Open AccessSchmandt Receives 2013 Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award: Response
Author(s) -
Schmandt Brandon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo370010
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , curiosity , class (philosophy) , energy (signal processing) , sociology , psychology , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , social psychology , quantum mechanics
I appreciate Karen's generous words, and I am sincerely honored to receive this year's Aki Award. I would like to acknowledge that my research has been enabled by excellent mentors and colleagues and by a unique community of scientists. I was particularly lucky to wander into Gene Humphrey's office as a first‐year graduate student with a curiosity about western U.S. tectonics and seismology. Gene always matched my energy and enthusiasm and allowed me to find my path. Later, as a postdoc, I benefited from a similarly flexible and supportive environment in the Seismo Lab at Caltech. I also feel fortunate to be part of the seismology community. It is a special community that will strive to collect a world‐class data set, such as the EarthScope seismic data, and then openly put those data in the hands of any eager scientist. This unselfish and open‐minded perspective is a great motivation for me, and I expect it is for many young scientists. I am excited for the future as a member of the seismology community.