ANDREA L. LLENOS
allenos@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., 54-314
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 324-1960
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MS #22
Woods Hole, MA 02543
(508) 289-2581
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution Joint Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA
Ph.D. candidate in Marine Geology & Geophysics (expected 2009)
Brown University, Providence, RI
Sc.B. Geology-Physics/Mathematics (with honors), magna cum laude
Sc.B. Mechanical Engineering
2004-present
2000-2004
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Hollister Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Outstanding Student Award in Mechanical Engineering, Div. Eng., Brown University
Undergraduate Research and Academics Award, Dept. Geo. Sci., Brown University
2005-present
2004-2005
2004
2004
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Geophysical Union (2004-present), Sigma Xi (2004-present)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA
Investigations on the control of frictional heterogeneities on subduction zone
earthquake rupture using earthquake statistical models, surface wave analysis,
and earthquake cycle modeling; evolution of mechanical and transport properties
during the dehydration of serpentinites
Brown University, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Providence, RI
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Relative location of earthquake sequence on an oceanic transform fault;
microseismicity in the GLIMPSE study area, off axis of the southern EPR
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Intern
Crustal thickness in Alaska from receiver function analysis
2004-present
2003-2004
Summer 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Cambridge, MA
Mentor to a pre-generals Joint Program graduate student
Brown University, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Providence, RI
Curricular Advising Program Fellow for GE5: Mars, Moon and Earth
2006-present
2002
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, member, executive council
2005-present
Development of an early warning system to detect river flooding in the Rio Aguan
basin, as well as other projects seeking sustainable solutions for community
problems in Honduras
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, Honduras, 3 weeks
PV panel installation, radio and system testing
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, Honduras, 2 weeks
Sensor deployment/retrieval, box construction, instrument calibration
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, Honduras, 1 week
Antenna tower construction, mobile sensor deployment
R/V Melville, south central Pacific, 1 month
Multidisciplinary investigation of intraplate volcanic ridges near the EPR
(Gravity Lineations, Intraplate Melting, Petrology and Seismic Expedition)
March 2007
January 2006
August 2005
November 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Llenos, A. L., and D. W. Forsyth, 2007, Apparent supershear rupture propagation on an oceanic
transform fault, Geophys. Res. Lett., subm.
Llenos, A. L., and J. J. McGuire, 2007, Influence of forearc structure on the extent of great subduction
zone earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B09301, doi:10.1029/2007JB004944.
ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCES
Llenos, A. L., and J. J. McGuire, 2007, Detecting aseismic fault slip and magmatic intrusion from
seismicity data, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T12C (oral presentation).
Llenos, A. L., and J. J. McGuire, 2007, Detecting aseismic stressing-rate changes using a combined
ETAS/rate-state model, 5th International Workshop on Statistical Seismology (poster).
Llenos, A. L., and J. J. McGuire, 2005, Examining structural control on earthquake rupture directivity
in subduction zones, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S12A-04 (oral presentation).
Llenos, A. L., D. W. Forsyth and S. C. Webb, 2003, Microearthquakes near Matua seamount,
GLIMPSE study area, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V12B-0583 (poster).
Llenos, A. L., and D. H. Christensen, 2003, Determination of crustal thickness in Alaska using receiver
functions, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED41B-1163 (poster).
Harmon, N., D. Forsyth, D. Scheirer, A. Llenos, D. Weeraratne, S. Webb and R. Duncan, 2003, The
GLIMPSE experiment: Recent intraplate volcanism at the eastern ends of gravity lineations in the South
Pacific, Geophys. Res. Abstr., v. 5, EGS 28th General Assembly, 03905.