MARONE Chris
Professional Preparation/Education
- Binghamton University Binghamton, NY Geology B.A. 1981
- Columbia University New York, NY Geophysics M.A. 1984
- Columbia University New York, NY Geophysics M. Phil. 1987
- Columbia University New York, NY Geophysics Ph.D. 1988
Appointments/Professional Affiliations
2020 Professore Ordinario (ERC Adv. TECTONIC), La Sapienza Università di Roma
2003 Professor of Geophysics, The Pennsylvania State University
2014-2015 Visiting Professor, La Sapienza Università di Roma
2009-2014 Associate Head, Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University
2007-2008 Visiting Fellow, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma
2001-2003 Assoc. Prof. of Geophysics, The Pennsylvania State University
1997-2000 Assoc. Prof. of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1992-1997 Asst. Prof. of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1991-1992 Adjunct Asst. Prof., University of California at Berkeley
1989-1990 Research Fellow, Melbourne Univ. and CSIRO Geomechanics, Australia;
1982-1988 Research Assistant, Lamont-Doherty Geological Obs. of Columbia University;
1981-1982 Exploration Geophysicist, Phelps Dodge Corp., Reston Va.
Research
Marone’s recent research has focused on earthquake physics, friction, and geomechanics. Recent themes have included:
- Application of machine learning to lab earthquake prediction and the physics of earthquake precursors
- slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip behaviors,
- rate-state friction mechanics, fault healing and the application of laboratory derived friction constitutive laws to faulting,
- rock-fluid interaction, reservoir properties, and poromechanics of rock deformation,
- the role of dynamic stressing in frictional instability,
- granular mechanics and the effect of particle properties on friction and jamming,
- the role of shear fabric and clay mineralogy on the frictional strength and constitutive properties of fault rocks,
- the strength and rheology of fault rocks in nature, with particular focus on samples recovered in scientific drilling.
Honors and Awards
Louis Néel Medal of the European Geosciences Union
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Academia Europaea
American Geophysical Union Outstanding Reviewer
Paul F. Robertson Award for the Breakthrough of the Year, Pennsylvania State University
Research Achievement Award, Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University
Outstanding Member of the Community, Awarded by PSU Fraternity and Sorority Chapters
Wilson Research Award, Pennsylvania State University
Kerr-McGee Career Development Professorship, MIT
Outreach and the Public (recent)
Teaching
Papers
List of papers in Google Scholar