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Professor

Anya Reading

Professor

Physics

Orcid identifier0000-0002-9316-7605
  • Professor
    Physics
  • School of Natural Sciences, Physics, 461 Physics, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Group Leader, Compute Antarctic Group, Physics, University of Tasmania;
Program Lead, Circum Antarctic and East Antarctic, Australian Centre of Excellence for Antarctic Science, ACEAS (2021-present);
Chair, Coordinating Committee for East Antarctica, International Lithosphere Program (2021-present).


Research interests:
1) Computational data inference including inverse theory, machine learning, earthquake seismology, plate tectonic structure and evolution, ambient seismic techniques, environmental applications of seismology including ocean storms and cryoseismology.

2) Pioneer geophysical data collection comprising over 30 years leading observational seismology and interdisciplinary field programmes in remote and challenging environments including Antarctica and outback Australia.

3) Interdisciplinary insight generation for East Antarctica and other locations of societal relevance through innovative, adaptive semi-automatic workflows, and computational strategies to target and optimise data collection.


Honours:
University of Tasmania College of Sciences and Engineering Research Award (Medal, 2021);
Vice-Chancellor’s Leadership Award (Medal, 2019);
Fulbright Senior Scholar (2016/17).


International/National service highlights:
Group of Experts Member, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (2003-2006); Australian Academy of Sciences National Committee for Earth Sciences (2012-2018); Director, ANSIR National Facilities for Earth Sounding (2015-2018).


University of Tasmania service highlights:
Member of the University of Tasmania Academic Senate (2012-2015); Co-Director UTAS Research Theme Data Knowledge Decisions (2016-2019); Associate Head of Research School of Natural Sciences (2018- 2020).


Scholarly society memberships:
Royal Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
Institute of Physics
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Geological Society of Australia, Chair of Specialist Group in Geophysics
Australian Society of Exploration Geophysics
Australian Institute of Physics


Qualifications:
PhD. University of Leeds, UK. 18/07/1997
BSc. University of Edinburgh, UK. 01/07/1991
Diploma of Music. Open University, UK. 01/12/1998

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Natural Sciences

FIELD OF RESEARCH