Management Director
Resume:
Glenn Thompson, Ph.D.
Geophysical Institute
Alaska Volcano Observatory
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775
*********@******.***
907-***-**** (office)
907-***-**** (fax)
http://www.giseis.alaska.edu/input/glenn
Key Qualifications
Expertise in the design, implementation and integration of seismic monitoring systems.
Over 10 years as an observatory-based network seismologist, monitoring regional and
volcanic seismicity in Alaska and Montserrat.
Over 15 years in geophysical software development.
Considerable experience in managing and communicating volcanic hazards and risks as
Senior Seismologist and Deputy Director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory.
Expertise in programming in MATLAB, Perl, PhP and Python with Antelope, and in
managing, archiving and databasing large seismic datasets.
Education (U.K.)
Ph.D. Volcano Seismology, University of Leeds, 1999
M.Sc. Geophysics, University of Durham, 1994
B.Sc. Theoretical Physics and Maths (2.1), University of St. Andrews, 1993
A-levels in Maths (A), Physics (A), Computer Science (B), 1989
Positions held
From To Position Employer
Geophysical Institute,
Present Research Seismologist
2006/09
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Senior Geophysicist / Applications British Geological Survey,
2003/07 2006/07
Developer Nottingham, UK
Montserrat Volcano
2000/01 2003/07 Senior Seismologist and Deputy Director
Observatory, West Indies
Postdoctoral Investigator in Volcano- Geophysical Institute,
1998/03 2000/01
Seismology University of Alaska Fairbanks
1997/09 1998/02 Analyst / Programmer TNT Express Worldwide
Computer Skills
Began computer programming in 1985, aged 13.
Specialized in software development and data management since 1994.
Project experience in MATLAB, Perl, PhP, Python, FORTRAN, C, Java, Visual Basic, Tcl/Tk,
COBOL, and BBC Basic.
Scripting expertise with Perl, awk, sed, csh, and bash.
Developed products on Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat, SuSE), Solaris, Windows (including Cygwin)
and MacOS.
Some experience in J2EE, IDL, GoogleMaps API2, KML, ArcGIS and MySQL.
Automated scripts using the Unix crontab, Windows Scheduler and Antelope rtexec.
Implemented separate operational and development systems at MVO with auto-restart and
failover capability.
Version control experience with CVS, SVN and git (and with github hosting).
Experience with Antelope, Earthworm, Glowworm, Seisan, Seislog, PC-SEIS, PITSA, Geosoft.
Extensive experience of developing Antelope applications in Perl, MATLAB, C, PhP and Python.
Hazard Management Experience
Alaska Volcano Observatory
Participated in the Redoubt Operations Room, February - April 2009 monitoring the eruption and
responding to questions by the media and public.
Participated in the Shishaldin Operations Room, March - May 1999.
Beeper duty, 1998-1999, 2008-present.
Alaska Earthquake Information Center
Developed real-time notification system for emergency managers.
Co-developed the Alaska ShakeMap system.
Co-developed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline alarm system.
Duty Seismologist, 1998-1999, 2006-2008. Responsible for rapid location and dissemination of
information of significant earthquakes in Alaska to authorities, media and public.
Montserrat Volcano Observatory 2000-2004:
Member of the Risk Assessment Panel & Scientific Advisory Committee, assessing the hazards and
risks posed by the Soufriere Hills Volcano.
Day-to-day management of the Operations Room which involved deciding access to the day-time
entry and exclusion zones, initiating small scale evacuations, and making live radio broadcasts.
Represented MVO at weekly VMSG/VEG meetings with the authorities.
Acted as MVO Director on several occasions.
Alarm duty 24-7. First responder to > 1000 volcano alarms, with call-down responsibility for local
authorities.
Graduate advisees
Chris Bruton, MS Committee member, 2010-present
Helena Buurman, PhD committee member, 2009-present
Publications
Please visit http://giseis.alaska.edu/input/glenn for a complete list of Papers, Reports and Abstracts.
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