Jonathan M. Lees, Professor

EDUCATION

• B.Sc., Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1979
• B.Sc., Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1979
• Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1989

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Chair, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB#3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315. 7/2013-7/2018
• Full Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB#3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315. 7/2006-present
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB#3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315. 7/00-7/06
• Associate Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory, P.O. BOX 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109. 7/97-7/00
• Assistant Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory, P.O. BOX 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109. 7/90-6/97
• Research Fellow, National Research Center for Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba-City, Japan. 3/90-9/90
• Assistant Research Seismologist I, Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. 5/89-6/90
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. 12/88-4/89
• Graduate Research Assistant, Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. 9/84-12/88
• Exploration Geophysicist, Shell Oil Company, Woodcreek, P.O. 527, Houston, TX 77001. 7/79-8/84

Professional Activity

• Editor-in-Chief, Seismological Research Letters 2010-2013

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Geophysical Union
• Seismological Society of America
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• IRIS: University Representative

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Japan-Science and Technology Agency Fellowship, 1989
• David A. Johnston Memorial Scholarship (Geophysics), 1987
• President, University of Washington Geophysical Society, 1985
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
• Edmund J. James Scholar, University of Illinois, 1976-1977
• Dean's list, University of Illinois, 1975-1976

Committee Participation

• IRIS Representative, University of North Carolina
• IRIS Representative, Yale University, 1995-2000
• AGU Press Liaison, 1997-1998
• IRIS, Data Management System Standing Committee

SOFTWARE DEVELOPED:

• Geotouch: Three-dimensional GIS for Geology and Geophysics Geotouch
• Multi-Taper Spectral Methods MTM
• Lees, J. M. (2007), ProfessR: Grades Setting and Exam Maker, Description Programs to determine student grades and create examinations from Question banks. Programs will create numerous multiple choice exams, randomly shuffled, for different versions of same question list ProfessR
• Lees, J. M. (2007), RFOC: Graphics for Spherical Distributions and Earthquake Focal Mechanisms, Graphics for statistics on a sphere, as applied to geological fault data, crystalogaphy, earthquake focal mechanisms, radiation patterns, ternary plots and geographical/geological maps RFOC
• Lees, J. M. (2007), RPMG:Graphical User Interface (GUI) for interactive R analysis sessions, Poor Man's Gui: create interactive R analysis sessions zoeppritz
• Lees, J. M. (2008), RSEIS: Multiple interactive codes to analyze seismic data, via, spectrum analysis, wavelet transforms, particle motion, hodograms RTOMO

CLASSES TAUGHT:

Introduction to Seismology Inverse Theory, Advanced Seismology, Signal Analysis, Active Tectonics, Volcanoes, Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences, Global Plate Tectonics

Publications