Greg Lyzenga

SCIGN Scientist

Greg Lyzenga has been working in the Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group since 1980. He earned both a masters and a PhD in Applied Physics (geophysics) from the California Institute of Technology, and earned a B.S. in physics with distinction and departmental honors from Harvey Mudd College. Greg is also a professor at Harvey Mudd College today.

His professional interests include solid earth geophysics and geodynamics, measuring crustal deformation by space geodetic methods, numerical modeling of crustal tectonics and rheology, as well as supercomputer applications of simulation and visualization, and asteroid studies.

He is currently working on computer modeling of surface deformation patterns expected by the SCIGN data, studying postseismic deformation of the Northridge earthquake, as well as a high-resolution GPS deformation study of the eastern San Gabriel valley region with students from Harvey Mudd College.

Greg has received numerous awards, including the Fannie and John Hertz Fellowship, two NASA New Technology Awards, the NASA Group Acheivement Award, as well as an NSF Honorable Mention. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

When not hard at work at JPL or teaching at Harvey Mudd, Greg enjoys hiking, astronomy, photography, computers, biking, model rockets, and playing frisbee.

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Andrea Donnellan || Maggi Glasscoe || Michael Heflin || Ken Hurst || David Jefferson || Greg Lyzenga || Anne Mikolajcik || Jay Parker || Mark Smith || Michael Watkins || Frank Webb || Jim Zumberge

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