Eileen Martin (SEP 173, Ph.D. 2018 in ICME) awarded the Clarence Karcher Award in recognition of significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist of outstanding abilities

Dr. Eileen Martin has made unique, significant, and innovative contributions in the use of fiber systems for recording seismic energy across a broad range of applications. Her work on surface wave interferometry is considered pioneering and a standard reference for industrial applications. Martin is credited with being the first to use existing telecommunication infrastructure to successfully gather active, passive, and ambient noise data using DAS. Her Love Wave interferometry results are touted as the first ever obtained from DAS data. Martin’s use of DAS for permafrost thaw monitoring with application to public safety required the development of new computational and field techniques. Her use of DAS for monitoring mine safety, glacial movement, geothermal systems, and ground stability around energy pipelines demonstrates the depth and breadth of her creative interests in understanding dynamic systems. At this very early stage of her career, Martin’s published oeuvre have citation rates beyond most late career researchers and indicative of the significance her peers place on her scientific discoveries.