THOMAS ANDREW LEE
20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 | talee@fas.harvard.edu
http://www.seismology.harvard.edu/people/lee.html | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-8239

EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Expected program graduation Spring 2024
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Class of 2022, M.A. in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Class of 2019, A.B. in Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Cum Laude in Field, High Honors

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Earth and Planetary Science Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Seismology Research Group, Graduate Student (September 2019 – Present)
Advisors: Prof. Miaki Ishii & Dr. Paul Okubo (University of Hawai`i)
Researched the seismic signals that arise out of tropical storms and how this data source can be leveraged to improveunderstanding of storm systems and their evolution over the last century. Additionally, worked broadly concerning novel
uses of analog seismic data (especially ambient noise) and solutions to important problems that must be considered whenusing this unique data.
Earth and Planetary Science Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Seismology Research Group, Undergraduate Research Assistant (February 2016 – August 2019)
Advisors: Prof. Miaki Ishii & Dr. Paul Okubo (USGS)
Worked on interpretation of ambient seismic noise correlations in volcanic environments, time synchronization of analog
seismograms across stations, digitization of analog seismograms with DigitSeis program, and applications of machinelearning to improve digitization algorithms.
United States Geological Survey, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, HI
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Visiting Scientist (Summer 2017 and 2018)
Advisor: Dr. Paul Okubo
Worked on preservation and digitization of the analog seismogram collection at the observatory and collected data towork on time synchronization of analog records. Took part in field work related to the 2018 eruptive activity of Kīlauea.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
F – Fall Semester, S – Spring Semester
Earth and Planetary Sciences 100: The Missing MATLAB Course (Prof. Miaki Ishii)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Teaching Fellow (2023F)
Prepared materials and designed activities, helped with instruction and course logistics, graded, held office hours, andadvised final projects. Undergraduates and graduate students are taught scientific programming and develop proficiency in
MATLAB. The course includes a capstone project in which students build comprehensive codes relevant to their work.
Freshman Seminar 23I: GeoScifi Movies (Prof. Miaki Ishii), Harvard University
Cambridge, MA – Teaching Fellow (2020F, 2021F, 2023F), Activity Facilitator (2019F)
Prepared materials and designed activities, helped with instruction, graded, held office hours, and undertook a full
redesign of the course to support remote learning in the 2020F semester. Freshman students watch blockbuster films
involving natural disasters and then are guided through basic science, back-of-the-envelope calculations, and role-playing
activies to determine the feasibility of what is shown on screen.

General Education 1098: Natural Disasters (Prof. Brendan Meade)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Teaching Fellow (2023S)
Prepared materials for, taught lab section, graded, and held office hours. Undergraduate students from a range of
disciplines examine natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes, earthquakes, floods) from an Earth-science perspective, learn why
these event are so catastrophic, and assess our ability to forecast and mitigate the effects of future events.
General Education 1085: Energy Resources and the Environment (Prof. John Shaw)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Teaching Fellow (2022S)
Prepared materials for, taught lab section, graded, and held office hours. Undergraduate students from a range of
disciplines are taught the full life cycles (i.e., formation, identification, extraction, refinement, use, and disposal) for
various energy sources (e.g., coal, petroleum, nuclear, renewables) and the environmental effects which can arise fromeach step.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 165/265: Introduction to Seismology (Prof. Miaki Ishii)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Teaching Fellow (2021F)
Prepared materials and designed activities, helped with instruction and course logistics, graded, held office hours, andadvised final projects. Undergraduates concentrating in Earth and Planetary Sciences and graduate students are introduced
to the behaviours of seismic waves in the Earth and basic analyses which are common in seismology. The course includes
a capstone in the form of a project involving preliminary investigative work in a particular part of the field in which they
have interest.
General Education 1137: The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change: Transitioning to a Post Fossil Fuel
Future (Prof. Michael McElroy)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Teaching Fellow (2021S)
Prepared materials, taught discussion section, graded, and held office hours. Undergraduate students from a range of
disciplines learn background information about the science and politics of the climate problem in a lecture component. In
the discussion section, students are guided through research of their own to culminate in a comprehensive final paper
examining a specific issue relevant to climate and energy.
Earth and Planetary Sciences 99a: Tutorial – Senior Year (Dr. Esther James)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Workshop Leader (2019F, 2020F, 2021F, 2022F, 2023F)
Created a Senior Thesis template for LaTeX and led a workshop for Senior Thesis Writers on using LaTeX for writing
scientific documents. Sat on panel of former Thesis Writers to talk about the writing process and answer questions fromcurrent writers.
Summer Bridge Program
Waiakea High School, Hilo, HI – AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate (Summer 2015 and 2016)
Prepared materials for, and helped with instruction. Incoming 9th graders work to build strong math and science skills in
preparation for high-school geometry and biology.

MENTORING EXPERIENCESPHEER (Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research) Program, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA – 2023 (Eduardo Lezama)Served as Head Peer Mentor for a cohort of 10 summer REU students, and as a graduate mentor for one student working
on microseismic attenuation who submitted an AGU abstract on his work. Developed programming for and gave weekly
workshops on science skills such as communication, networking, and presenting. Provided general logistical and advising
support for students.
URISE (Undergraduate Research Internships in Seismology) Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – 2023
(Masooma Hasnain)
Served as a graduate mentor for a summer REU student funded through the Earthscope Consortium. Student investigatedmethods for characterizing ambient seismic noise arising from local and land-based weather systems, and submitted an
AGU abstract.

Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Short-Term Summer Projects, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA –2020 (Joesph Brower & Larua Appleby), 2022 (Larom Segev, Frank Lee, & Julia Pastreich)
Worked with incoming freshmen and sophomores on three-week projects funded through the department involving
historical seismic data and its digitization. Guided students on their individual projects, gave context for the importance of
the work, held bi-weekly meetings, and had general conversations with students about the sciences and research at
Harvard.
Ishii Group Summer Interns, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – 2020 (Jason Jorge & Jingxing Fang)
Advised two undergraduate students in summer projects. One assessed methods to quantify time uncertainties in global
networks of analog seismograms from ISC data, and the other investigated the changes in seismic power that resulted
from Hurricane Earl in 2010.

HONORS and AWARDS
American Geophysical Union Jerome M. Paros Scholarship in Geophysical Instrumentation – 2023
American Institute for Conservation Photographic Materials Group Travel Grant – 2023
American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Presentation Award – 2019, 2021, 2022
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Graduate Teaching Award – 2022
The Derek Bok Center: Certificate of Distinction in Teaching1 – 2020F, 2021S, 2021F, 2022S
The Derek Bok Center: Teaching Certificate2 – 2022
Bowdoin Prize: Undergraduate Essay in the Natural Sciences – 2019
Hoopes Prize (Outstanding Senior Thesis) – 2019
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Student Travel Grant – 2018
Harvard College Undergraduate Research Program Grant – 2018, 2017
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Student Travel Grant – 2018, 2017
1

Given on basis of student-evaluations on a course-by-course basis.
Given upon completion of trainings and reflections as outlined by the Bok Center.

2

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Session Convener: Legacy Seismic Data Collections: The Present State of and Future Outlook for Data from the Past,
Annual Meeting 2023, SSA, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-20 Apr.
Session Co-chair: Back to the Future: Innovative New Research with Legacy Seismic Data, Annual Meeting 2021, SSA,
online, 19-23 Apr.
Workshop Leader: Demonstration of DigitSeis.v.1.5 (Breakout Session), Securing Legacy Seismic Data to Enable Future
Discoveries, NSF Supported Workshop, 2019, Albuquerque, NM, 18-19 Sep.
Reveiwer: Seismological Research Letters, USGS Internal Reviews

PROPOSALS and FUNDING
National Science Foundation EAR: Characterization of Oceanic Storm Systems Using Microseism, 2243407, Jan.
2023 – Dec. 2024
Wrote and partially funded by this proposal.
U.S. Department of State: Investigating the Feasibility of Extracting Digital Data from Analog Microform
Seismogram, 19AQMM20P1475, Fall 2020 – Fall 2021
Contributed significantly to the writing of and partially funded by this proposal.

U.S. Geological Survey: Implementation of Curvature Correction in DigitSeis for Pen-Type Analog Seismograms,
Grant Number G20AS00042, FY 2021
Contributed significantly to the writing of and partially funded by this proposal.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS*In Prep.
Ringler, A. T., T. Lee, R. E. Anthony, and D. Wilson (submitted 2023). Revisiting Earth’s Inner Core: Historical
data using modern approaches, submitted to Seismological Research Letters
Aster, R., A. Ringler, R. Anthony, and T. Lee (2023). Increasing near-coastal ocean wave energy observed in
Earth’s seismic wavefield since the late 1980s, Nature Communications.
Lee, T., A. T. Ringler, R. E. Anthony, M. Ishii (2023). Comparison of Corecorded Analog and Digital Systems for
Characterization of Responses and Uncertainties. Seismological Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230129
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2022). Assessing the Fidelity of Seismic Records from Microfilm and Paper Media,
Seismological Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220220134
Lee, T., M. Ishii, M., & P. Okubo (2020). Relative Time Corrections for Historical Analog Seismograms Using theSingle‐Day Ambient Noise Correlation Function. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 110.6 (2020): 31853195.
*Lee, T., M. Ishii, P. Okubo (in prep.). Modeling Microseismic Observations of Hurricane Intensification and Propagationof Swell*Lee, T., M. Ishii, P. Okubo, & H. Ishii (in prep.). Extraction of Storm Parameters from Microseism: Application to
Atlantic Hurricane Season 1938
*Lee, T., J. Steim, T. Van Zandt, & M. Ishii (in prep.). Development of Models to Characterize Non-Orthogonality inSeismic Instruments*Richards, P. G., J. L. Luna, J. Wilding, G. Ekström, W. Kim, D. P. Schaff, J. Dewey, T. Lee, & M. Ishii (in prep.). An
origin time for the first nuclear explosion (TRINITY), as an example of modern methods of seismogram analysis applied
to high-quality legacy seismic data.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Lee, T. (2019), Detection of a “Silent” Magma Intrusion Using Ambient Seismic Noise Autocorrelation Functions fromthe 2018 Kīlauea, Hawai`i Eruption, Senior Thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Lee, T. (2018). DigitSeis v1.3: User Manual. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Seismology. Available at
http://seismology.harvard.edu/downloads/DigitSeis/DigitSeis1.3/DigitSeis_Manual_1.3.pdf
Lee, T. (2017). DigitSeis v1.1: User Manual. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Seismology. Available at
http://seismology.harvard.edu/downloads/DigitSeis/DigitSeis1.1/DigitSeis1.1_Manual.pdf

PRESENTATIONS*Invited
Lee, T., M. Ishii, P. Okubo, and H. Ishii (2023). Observations of Oceanic Weather from Re-Analysis of 1930s Seismic
Data, to be presented at 2023 Annual Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 11-15 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2023). Modeling Microseism Responses to Tropical Storms: From Intensification to
Dissipation, to be presented at 2023 Annual Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 11-15 Dec.

*Lee, T. (2023). Historical Seismic Data for the Future: Preservation, Digitization, and Utility, to be given at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 7 Dec.
*Lee, T. (2023). Characterizing Microseismic Signals from Hurricanes: Implications for Historical Seismic Records andStorm Inventories, given at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 11 Oct.
*Lee, T. (2023). Characterizing Microseismic Signals from Hurricanes: Implications for Historical Seismic Records andStorm Inventories, given at the Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence,
RI, 26 Sept.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, P. Okubo (2023). Lessons From Preserving and Extracting Historical Seismic Data, presented at 2023
General Assembly, IUGG, Berlin, Germany, 12-20 Jul.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, P. Okubo (2023). Observations of Tropical Storms and the Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions fromSeismology, presented at 2023 General Assembly, IUGG, Berlin, Germany, 12-20 Jul.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, H. Ishii (2023). An Update on the Development of the DigitSeis Software, presented at 2023 Annual
Meeting, SSA, San Juan, PR, 17-20 Apr.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, P. Okubo, A. Maloney, and E. Bulat (2023). Photography in Seismology, presented at 2023 WinterMeeting, American Institute of Conservators, Photographic Materials Group, Austin, TX, 22-24 Feb.
*Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2022). Improving Pre-Satellite Era Oceanic Storm Catalogs with Seismology, presented
at 2022 Annual Meeting, AGU, Chicago, IL, 12-16 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, R. Anthony, A. Ringler, and P. Okubo (2022). Developing Standards for and Extracting Metadata from
Legacy Seismic Records, presented at 2022 Annual Meeting, AGU, Chicago, IL, 12-16 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2022). Developing Methods to Characterize Tropical Cyclones via Long-Running
Seismic Observations, presented at 2022 Annual Meeting, AGU, Chicago, IL, 12-16 Dec.
*Lee, T. (2022). Investigating the Fidelity of Legacy Data Processing Chains, given at Albuquerque Seismological
Laboratory, USGS, Albuquerque, NM, 12 Jul.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2021). Fidelity of Seismic Data on Microformats, presented at 2021 Annual Meeting,
AGU, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2021). Characterization of Tropical Cyclones via Seismic Recordings and Implicationsfor Historic Inventories, presented at 2021 Annual Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2021). Digitized Legacy Data: Original Paper v. Microform Copies, presented at Joint
Scientific Assembly, IAGA-IASPEI, online, 21-27 Aug.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2021). Fidelity of Legacy Data Across Different Media Types, presented at 2021 Annual
Meeting, SSA, online, 19-23 Apr.
*Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2020). The Future is the Past: Challenges with and the Scientific Value of Legacy
Seismic Data, presented at 2020 Annual Meeting, AGU, online, 1-17 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2019). Relative Time Corrections for Digitized Analog Seismograms via the Noise
Correlation Function, presented at 2019 Annual Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, H. Ishii, and T. Morinaga (2019). Moving Forward by Looking Back: Utilization of Legacy Seismic
Data in the Modern Age, presented at 2019 Annual Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

*Lee, T., M. Ishii, H. Ishii, and T. Morinaga (2019). The Potential of Analog Seismograms for Science and Education,
presented at Securing Legacy Seismic Data to Enable Future Discoveries, NSF Supported Workshop, Albuquerque, NM,
18-19 Sep.
*Lee, T., and M. Ishii (2019). Demonstration of DigitSeis.v.1.5 (Breakout Session), presented at Securing Legacy Seismic
Data to Enable Future Discoveries, NSF Supported Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, 18-19 Sep.
*Lee, T., and M. Ishii (2019). Relative Time Corrections for Digitized Analog Records, presented at Securing Legacy
Seismic Data to Enable Future Discoveries, NSF Supported Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, 18-19 Sep.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2019), Interpretations of and Proposed Model for Progressive Decorrelation of AutoCorrelation Functions on the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea during the Volcanic Activity of 2018, presented at 2019 Annual
Meeting, SSA, Seattle, WA, 23-26 Apr.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and H. Ishii (2019). DigitSeis: Near-Fully Automated Conversion of Paper Seismograms to Digital Time
Series, presented at 2019 Annual Meeting, SSA, Seattle, WA, 23-26 Apr.
M., Ishii, T. Morinaga, and T. Lee (2019). The Potential of Analogue Seismograms for Science and Education, presented
at 2019 Annual Meeting, SSA, Seattle, WA, 23-26 Apr.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2018). Temporal Velocity Changes on the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea Concurrent with theVolcanic Activity of 2018 Interpreted from Changes in Single-Station Correlation Functions, presented at 2018 Fall
Meeting, AGU, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and J. Taber (2018). DigitSeis: Opportunities for Digitization of Analog Seismograms Through
Educators and Citizen Science, presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, AGU, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.
Lee, T., M. Ishii, and P. Okubo (2018). Consistent inconsistencies: A new method for assessing time corrections needed
for analog seismograms, presented at 2018 Workshop, IRIS, Albuquerque, NM, 12-14 Jun.
Lee, T., and M. Ishii (2017). Teleseism-based relative time corrections for modern analyses of digitized analog
seismograms, presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.