John A. Hole

Department of Geosciences
Virginia Tech
4044 Derring Hall (MC 0420)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
phone: 1-540-231-3858
fax: 1-540-231-3386
office: 1040 Derring Hall
e-mail: hole@vt.edu

last updated September 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2011 - present Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech
  • Courses taught
  • Graduate students
  • Research interests
• 2002 - 2011 Associate Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech
• 1996 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech
  
  
• 01/96 - 07/96 Visiting Research Associate, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
• 1993 - 1996 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Geophysics, Stanford University
• 1986 - 1992 Research and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geophysics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. (Geophysics), 1993, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
  • 1991 - 1993 Science Council of British Columbia G.R.E.A.T. Award.
  • 1988 - 1990 University of British Columbia I. W. Killam Predoctoral Fellowship.
  • 1986 - 1990 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship.
  
  
• B.Sc. (Honours Geology and Physics), 1986, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
  • 1986 Carleton University Medal in Science, awarded to the top B.Sc. graduate each year.
  • 1982 - 1986 A total of 12 undergraduate scholarships and fellowships.

PUBLICATIONS

Theses

Conference Abstracts

Computer Software
Computer software for the analysis and inversion of three-dimensional seismic travel time data has been requested by and distributed to scientists at 134 institutions (university, government and industry) in 30 countries (that I know of).

FIELD EXPERIENCE

• Leadership role:
  • 2012 Idaho-Oregon cratonic margin, crustal reflection and refraction survey.
  • 2011 Central Virginia M5.8 earthquake, aftershock imaging with dense arrays.
  • 2011 Salton Trough and San Andreas Fault, CA, crustal reflection and refraction survey.
  • 2009 Coast Mountains Batholith, BC, crustal reflection and refraction survey.
  • 2004 Kimballton Mine DUSEL, VA, multichannel reflection survey.
  • 2003 San Andreas Fault at SAFOD, CA, crustal reflection and refraction survey.
  • 2000 San Gregorio Fault, Moss Beach, CA, high-resolution multichannel refraction, SASW, and reflection survey.
  • 1994 Mendocino Triple Junction, CA, crustal 3D refraction survey.
  • 1989 Southwestern British Columbia, crustal refraction survey.
  • 1988 Queen Charlotte Basin, BC, crustal reflection and refraction survey.
  
  
• Data acquisition:
  • 2004 Chesapeake Bay impact crater, VA, crustal refraction and reflection survey.
  • 2002 Chesapeake Bay impact crater, VA, high-resolution reflection and refraction survey.
  • 1998 San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, CA, crustal reflection and refraction survey.
  • 1995 San Francisco Peninsula, CA, crustal refraction survey.
  • 1993 Mendocino Triple Junction, CA, crustal refraction survey.
  • 1990 Brooks Range, AK, crustal refraction survey.
  • 1990 Southwestern British Columbia, crustal refraction survey.
  • 1986 Chevron, Alberta, petroleum exploration Vibroseis survey.