field work_institutions article_title name alma_mater
seismology united states geological survey susan hough
 susan hough university of california scripps institution of oceanography
susan hough

susan elizabeth hough -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- is a seismologist at the united states geological survey in pasadena , california , and scientist in charge of the office .
she has served as an editor and contributor for many journals and is a contributing editor to `` geotimes magazine '' .
she is the author of five books , including `` earthshaking science '' -lrb- princeton -rrb- .
hough graduated from the university of california , berkeley in 1982 and is a university of california , san diego alumna , earning her ph.d. in geophysics from the scripps institution of oceanography in 1987 .
she has served on the board of directors of the seismological society of america from 1998 to 2004 and of the southern california earthquake center from 2006 to 2009 .
subsequent to the 2010 haiti earthquake , hough led the united states geological survey team charged with the installation of seismic stations and accelerometers .
the usgs are contributing to earthquake engineering efforts by improving earthquake monitoring and reporting by means of their usgs advanced national seismic system -lrb- anss -rrb- .
hough and her team deployed portable seismometers for recording aftershocks of the earthquake , and she continues to cooperate with haitian seismologosists for setting up permanent seismic monitoring in their country .
areas at risk in future earthquakes are mapped by means of seismic microzonation using local geological conditions to characterize seismic hazard .
normally , the effect of sedimentary layers are considered , however local topography is not considered in this context .
however , the results provided by hough and her team highlighted that topographic amplification played a major role in causing the earthquake damage in petionville near port-au-prince , thereby challenging the conventional view on factors to consider when performing microzonation .
hough has written numerous articles for mainstream publications such as the `` los angeles times '' .
altogether she has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals .
