Fransiska Dannemann Dugick, PhD

Fransiska Dannemann Dugick, PhD

Geophysicist

Sandia National Laboratories

Fransiska is a Geophysicist in the Geophysical Detection Programs Department at Sandia National Laboratories. She found her way to New Mexico after time in New Jersey (high school), Colorado (undergrad; Colorado College) and Texas (graduate school; MS, Ph.D, Southern Methodist University). Fransiska is currently the president of the Rio Grande Valley Geophysical Society (website coming soon!) and serves as a US representative for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization Young Professionals Network.

Fransiska is always looking for motivated students and postdocs to join her research group, see the Students page for current opportunities and information on applying.

Curriculum Vitae

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Fransiska is a research staff member at Sandia National Laboratories. Her research interests include seismoacoustic signal detection and event location applications to global monitoring problems.

Interests

  • Seismoacoustics
  • Signal identification
  • Event characterization
  • Equity in science

Education

    PhD , SMU (2021)
    MS , SMU (2016)
    BA , CC (2012)

Recent Talks & Other News

Project on Nuclear Issues - Nuclear Scholars Initiative
Fransiska was accepted into the 2023 cohort of the Project on Nuclear Issues, Nuclear Scholars Initiative. The Nuclear Scholars Initiative aims to provide top graduate students and young professionals from around the country with a unique venue to interact and dialogue with senior experts on nuclear weapons issues. Those accepted into the program are hosted once per month over the course of six months at CSIS in Washington, DC where they participate in daylong workshops. Check out the rest of the class here!.
Dec 15, 2022
The Las Vegas Infrasound Array - Long term deployments for the characterization of urban environments
Fransiska gave an invited talk at the Fall ASA meeting highlighting recent work utilizing acoustic data recorded across Las Vegas, NV.
Dec 7, 2022 Nashville, TN
Towards Inclusive Teaching Through Online Learning - An Example from ROSES
The ROSES team was invited to speak as part of the ‘Earthquake Science, Technology, and Education in the 21st Century’ Plenary Session at the 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. Thank you to the session organizers for accommodating our virtual participation!
Sep 13, 2022 Palm Springs, CA
Towards Inclusive Teaching Through Online Learning - An Example from ROSES
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Special Issue on Seismoacoustics and Data Fusion. Submissions due Nov 01 2022
Fransiska is a guest editor of a special issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America focused on seismoacoustics and seismoacoustic data fusion. Submissions are due Nov 01, 2022.
Sep 1, 2022
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Special Issue on Seismoacoustics and Data Fusion. Submissions due Nov 01 2022

Students and PostDocs

Our research team at Sandia National Laboratories is always looking for students and postdocs interested in geophysics, seismoacoustics and explosion monitoring. We offer both year-round and summer internship options, with opportunities for remote work. Interns are hired through the Monitoring Systems and Technology Internship Center. Look for open postings here or feel free to reach out to me directly via email.

Publications

Ken Obenberger, Fransiska Dannemann Dugick, Daniel Bowman (2023). Remote Sensing Small Explosives With an Ionospheric Radar. In ESS.

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Fransiska Dannemann Dugick, Clinton Koch, Elizabeth Berg, Sarah Albert, Stephen Arrowsmith (2023). A New Decade in Seismoacoustics (2010–2022). In BSSA.

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Nora Wynn, Fransiska Dannemann Dugick, Joshua Carmichael, Andrew Thiel (2023). Evaluating Spatiotemporal Trends in Infrasound Propagation Using Seismoacoustic Arrivals from Repeating Explosions. In BSSA.

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Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists

ROSES 2022
In 2022, we partnered with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology to offer a ROSES-Lite program. This program provided students with the opportunity to work through 2020 and 2021 ROSES content on their own across a two-week period.
Sep 12, 2022 1 min read
ROSES 2021
In 2021, we refined the ROSES program to reach a wider audience. Modifications include broadening participation requirements to include undergraduates, postdocs and early career staff members, and moving towards an asynchronous program where students could attend lectures either ’live’ via Zoom or watch pre-recorded lectures.
Sep 12, 2021 1 min read
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