Susan Owen

Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Phone:

818.393.2524

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Earth Science

Deputy Chief Scientist

Employed By

Caltech/JPL

Education

Ph. D., Geophysics, Stanford University (1998)
B.A., Physics, Harvard-Radcliffe University (1992)

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (2004–2015)
- Research Scientist (2004–2015)
- Principal Investigator/Project Lead for Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis team (2010-present)
- Deputy Applications Lead for NISAR mission (2012-present)
- Discipline Program Manager for Solid Earth Science (2015-present)
- Group Supervisor, Earth Surface and Interior Group (2015-2016)
- Deputy Section Manager, Earth Science (2016-2017)
- Section Manager (2017-Present)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, LA
- Assistant Research Professor, Geophysics (2004-2006)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, LA
- Assistant Professor of Geophysics (1999–2004)
Department of Geology and Geophysics, U.C.
- Miller Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (1998-1999)
Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (1992-1993)

Community Service

AGU Geodesy Section President-Elect, (2015)
EarthScope Steering Committee, Cyberinfrastructure Committee Chair (2013-present)
UNAVCO Nominations Committee (2011-2012)
UNAVCO Board of Directors (2007-2010): Vice-Chair (2007), Chair (2008-2009)

Research Interests

Susan’s research interests include improving GPS data analysis techniques to study the earthquake cycle and volcano deformation. She also leads the Advanced Rapid Imaging Project, a team that is developing automated SAR and GPS analysis for both hazard response and hazard science.

Selected Awards

NASA Group Achievement Award, (2014)
Research Poster Conference Award from JPL OCS and OCT (2011, 2013)
Zumberge Fellow, USC (1999-2000)
Lieberman Fellowship, Stanford University (1996-1997)

Projects

ARIA
NASA-ISRO SAR Mission (NISAR)