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GRC Member is New Director of USGS Earthquake Science Center (USGS)

Dr. Stephen Hickman’s research focuses on borehole and laboratory studies of the interaction between stress, fractures, and fluid flow in high-temperature geothermal systems and the physical and chemical processes controlling faulting and earthquake generation within active faults.

Dr. Stephen Hickman

The U.S. Geological Survey is pleased to announce the selection of GRC Member Dr. Stephen Hickman to serve as the new director of the USGS Earthquake Science Center, headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Dr. Hickman succeeds Dr. Thomas Brocher, who served in the position for the past six years.

“Steve Hickman’s decades of experience in the USGS as a research geophysicist will serve the Survey and the American people well as he embarks on his new leadership position,” said USGS Pacific Region director Mark Sogge. “He has led or participated in numerous scientific projects in the United States and abroad, and was co-principal investigator on the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, a major component of the National Science Foundation's EarthScope facility. His extensive science and leadership skills will be invaluable as he guides the Center and works with our partners to address new scientific and technical challenges ahead.”

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