Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Positions

Assistant Professor of Seismology (2023 – Present)
Geophysical Institute & Department of Geosciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2021 – 2023)
Active Tectonics and Crustal Structure of Northern Alaska
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
Scientific Mentor: Carl Tape

Postdoctoral Researcher (May – September, 2021)
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Education

PhD, Geophysics (2018 – 2021)
Adjoint tomography of the Hikurangi subduction zone and the North Island of New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Advisors: Yoshihiro Kaneko, John Townend
(2021 Doctoral Dean's List recipient)

MSc, Geophysics (2015 – 2017)
Analysis of rotational motion amplitudes on local and global scales
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
Advisors: Heiner Igel, Céline Hadziioannou, Stefanie Donner, Joachim Wassermann

BSc, Physics   &   Minor in German Studies (2011 – 2015)
Determining Love wave phase velocity through analysis of rotational ground motion
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Advisor: Toshiro Tanimoto

Select Publications

Strong upper-plate heterogeneity at the Hikurangi subduction margin (North Island, New Zealand) imaged by adjoint tomography [PDF]
Bryant Chow, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Carl Tape, Ryan Modrak, Nick Mortimer, Stephen Bannister, John Townend
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 127.1 (2022): e2021JB022865.

Evidence for deeply-subducted lower-plate seamounts at the Hikurangi subduction margin: implications for seismic and aseismic behavior [PDF]
Bryant Chow, Yoshihiro Kaneko, John Townend
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 127.1 (2022): e2021JB022866.
(EOS Editor's Highlight: Adjoint tomography illuminates Hikurangi margin complexity)

An automated workflow for adjoint tomography — Waveform misfits and synthetic inversions for the North Island, New Zealand [PDF]
Bryant Chow, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Carl Tape, Ryan Modrak, John Townend
Geophysical Journal International 223.3 (2020): 1461-1480.

Love wave amplitude decay from rotational ground motions [PDF]
Bryant Chow, Joachim Wassermann, Berhard S A Schuberth, Céline Hadziioannou, Stefanie Donner, Heiner Igel
Geophysical Journal International 218.2 (2019): 1336-1347.