ANDREA L. LLENOS
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
77 Massachusetts Ave., 54-511MS #22
Cambridge, MA02139Woods Hole, MA02543
(617)324-0254(508) 289-2581
EDUCATION
MassachusettsInstitute of Technology/WoodsHole Oceanographic
InstitutionJoint Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA2004-present
Ph.D. candidate in Marine Geology & Geophysics (expected 2009)
BrownUniversity, Providence, RI 2000-2004
Sc.B. Geology-Physics/Mathematics (with honors), magna cum laude
Sc.B. Mechanical Engineering
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship 2005-present
Hollister Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2004-2005
Outstanding Student Award in Mechanical Engineering,Div. Eng., Brown University 2004
Undergraduate Research and AcademicsAward, Dept. Geo. Sci., Brown University 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 2004-present
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
BrownUniversity, Dept. of Geological Sciences,Providence, RI 2003-2004
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 AlaskaFairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AKSummer 2003
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Intern
Crustal thickness in Alaska from receiver function analysis
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Cambridge, MA 2006-present
Mentor to a pre-generals Joint Program graduate student
BrownUniversity, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Providence, RI 2002
Curricular Advising Program Fellow for GE5: Mars, Moon and Earth
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
FIELDEXPERIENCE
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, Honduras, 3 weeks March 2007
PV panel installation, radio and system testing
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, Honduras, 2 weeksJanuary 2006
Sensor deployment/retrieval, box construction, instrument calibration
Futuro Sostenible para Honduras, Honduras, 1 week August2005
Antenna tower construction, mobile sensor deployment
R/V Melville, south central Pacific, 1 month November 2002
Multidisciplinary investigation of intraplate volcanic ridges near the EPR
(Gravity Lineations, Intraplate Melting, Petrology and Seismic Expedition)
PUBLICATIONS
Llenos, A. L., and J. J. McGuire, 2007, Influence of forearc structure on the extent of great subduction
zone earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., in review.
ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCES
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.