceladus; Tools and applications using space geodesy, particularly GNSS, Interferometric SAR, and gravity measurements. Dr. Simons is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and a Senior Member of IEEE.
Speakers
Prof. Paul D. Asimow
Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geology and Geochemistry
Prof. Dara Entekhabi
Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Chair
Prof. Howard Zebker
Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Engineering Stanford University
Dr. Amani Alonazi
Associate Technical Fellow
Dr. Michelle Parker
Vice President and Chief Engineer, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Mr. Waleed Alwalaie
GM Space Data and Applications
Eng. Muryah Alshahrani
General Manager of Space Systems and Infrastructure
Eng. AlHarith Almoosa
General Manager of Spacecrafts Engineering & Integration
Mr. Khalid Manjoo
Director of Spacecraft Engineering
Prof. Alexander Hayes
Director, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Saturn