Graduate Student
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Alicia Hotovec-Ellis

CURRICULUM VITAE

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Earth and Space Science (in progress)
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Advisors: John Vidale, Ken Creager
2009 – Current
M.S. in Geophysics
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Advisor: André Revil
  • "Hydrogeologic Model of Groundwater Flow Within Mount St. Helens Volcano Determined from Self-Potential and Time-Domain Electromagnetic Measurements"  Download PDF
2007 – 2009
B.S. in Geophysical Engineering (magna cum laude)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
2003 – 2007

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Research Geophysicist
Alaska Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK
Supervisor: Stephanie Prejean
  • - Studied gliding harmonic tremor on Redoubt
2010
Research Assistant / Duty Seismologist
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Supervisor: Paul Bodin
  • - Responsible for locating and responding to local earthquakes
  • - Assisted in seismometer upkeep for Array of Arrays project
2009 – Current
Physical Science Technician / Geophysicist
National Earthquake Information Center
United States Geological Survey, Golden, CO
Supervisors: David Wald, Paul Earle
  • - Developed regression to predict shaking intensity vs. distance using "Did you feel it?" intensity data
  • - Offered assistance in answering questions from local communities about earthquakes
  • - Major contributor to the ShakeMap Atlas and PAGER projects
2004 – 2009

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Earthquakes Triggered by Episodic Tremor and Slip
Advisor: John Vidale
  • - Located many small earthquakes using Array of Arrays and network data for use in comparing locations of earthquakes and tremor
2010 – Current
Gliding Harmonic Tremor on Redoubt Volcano
Advisors: Stephanie Prejean, John Vidale, Joan Gomberg
  • - Evaluated models of harmonic tremor to explain observations of unusually high frequency, repeatable gliding harmonic tremor prior to consecutive explosive eruptions of Redoubt Volcano
    • - Studied source mechanisms of repeating earthquakes as a proxy for harmonic tremor; proposed stick-slip near conduit interface as a possible source for both.
2009 – Current
Master's Thesis: Groundwater Flow within Mount St. Helens Volcano
Advisor: André Revil
Committee Members: Dave Hale, Adel Zohdy, Paul Bedrosian
USGS Collaborators: Paul Bedrosian, Matt Burgess, Jeff Wynn, John Pallister
  • - Organized 2-week research trip to Mount St. Helens to study changes in electrical self-potential signals from 2001 to 2007
  • - Forward modeled self-potential signals caused by subsurface groundwater flow on Mount St. Helens using finite element modeling
2007 – 2009
Geophysics Field Camp
Supervisor: Mike Batzle
  • - Part of large team that acquired various geophysical data (reflection seismic, electrical, electromagnetic, etc.) related to groundwater in Buena Vista, CO
  • - Prepared presentation and document for interested local professionals and non-professionals
2006
Senior Design Project
Supervisors: Mike Batzle, Rich Krahenbuhl, Jim Kauahikaua
  • - Organized 2-week research trip to Hawai'i to study electrical, electromagnetic, and magnetic properties of ring fractures surrounding Halemau'mau collapse crater in Kilauea caldera
  • - Assisted second team of students map current location of active lava tubes on Kilauea's main flow field
2005 – 2006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant
Department of Geophysics
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Supervisors: André Revil, Gary Olhoeft, Terry Young, Mike Batzle
Duties:
  • - Fully responsible for grading homework, exams, and lab notebooks
  • - Taught class when instructor was not present
  • - Autonomously lead experiments for lab section
  • - Organized and assisted students during field camp
Courses:
GPGN486 - Geophysics Field Camp
2009
GPGN321 - Theory of Fields I: Static Fields
2008, 2009
GPGN210 - Materials of the Earth
2007, 2008

HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Best Presentation in Seismology, ESS Research Gala
2012
AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award (VGP Section)
2011
Best Presentation in Seismology, ESS Research Gala
2011
AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award (VGP Section)
2010
Cecil and Ida Green Award in Geophysics
2007
Dean's List; Honor Roll
2003 – 2009
John Moore Endowed Scholarship
2003 – 2007

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

American Geophysical Union
Seismological Society of America

PUBLICATIONS / MEETING ABSTRACTS

  • Hotovec, A.J., Prejean, S.G., Vidale, J.E., and Gomberg, J.S., 2012. Strongly Gliding Harmonic Tremor During the 2009 Eruption of Redoubt Volcano. J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res. (Redoubt Special Issue, In Press), doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.01.001.  Download PDF
  • Gomberg, J., Creager, K., Sweet, J., Vidale, J., Ghosh, A., and Hotovec, A., 2012. Earthquake spectra and near-source attenuation in the Cascadia subduction zone. J. Geophys. Res. 117, B05312, doi:10.1029/2011JB009055.  Download PDF
  • Hotovec, A.J.,, Prejean, S.G., Vidale, J.E., and Gomberg, J.S., 2012. A Comparison of Tremor Before, During, and After the Explosive Eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska in 2009 - Invited, presented at Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, April 18, 2012
  • Hotovec, A.J., Prejean, S.G., Vidale, J.E., and Gomberg, J.S., 2011. Examples of Earthquakes as a Source of Volcanic Tremor, Abstract V33B-2634, presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 7 Dec.  Download PDF
  • Vidale, J.E., Hotovec, A.J.,, Ghosh, A., Creager, K.C., and Gomberg, J.S., 2011. Tiny intraplate earthquakes triggered by nearby episodic tremor and slip in Cascadia. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 12(6), Q06005, doi:10.1029/2011GC003559.  Download PDF
  • Vidale, J.E., Hotovec, A.J.,, Ghosh, A., Creager, K.C., and Gomberg, J.S., 2011. A Few Tiny Intraplate Earthquakes Triggered by Nearby ETS in Cascadia, presented at Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, April 14, 2011.  Download PDF
  • Hotovec, A.J., Prejean, S.G., Vidale, J.E., and Gomberg, J.S., 2010. Strongly Gliding Harmonic Tremor Preceding Eruptions of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, 2009, Abstract V21E-2376, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 14 Dec.  Download PDF
  • Vidale, J.E., Hotovec, A.J., Ghosh, A., Creager, K.C., and Gomberg, J.S., 2010. Tiny subduction zone earthquakes triggered by ETS in Cascadia, Abstract S11C-04, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13 Dec.
  • Allen, T.I., Wald, D.J., Earle, P.S., Marano, K.D., Hotovec, A.J., Lin, K., and Hearne, M., 2009. An Atlas of ShakeMaps and population exposure catalog for earthquake loss modeling. Bull. Earthq. Eng. 7(3), 701-718, doi:10.1007/s10518-009-9120-y.  Download PDF
  • Allen, T.I., Earle, P.S., Wald, D.J., Jaiswal, K., Hearne, M., Marano, K.D., and Hotovec, A.J., 2009. Tools and Datasets of the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System. Proceedings of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, Newcastle, Australia.
  • Earle, P.S, Wald, D.J., Jaiswal, K.S., Allen, T.I., Marano, K.D., Hotovec, A.J., Hearne, M.G., and Fee. J.M., 2009. Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER): A system for rapidly determining the impact of earthquakes worldwide. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2009-1131, 15 p.  Download PDF
  • Allen, T.I., Wald, D.J., Earle, P.S., Marano, K., Hotovec, A., Lin, K., and Hearne, M., 2009. An Atlas of ShakeMaps and Population Exposure Catalog for Earthquake Loss Modeling, presented at Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, April 8, 2009.
  • Bedrosian, P.A., Burgess, M., and Hotovec, A., 2008. Groundwater Hydrology within the crater of Mount St. Helens from Geophysical Constraints, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V43E-2191.  Download PDF
  • Allen, T.I., Wald, D.J., Hotovec, A.J., Lin, K., Earle, P.S., and Marano, K.D., 2008. An Atlas of ShakeMaps for selected global earthquakes. US Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1236, 47 p.  Download PDF
  • Allen, T., Hotovec, A., Hopper, M., Earle, P., and Wald, D.J., 2007. An Atlas of ShakeMaps for Selected Historical Global Earthquakes, presented at Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, April 12, 2007.
  • Earle, P.S., Wald, D.J., Porter, K.A., Jaiswal, J.S., Allen, T., Lin, K.W., and Hotovec, A., 2007. An Update on the USGS PAGER Project (Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquake for Response), presented at Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, April 12, 2007.