David J Wald
Dr. Wald is a Seismologist with the USGS in Golden. He is involved in research, development & operations of several real-time earthquake information systems at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center. He developed and manages “ShakeMap”, “Did You Feel it?”, & is responsible for developing other systems for post-earthquake response & pre-earthquake mitigation, including ShakeCas
Wald's scientific interests include the characterization of rupture processes from complex recent and historic earthquakes using combined geodetic, teleseismic, and strong motion data; waveform modelling and inversion; analysis of ground motion hazards and site effects; earthquake source physics; and modelling earthquake-induced landslides, liquefaction, and losses, macroseismic intensity, building damage, financial and human impact, rapid damage and impact assessment, earthquake scenario development and mitigation planning and drills, and communication with the media, public, and emergency managers.
Previously at Caltech, and now at the Colorado School of Mines, Wald has advised dozens of post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate student research projects. Wald directly supervises 10 PhD level scientists and 5 five BS and MS level support staff, and supervises several students. Wald serves on several PhD committees at this time. This research has resulted in more than 450 professional publications that David has authored or co-authored, including journal papers, USGS publication series, conference papers, and published abstracts.
Education:
Post-doctoral Fellow, Geophysics, National Research Council, USGS, Pasadena, 1995
Ph.D., Geophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1993
M.S., Geophysics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1986
B.S., Geology & Physics, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 1984
Science and Products
A global earthquake discrimination scheme to optimize ground-motion prediction equation selection
Probabilistic Relationships between Ground‐Motion Parameters and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California
Impact-based earthquake alerts with the U.S. Geological Survey's PAGER system: what's next?
Improving PAGER's real-time earthquake casualty and loss estimation toolkit: a challenge
Developing ShakeCast statistical fragility analysis framework for rapid post-earthquake assessment
Developing Vs30 site-condition maps by combining observations with geologic and topographic constraints
ShakeMap Atlas 2.0: an improved suite of recent historical earthquake ShakeMaps for global hazard analyses and loss model calibration
Slab1.0: A three-dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries
Rapid estimation of the economic consequences of global earthquakes
A new strategy for developing Vs30 maps
Earthquake casualty models within the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) system
88 hours: The U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center response to the March 11, 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku earthquake
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
A global earthquake discrimination scheme to optimize ground-motion prediction equation selection
Probabilistic Relationships between Ground‐Motion Parameters and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California
Impact-based earthquake alerts with the U.S. Geological Survey's PAGER system: what's next?
Improving PAGER's real-time earthquake casualty and loss estimation toolkit: a challenge
Developing ShakeCast statistical fragility analysis framework for rapid post-earthquake assessment
Developing Vs30 site-condition maps by combining observations with geologic and topographic constraints
ShakeMap Atlas 2.0: an improved suite of recent historical earthquake ShakeMaps for global hazard analyses and loss model calibration
Slab1.0: A three-dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries
Rapid estimation of the economic consequences of global earthquakes
A new strategy for developing Vs30 maps
Earthquake casualty models within the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) system
88 hours: The U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center response to the March 11, 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku earthquake
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.