American Geophysical Union
Susan S. Hubbard became a member of what organization or association in 2017?
Susan S . Hubbard Susan Sharpless Hubbard is an American hydrologist and geophysicist , and an Associate Laboratory Director at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory . She was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 . Early life and education . Hubbard was inspired to work in science in an effort to develop insights and approaches important for sustaining our Earth . She studied geology at the University of California , Santa Barbara . She moved to Virginia Tech for her graduate studies , where she earned a masters degree in geological sciences . Her early research focused on tectonic reconstruction of the Southern Appalachians using seismic reflection and other datasets . Hubbard joined the University of California , Berkeley for her doctoral research , where she focused on stochastic methods for hydrogeology , and completed her doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1998 . She is recognized as a distinguished alumni from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara . Between degrees , Hubbard worked as a geophysicist in industry and as a geologist at the United States Geological Survey in Menlo Park , California . Research and career . After earning her doctorate , Hubbard was appointed a research scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory . She was made Division Director of the Earth Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab in 2013 and Associate Lab Director of the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area in 2015 . In her leadership role as an Associate Director of Berkeley lab , Hubbard has been committed to bolstering efforts to increase diversity and foster inclusion and respect for women and members of underrepresented minorities in the Earth and Environmental Sciences . Her research looks to advance the use of geophysics for subsurface characterisation , using integrated datasets to understand the environment . In particular , Hubbard attempts to quantify the dynamics of terrestrial systems . She specialises in hydrogeophysics , in particular making measurements of hydraulic conductivity , lithology and moisture movement . She has extended and advanced concepts used by the petroleum industry to better understand shallow environmental systems . Hubbard has served as Head of the Berkeley Laboratory Environmental Remediation and Water Resources Program . She is currently involved with monitoring watershed systems , imaging of permafrost and agricultural systems and monitoring of biogeochemical processes using surface geophysical data . To characterise the permafrost , Hubbard travelled around the Arctic using a ground-penetrating radar device pulled on skis . These observations help to establish how permafrost impacts carbon cycles and the balance of energy in the polar regions of Earth . Hubbard visits the same places throughout the year to understand seasonal changes to permafrost , and attempt to understand how climate change will influence its future . Within the permafrost there is a thin surface layer ( the active layer ) that freezes and thaws , resulting in a dynamic habitat for microbes . Awards and honours . - 2009 Near-surface geophysics Community Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award - 2010 Geological Society of America Birdsall Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer - 2011 Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America - 2014 University of California Distinguished Alumni - 2016 Hal Mooney Award for Near Surface Geophysics , Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 2017 Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union - 2019 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 2019 Alameda County Womens Hall of Fame - 2020 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering Selected publications . - Binley , A. , Hubbard , S . S. , Huisman , J . A. , Revil , A. , Robinson , D . A. , Singha , K. , and Slater , L . D . ( 2015 ) , The emergence of hydrogeophysics for improved understanding of subsurface processes over multiple scales , Water Resour . Res. , 51 , 3837– 3866 , doi:10.1002/2015WR017016 . - Hubbard , S . S. , Chen , J. , Peterson , J. , Majer , E . L. , Williams , K . H. , Swift , D . J. , Mailloux , B. , and Rubin , Y . ( 2001 ) , Hydrogeological characterization of the south oyster bacterial transport site using geophysical data , Water Resour . Res. , 37 ( 10 ) , 2431– 2456 , doi:10.1029/2001WR000279 . Personal life . Alongside her academic research , Hubbard is involved with winemaking . In 2009 she earned a Professional Certificate in Winemaking at the University of California , Davis . Her viniculture is inspired by her understanding of geophysics , using experimental research to improve the yield of grapes whilst reducing the use of water and fertiliser . She has studied the wine of the Mila Family vineyard using soil-pit samples , ground-penetrating radar and neutron probe analysis .