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Peter Cervelli Title: Research Geophysicist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7446 Fax: (907) 786-7425 Email: pcervelli@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	2001	Stanford University, Stanford, CA	Geophysics
M.S.	1999	Stanford University, Stanford, CA	Geophysics
B.S.	1996	Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ	Geology
M.A.	1994	Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ	Philosophy
B.A.	1992	Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ	Philosophy

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Geodesy, Seismology, General Volcanology, Data Visualization, Management, and Analysis Software

Professional Experience

June 2004 – Present	Affiliate Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
June 2004 – Present	Research Geophysicist, Alaska Volcano Observatory (USGS)
Jan 2002 – May 2004	Research Geophysicist at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (USGS)
June 1996 – Dec 2001	Teaching and Research Assistant at Stanford University
June 1992 – Dec 1994	Teaching and Research Assistant at Arizona State University

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

American Geophysical Union
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI)

Honors and/or Awards

2003 U.S. Department of Interior STAR Award, for the design and implementation of the VALVE software
2000 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Geodesy Section, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
1998 Stanford–USGS Graduate Fellow

Significant Recent Publications

Cervelli, P., The Threat of Silent Earthquakes, Scientific American, March 2004.

Battaglia M., P. Segall, J. Murray, P. Cervelli, and J. Langbein. The mechanics of unrest at Long Valley caldera, California: 1. Modeling the geometry of the source using GPS, leveling and 2-color EDM data. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., Vol. 127, p. 195-217, 2003.

Cervelli, P. and A. Miklius, The Shallow Magmatic System of Kilauea Volcano, in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1676 “The Pu‘u ‘O‘o-Kupaianaha Eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai‘i: the First Twenty Years”, C. Heliker, D. A. Swanson, and T. J. Takahashi (eds), 2003.

Miklius, A. and P. Cervelli, New evidence for interaction between Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, Nature, Vol 421, p. 229, 2003.

Cervelli, P., P. Segall, K. Johnson, M. Lisowski and A. Miklius, Sudden aseismic fault slip on the South Flank of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Nature, Vol. 415, p. 1014–1017, 2002.

Cervelli, P., F. Amelung, S. Owen, C. Meertens, P. Segall, A. Miklius, and M. Lisowski, The September 12, 1999 Upper East Rift Zone dike intrusion at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 107, No. B7, p. ECV3-1–ECV3-17, 2002.

Larson, K., P. Cervelli, M, Lisowski, A. Miklius, P. Segall, and S. Owen, Volcano monitoring using the Global Positioning System: Filtering strategies, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 106 , No. B9, p. 19,453–19,464, 2001.

Segall, P., P. Cervelli, S. Owen, M. Lisowski, and A. Miklius, Constraints on dike propagation from continuous GPS measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 106, No. B9, p. 19,301–19,318, 2001.

Cervelli, P., M. Murray, P. Segall, Y. Aoki., and T. Kato, Estimating source parameters from deformation data, with an application to the March 1997 earthquake swarm off the Izu Peninsula, Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 106, No.B6, p. 11,217–11,238, 2001.

Murray, J., P. Segall, P. Cervelli, W. Prescott, J. Svarc, Inversion of GPS data for spatially variable slip-rate on the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, CA, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 359–362, 2001.

Aoki, Y., P. Segall, T. Kato, P. Cervelli, and S. Shimada., Upward dike migration during the 1997 seismic swarm off the Izu Peninsula, Japan, from inversion of deformation data, Science, Vol. 286, p. 927–930, 1999.

Cervelli, P., S. Kenner, and P. Segall, Correction to ’Dislocations in inhomogeneous media via a moduli perturbation approach: General formulation and two-dimensional solutions, by Du. Y, P. Segall, and H. Gao.’, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. B9, p. 23,271–23,277 1999.