Natalia (Natasha) Ruppert's CV

(also known as Ratchkovski, Ratchkovsky and Ratchkovskaia)

Current position: Research seismologist with the Alaska Earthquake Information Center

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Geophysics (May, 2001)

University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Thesis title: Seismological constraints on tectonics of southern and central Alaska: Earthquake locations and source mechanisms
Master of Science, Geophysics (May, 1995)

University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Thesis title: Relocation of earthquakes in the Cook Inlet area, south-central Alaska, using the Joint Hypocenter Determination method
Course work: geodynamics, volcanology, volcano seismology, seismology, math.physics, applied numerical analysis, digital time series analysis
Magister of Geophysics (June, 1993)

Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Project Title: Dynamic characteristics of thin-layer structures
Course work: geodynamics, inverse problems in geophysics, numerical modelling, philosophy
Diploma in Geophysics (June, 1992)

Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Thesis title: Null-space structure in problem of static corrections
Course work: variety of courses in math, physics, geophysics, computer science, humanity

Postdoctoral research fellow (April, 2001 - August, 2001)

Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

- implementation of near-real-time moment tensor inversion algorithm for the Alaskan regional seismograph network
Research Assistant (January, 1994 - March, 2001)

Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

- applications of the Joint Hypocenter Determination method for relocating earthquakes in Alaska
- stress regime in the subducting plate in southern Alaska and in the crust in central Alaska
- array data processing
- moment tensor inversion
Research Assistant (September, 1993 - January, 1994)

Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia

- elasto-dynamic parameters of thin-layer structures in problems of seismic inversion, theoretical studies
Data processing analyst (May, 1993 - August, 1993)

Geophysical Research Centre, Norsk Hydro, Bergen, Norway

- computer processing of marine seismic data
Research Assistant (September, 1990 - May, 1993)

Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia

- null-space structure in problems of seismic inversion, theoretical studies and numerical experiments
Data processing analyst (July, 1990 - August, 1990)

South-Sakhalin Oil and Gas Inc., Juzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

- processing of marine seismic data

Operating systems: UNIX/SUN, DOS/PC, VAX
Computer languages: FORTRAN, MATLAB, some C
Experience with various visualization, mapping and seismological data interpretation software packages