Dr. Voon Hui Lai

An observational seismologist by training, I'm interested in (1) advancing seismic knowledge towards building resilience against natural hazards and environmental changes; and (2) understanding the interconnectedness between Earth's systems. I deploy seismic arrays and perform waveform modeling (e.g., seismic source inversion, waveform simulation) to record seismic waves and reveal how waveform complexities are results of dynamic source processes and fine-scale structural heterogeneities. My research journey has taken me to explore many intriguing problems including modeling volcanic sources and debris flows, simulating earthquake ground motion in sedimentary basins, connecting deep earth processes to their mineral composition, and understanding how solid earth-atmospheric waves couple. At Research School of Earth Sciences, I use Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a new generation fibre-optics based seismic array, to transform how we can perform high resolution subsurface and source characterizations, at places from rural outbacks to urban metropolitans.
Type
party
Access Privileges
Research School of Earth Sciences
Title
Dr.
Given Name
Voon Hui
Surname
Lai
Uni ID
u1098793
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0738-0187
Brief Description
An observational seismologist by training, I'm interested in (1) advancing seismic knowledge towards building resilience against natural hazards and environmental changes; and (2) understanding the interconnectedness between Earth's systems. I deploy seismic arrays and perform waveform modeling (e.g., seismic source inversion, waveform simulation) to record seismic waves and reveal how waveform complexities are results of dynamic source processes and fine-scale structural heterogeneities.
Full Description
An observational seismologist by training, I'm interested in (1) advancing seismic knowledge towards building resilience against natural hazards and environmental changes; and (2) understanding the interconnectedness between Earth's systems. I deploy seismic arrays and perform waveform modeling (e.g., seismic source inversion, waveform simulation) to record seismic waves and reveal how waveform complexities are results of dynamic source processes and fine-scale structural heterogeneities. My research journey has taken me to explore many intriguing problems including modeling volcanic sources and debris flows, simulating earthquake ground motion in sedimentary basins, connecting deep earth processes to their mineral composition, and understanding how solid earth-atmospheric waves couple. At Research School of Earth Sciences, I use Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a new generation fibre-optics based seismic array, to transform how we can perform high resolution subsurface and source characterizations, at places from rural outbacks to urban metropolitans.
Email Address
voonhui.lai@anu.edu.au
Postal Address
ANU College of Science The Australian National University
Website Address
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/lai-vh; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0738-0187
Fields of Research
370609 - Seismology and seismic exploration
Socio-Economic Objective
190403 - Geological hazards (e.g. earthquakes, landslides and volcanic activity); 280107 - Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Keywords
distributed acoustic sensing ; nodal seismic; Alpine Fault
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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