Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach is a seismologist and professor of geology at Western Washington University (Western). [1] [2] [3] She is best known for identifying the " Swift Quake", a seismological phenomenon during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. [4] Her research usually focuses on the sounds and seismic motions from volcanoes. [5] [6] She currently serves as the associate dean of Western's College of Science and Engineering. [3]
According to her profile on Classmates.com, Caplan-Auerbach graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California with the class of 1985, and them from the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California with the class of 1981. [7]
She later received a dual- B.A. in physics and English from Yale University, and later a Ph.D. from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2001. [3] [8] Although her educational background is in physics, she found an advisor at the University of Hawaiʻi who was planning to put seismometers on an underwater volcano, and Caplan-Auerbach's interest was piqued, so she joined the team. [9]
Caplan-Auerbach is married to Pete Stelling, [4] also a volcanologist, and retired faculty at Western. [8] [10]
Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach is a seismologist and professor of geology at Western Washington University (Western). [1] [2] [3] She is best known for identifying the " Swift Quake", a seismological phenomenon during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. [4] Her research usually focuses on the sounds and seismic motions from volcanoes. [5] [6] She currently serves as the associate dean of Western's College of Science and Engineering. [3]
According to her profile on Classmates.com, Caplan-Auerbach graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California with the class of 1985, and them from the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California with the class of 1981. [7]
She later received a dual- B.A. in physics and English from Yale University, and later a Ph.D. from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2001. [3] [8] Although her educational background is in physics, she found an advisor at the University of Hawaiʻi who was planning to put seismometers on an underwater volcano, and Caplan-Auerbach's interest was piqued, so she joined the team. [9]
Caplan-Auerbach is married to Pete Stelling, [4] also a volcanologist, and retired faculty at Western. [8] [10]