Steve Constable

Professor in Residence, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

Vitae

EDUCATION:

1983 Ph.D., Geophysics, Australian National University
1979 Bachelor of Science, Geology (Honours), University of Western Australia

POSITIONS HELD:

1998-present Professor in Residence
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, California

1985-1998 Research Geophysicist series
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1988-1998 Lecturer
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1987 Lecturer
Geology Department
San Diego State University

1983-1985 Postdoctoral Research Oceanographer
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Royal Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

AWARDS, PRIZES: Rex T. Prider Medal (1979), G.W. Hohmann Award (2003)

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Electromagnetic sounding of the seafloor.
Inverse problems in electromagnetic sounding.
Laboratory studies of electrical conductivity of rocks and minerals.

Marine electromagnetic methods for petroleum exploration.

Global induction from magnetic satellite measurements.

Research Unit Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

Teaching Affiliation:SIO Graduate Department

RESEARCH CRUISES: By date

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Catherine deGroot-Hedlin (1991, co-chair with R. Parker)

Gregory Anderson (1999, co-chair with D. Agnew)

Kerry Key (2003)

James Behrens (2005)

Karen Weitemeyer

David Myer

Brent Wheelock

TEACHING:

ERTH 182A/B (Field Geophysics)

SIO 231 (Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics)