David J. Wald
American seismologist (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Jay Wald (born May 6, 1962 Greenwich, Connecticut)[1] is a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) in Golden, Colorado.[2] He is an affiliated faculty member at the Colorado School of Mines,[3] and served as the editor-in-chief of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's (EERI) journal, Earthquake Spectra, from 2018–2022.[4][5] He also served on the Southern California Earthquake Center Science Planning Committee, 2014–2020.[6]
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Wald is involved in the research, development, and operations of real-time information systems at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center.[7] He has developed and manages products such as ShakeMap and the community-science system Did You Feel It?. He is also responsible for developing other systems for post-earthquake response and pre-earthquake mitigation, such as ShakeCast and PAGER.[8] He has also contributed to the USGS Ground Failure product.[9][10] As well as management of these systems, Wald's research also focuses on characterization of rupture processes from complex earthquakes, analysis of ground motions and site effects, and modeling earthquake-induced events.[11]
On top of his publications, Wald is also known for hosting events and giving lectures about geophysics topics, including a "Provost’s Lecture" at Stony Brook University[12] and an EERI Younger Members Committee webinar.[13]