In our latest research, we use near-fault seismic observations to show the abrupt arrest of large strike-slip earthquakes from around the world. The results reveal that large earthquake stop suddenly, rather than die out gradually. This was published in Science on 23 April, 2026.
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: Tawhia Te Mana Research Fellow in Earth Science (2026-current)
Kyoto University, Japan: Postdoctoral Researcher, (2024-2025)
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: Research Assistant (2023-2024)
GNS Science, New Zealand: Research Assistant, (2019)
University of Canterbury, New Zealand: Research Assistant (2018-2019)
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: Research Assistant (2016)
Ph.D, Geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2024)
InSAR Measurement of Vertical Land Motion at Urban and Rural New Zealand Coastal Strips
MSc, Geology, First-Class Honours, Victoria University of Wellington (2018)
Surface Fault Rupture and Slip Distribution of the Jordan-Kekerengu-Needles Fault Network during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake, New Zealand
BSc, Geology, Victoria University of Wellington (2016)
2025, S.N. Jepson Lectureship in Seismology, Victoria University of Wellington
2022-2023, Fulbright-EQC Scholarship at Caltech ($40,000 USD)
2020, Marsden Fund Research Award ($960,000 NZD) Associate Investigator
2020, American Geophysical Union Invited Speaker
2020, New Zealand Geoscience Society Beanland-Thornley Award
2018, Victoria University of Wellington Masters Publication Scholarship ($3,000 NZD)
2017, EQC Post-Graduate Grants Program Scholarship ($15,000 NZD)
2015, Victoria University of Wellington Summer Research Scholarship ($6,000 NZD)
2014, Victoria University of Wellington Geology Prize for academic excellence