Professor of Geology and Geophysics; Senior Research Investigator, CREE
Dr. Kelly Liu is a geophysicist with a teaching and research interest in both exploration geophysics and solid-earth geophysics. Her expertise includes 3-D seismic data interpretation, digital signal processing, computational and observational seismology, seismic hazard mitigation, and layered structure detection in the earth's mantle.
Dr. Liu was elected a Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow in 2017. According to Kevin Mickus who nominated her "Dr. Liu has been a leader in using seismic data to determine crust and mantle structure, especially using shear wave splitting and seismic anisotropy to determine the nature of tectonic environments".
CREE Senior Research Investigator
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About Kelly H. Liu
Dr. Kelly Liu is a geophysicist with a teaching and research interest in both exploration geophysics and solid-earth geophysics. Her expertise includes 3-D seismic data interpretation, digital signal processing, computational and observational seismology, seismic hazard mitigation, and layered structure detection in the earth's mantle.
Dr. Liu was elected a Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow in 2017. According to Kevin Mickus who nominated her "Dr. Liu has been a leader in using seismic data to determine crust and mantle structure, especially using shear wave splitting and seismic anisotropy to determine the nature of tectonic environments".
CREE Senior Research Investigator
| 2010 - Present | Professor of Geophysics, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering | |
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| Present | Senior Research Investigator, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE) | |
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| 2006 - 2010 | Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering | |
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| 2005 - 2006 | Associate Professor, Kansas State University | |
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| 2000 - 2005 | Assistant Professor, Kansas State University | |
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| 1999 - 2000 | Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Kansas State University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Exploration of Earth's interior using geophysical methods especially passive and active seismology., Oil and gas exploration, Hazard mitigation, Crustal thickness and composition, Mantle velocity structure and dynamics, Crustal and mantle seismic anisotropy, Mantle flow, Asthenospheric flow, Seismic anisotropy, Continental crust, Mantle transition zone, Tibetan Plateau, Continental rift, Receiver functions, Poisson's ratio, and Shear-wave splitting
Honors and Awards
- Dean’s Educator, College of Engineering and Computing 2020 Award
- S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2019
- Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow, 2016
- Missouri S&T Academy of Mines and Metallurgy senior faculty award, 2016
- One of the five Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence Awards, 2016
- Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2015-2016
- Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2007-2008
- Outstanding Educator Award Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2021
- S&T Faculty Teaching Award, 2020
Courses
- Geophys 6241: Theory of Elastic Waves
- Geophys 5202: Exploration and Development Seismology
| June 1998 | Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles | |
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| September 1995 | M.S.. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles | |
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| July 1984 | B.S. in Exploration Geophysics, China University of Petroleum ‐ Department of Exploration | |
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Contact Information
Geology and Geophysics Program
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri 65409-0410
(573)-341-6724 (phone)
(573)-341-6935 (fax)
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