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Division on Seismology

President: Alice-Agnes Gabriel (Emailsm@egu.eu)
Deputy President: Philippe Jousset (Email)
ECS Representative: Ana Nap (Emailecs-sm@egu.eu)

Seismology as a discipline contributes to a large variety of both basic and applied scientific fields, and addresses urgent questions in the context of both natural resources and natural hazards. The Seismology (SM) Division at EGU aims to strengthen its interdisciplinarity and impact by driving the development from static to dynamic geophysical models, by conducting research that spans from acquisition parameters to petrophysical properties, and by supporting the transition from geo-modelling to geo-technical application. Thereby, the SM Division will be increasingly able to make relevant forecasts and provide valuable information to tackle future challenges in securing natural resources and quantifying natural hazards.

The EGU offers an open and widely recognized forum for discussing a wide range of scientific questions and conducting corresponding research. The impact of geosciences to society has probably never been as high as today. Therefore, we pursue broad and open-minded approaches to tackle important research topics, while simultaneously engaging in interdisciplinary collaborations for the benefit of humanity and our planet.

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Latest posts from the SM blog

Seismology Job & Career Portal

On this page, we regularly update open positions, workshops, schools or internships in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Would you like to advertise your workshop? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal. We invite you to explore previous job posts, since some offers listed there may be still open. We do not repeat the listenings already published on our blog. Latest open …


What Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) can find in the Atlantic Ocean

The contribution from David Schlaphorst, the member of ECS SM division team. David is a PostDoc in Dom Luiz Institute (IDL), University of Lisbon, where he does seismology research. Introduction Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) has been used exponentially over the last decade.If you are eager to learn the basics but in song form try this link. In this blog post, we want to dive into one example of DAS recordings to show some different signals we can actually identify. This …


Seismology Job & Career Portal

On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Since now, we also occasionally share information about schools and workshops. Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal. We invite you to explore previous job posts, since some offers listed there may be still open. Latest open positions: PhD positions PhD in Seismic Body-Wave Tomography with Ocean DataInstitute: …


Seismology Job Portal

On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal. Latest open positions: PhD positions 1. PhD Monitoring water related mass-balance changes in the Swiss Alps with passive seismic interferometry Institute: ETH Zurich, Switzerland Deadline: Open (posted recently) How to Apply: ETH Zurich Job Portal Details: Focuses on seismic interferometry to …

Recent awardees

Brandon Paul VanderBeek

Brandon Paul VanderBeek

  • 2025
  • Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

The 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Brandon Paul VanderBeek for major achievements in seismic imaging of the Earth's interior, and geodynamic interpretation of its complex isotropic and anisotropic structure.


Jaroslava Plomerová

Jaroslava Plomerová

  • 2024
  • Beno Gutenberg Medal

The 2024 Beno Gutenberg Medal is awarded to Jaroslava Plomerová for contributions to the development of sophisticated methodologies in the characterisation of anisotropic domains in the upper mantle, and their application to imaging of the lithosphere in Europe.


Stephen P. Hicks

Stephen P. Hicks

  • 2024
  • Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

The 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to Stephen P. Hicks for exceptional contributions to seismology, including innovative seismic imaging techniques, studies of earthquake processes as well as Earth structure, science communication and community building.


Nino Menzel

Nino Menzel

  • 2024
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Nino Menzel Strategies for geoelectrical monitoring of subsurface fluid transport processes using Optimized Experimental Design


Pauline Georges

Pauline Georges

  • 2024
  • Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Pauline Georges Improving the representation of apparent anelastic attenuation variability in regionalised Ground Motion Models in Europe with a focus in mainland France

Current issue of the EGU newsletter

In our June issue learn how new models are helping to predict marine heatwaves in the Mediterranean, how citizen science is mapping previously poorly understood parts of our oceans and following on from Pride month, think more about how support for your LGBTQIA+ colleagues needs to last all year round; get advice on being a supportive ally and inclusivity in fieldwork.

Also don't miss out on funding to help educators in tertiary education (college, university etc) develop new teaching materials, applications are due by 10 July, and apply for one of the limited spots in EGU's free peer-review training provided by EGU's Publications Committee, our open access journal editors, reviewers and staff, deadline is 31 July, and much more in this month's Loupe!

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