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Dr. Vala Hjorleifsdottir
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seismology Geology and Tectonophysics
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118 Seismology
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8398
vala@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
Earthquakes, Numerical Modeling
Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D.
Caltech
2007
B.Sc.
University of Iceland
1999
Honors & Awards: 
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Ass., Geol. and Plan. Sci, Caltech 2005-2006
AGU Seismology Outstanding Student Presentation 2003
Fulbright Fellow 2000
Lamont Projects: 
Earthquakes and Faulting
Selected Publications: 
Modeling 3D wave propagation and finite slip for the 1998 Balleny Islands earthquake, Hjorleifsdottir, V.; Kanamori, H., Tromp, J. , Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, Volume 114, Issue B03301, (2009), 10.1029/2008JB005975

Coseismic slip and afterslip of the great Mw 9.15 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 2004, Chlieh, M; Avouac, J-P.; Hjorleifsdottir, V; Song, T.A.;, Ji, C; Sieh, K; Sladen, A.; Hebert, H.; Prawirodirdjo, L.; Bock, Y; Galetzka, J.; , BSSA, Volume 97, Issue 1A, p.S152- 173, (2007), 10.1785/0120050631

Rupture kinematics and strong ground motion estimates of the 2005, Mw 8.6,Nias-Simeulue earthquake from the joint inversion of seismic and geodetic data, Konca, A.O.; Hjorleifsdottir, V.; Helmberger, D.V.; Sieh, K.; Avouac, J.-P.; Briggs, R.; Meltzner, A; Galetzka, J.; Natawidjaja, D.H.; Suwargadi, B. , BSSA, Volume 97, Issue 1A, p.S307-S322, (2007), 10.1785/0120050632

Rupture process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Ammon, C.J.; Ji, C.; Thio, H.K.; Robinson, D.; Ni, S.D.; Hjorleifsdottir, V.; Kanamori, H.; Lay, T.; Das, S.; Helmberger, D; Ichinose, G.; Polet, J.; Wald, D. , Science, Volume 308, Issue 5725, p.1133-1139, (2005)