Dave is the Director of Geodetic Services at UNAVCO and a Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES). UNAVCO (www.unavco.org) is a National Science Foundation funded university-governed non-profit consortium that facilitates geoscience research and education using geodesy. Dave was born in Cleveland, Ohio and discovered his interest in Geophysics and Geology early in life reading National Geographic magazines at his grandparents’ house. Dave earned his Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics and his Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Missouri. Dave then conducted his PhD studies at the University of Colorado - Boulder. His doctoral studies utilized geodetic tools to understand plate tectonics, earthquakes, fault behavior and the Yellowstone volcanic system. His primary toolbox includes GNSS to measure surface motion to millimeter precision and strainmeters to detect changes as small as the width of a molecule.
Dave’s current efforts are focused on earthquake and tsunami warning systems in the Western US and the development and deployment of next generation strainmeters to study earthquake and volcanic processes around the globe. His work had taken him to over 60 countries, highlighted by the re-measurement of the height of Mt. Everest with the National Geographic and Boston Museum of Science as part of the Everest Millennium Expedition (1996,1998,1999), the identification of earthquake hazards in Colombia, the deployment and analysis of strainmeter results along the North Anatolian Fault below the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, and continued studies of the dynamics of the Yellowstone volcanic/hydrothermal system (HDYLAKE).
Dave is an avid soaring pilot, flight instructor, mountain biker and SCUBA diver. He currently live in Lyons, CO with his two sons, two dogs and two goats.
Dave’s current efforts are focused on earthquake and tsunami warning systems in the Western US and the development and deployment of next generation strainmeters to study earthquake and volcanic processes around the globe. His work had taken him to over 60 countries, highlighted by the re-measurement of the height of Mt. Everest with the National Geographic and Boston Museum of Science as part of the Everest Millennium Expedition (1996,1998,1999), the identification of earthquake hazards in Colombia, the deployment and analysis of strainmeter results along the North Anatolian Fault below the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, and continued studies of the dynamics of the Yellowstone volcanic/hydrothermal system (HDYLAKE).
Dave is an avid soaring pilot, flight instructor, mountain biker and SCUBA diver. He currently live in Lyons, CO with his two sons, two dogs and two goats.