Andrew Jason Lloyd

BIOGRAPHY:

I use state-of-the-art methodologies from the field of seismology and high-performance computing to image Earth’s elastic structure as well as adapt and develop analogous methods to image Earth’s 3D viscosity structure using observations of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA). Through this lens of data driven inversions, I am keen to improve images of Earth’s 3D structural properties (e.g., elastic, anisotropic, anelastic, viscous) and to better characterize source properties (e.g., earthquakes and ice sheets). My results allow me to better understand geodynamic and tectonic processes as well as the interactions of the solid Earth and the cryosphere/hydrosphere. Another dimension of my research involves the deployment of autonomous seismic and GPS stations in Antarctica and I plan to continue and expand these efforts either directly or through collaborations to aid my research. Overall, my aspiration is to revolutionize how GIA related observations are assimilated and research questions tackled, by developing inverse methods akin to those of seismology and interdisciplinary geophysical joint inversions (e.g., seismology and GIA).