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Meet the ELECCTRO Team!

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Rob Evans

Senior Scientist

Research Interests

I am a geophysicist and use electromagnetic methods to image a range of earth structures and processes. I use controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) methods to measure the electrical resistivity of the seafloor in deep water, continental shelf and coastal environments. I also use natural source electromagnetic (EM) techniques (i.e., Magnetotellurics (MT)) in oceanic and continental environments to look deeper into the mantle.

Active areas of research include:

  • Fluid transport and Melting processes at subduction zones.
  • Structure of the continental and oceanic lithosphere, including rifts and oceanic transform faults
  • Structural controls on groundwater discharge to the continental shelf.

Contact: revans@whoi.edu

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Jasmine Zhu

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE III

Contact: jzhu@whoi.edu

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Christine Chesley

Postdoctoral Investigator

Research Interests

I am a marine geophysicist who applies electromagnetic techniques to study the Earth. My research areas center on characterizing the electrical resistivity and porosity of oceanic lithosphere, including at seamounts and oceanic transform faults; relating subduction zone processes to input material; investigating accretionary wedge dynamics; and estimating gas hydrate saturation in continental margins.

Contact: christine.chesley@whoi.edu

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Jae Deok Kim

PhD Candidate

Research Interests

I’m a PhD candidate conducting research in the development of a machine learning (ML) approach to the inversion of magnetotelluric (MT) data in geothermal systems. Broadly my research interests include: magnetotellurics (MT) and controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) methods, machine learning in physical sciences (ML-Physics coupled problems), geophysical inverse problems (including joint inversion methods), and uncertainty quantification. I’m interested in applying these methods to research areas that include: geothermal and hydrothermal systems, structure of the lithosphere, and role of geophysics in the energy transition (geothermal energy, critical minerals, carbon capture and storage).

Contact: jakim@whoi.edu

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Natalie Hummel

Joint Program PhD Student

Research Interests

 magnetotellurics, transform faults, hydrothermal circulation, and geodynamic modeling

Contact: natalie.hummel@whoi.edu

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Bailey Fluegel

Joint Program PhD Student

Research Interests

Oceanic transform faults, Subsurface fluid flow dynamics, marine CSEM crustal imaging using a deep-towed receiver array, and remote sensing of retreating glaciers in Antarctica

Contact: bailey.fluegel@whoi.edu

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Anna Redanz

Research Assistant II

Contact: anna.redanz@whoi.edu

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Kitso Matende

 

Contact:  matendekitso@gmail.com

Lab Administration

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Contact: see Christine Chesley