Christopher H. Scholz received his doctoral degree from M.I.T. (1968) in the field of rock mechanics. His main interests include fluid flow in reactive media and the mechanics of earthquakes and faulting. He is the head of the Columbia University Center for Nonlinear Earth Systems and is author of The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting , and Fieldwork: A Geologist's Memoir of the Kalahari.
scholz@ldeo.columbia.edu
Ted Koczynski "gentleman adventurer" is the technical manager of the Rock Mechanics Laboratory here at Lamont. He has designed and constructed most of the equipment presently being used in the lab. Ted is also routinely involved with a GPS project which takes him to all corners of the world.
tedski@ldeo.columbia.edu
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Einat Aharonov received her Ph.D. from M.I.T. (1996) for her work on solid-fluid interactions in porous media. Einat's research interests include coupled fluid flow and reaction in porous media, evolution of crustal rocks, and landslide mechanics and friction.
For more information see Einat's Home Page
einat@ldeo.columbia.edu
Masao Nakatani received his Ph.D. from Tokyo University (1997) for his experimental work on time-dependent phenomena in frictional faults. His main research interests are in the fields of rock mechanics (friction) and earthquake source mechanics.
nakatani@ldeo.columbia.edu