Schmandt Receives 2013 Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award: Response

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.