2010 Birdsall Dreiss Distinguished Lectureship

Susan S. Hubbard from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been selected as the 2010 Birdsall Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer. The lectureship is made to one person annually by the Geological Society of America (GSA) Hydrogeology Division; Hubbard is the 32nd GSA Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer and the first from a National Laboratory.

Lecture Presentations

At the request of interested institutions, Susan will present one of two lectures. Specifically:

  1. "Toward X-Ray Vision: Geophysical Signatures of Complex Subsurface Processes" - intended for engineering, hydrogeology, and earth science audiences who are interested in advanced approaches to explore complex subsurface systems as is needed to guide environmental remediation and water resources management.
  2. Waves and Wine: Geophysical Characterization to Guide Precision Viticulture - intended for those interested in the practical use of advanced datasets to guide vineyard development and management.

Please use this form to request that Susan Hubbard present one of these two lectures at your institution. The lectureship itinerary will be developed based on a variety of criteria, including date of request and travel schedule optimization. Note that GSA will support transportation expenses and the host institution is expected to support local accommodation and meals. Requests will be accepted through December 1, 2009.

Susan S Hubbard Biographical Sketch

Susan S. Hubbard from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been selected as the 2010 Birdsall Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer. The lectureship is made to one person annually by the GSA Hydrogeology Division; Hubbard is the 32nd GSA Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer and the first from a National Laboratory. Susan S. Hubbard is a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she leads the Environmental Remediation and Water Resources Program. She received her BA in geology from UC Santa Barbara, her MS in geophysics at Virginia Tech, and her PhD in Engineering from UC Berkeley. She has previously worked at the U.S. Geological Survey and for the petroleum industry. Her research focuses on advancing the use of geophysical methods for shallow subsurface characterization and monitoring, with a particular emphasis on development of data integration methods and application of those methods to water resource and environmental-remediation problems. She co-edited the first book on hydrogeophysics and has published over 60 papers on this topic. She serves on several scientific advisory boards, as the Associate Director for the Berkeley Water Center, as a Co-Editor for the Vadose Zone Journal, and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Hydrology. She is the recipient of the 2009 Frank Frischknecht award for leadership and innovation in near-surface geophysics.