Ebru Bozdağ, associate professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the 2026 Vladimir Keilis-Borok Medal by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Commission on Mathematical Geophysics.
The medal recognizes mid-career scientists who have made important contributions to the field of mathematical geophysics. Bozdağ was selected for her “outstanding contribution to computational seismology and development of cutting-edge methodologies in adjoint tomography, optimal misfit functions, and data compression to advance fundamental knowledge of the Earth’s interior.”
Bozdağ’s research focuses on computational and global seismology, leveraging advances in high-performance computing, 3D seismic wave simulations, and optimization techniques to advance our understanding of the internal structures and dynamics of Earth and other planets and mitigate seismic hazards.
A member of the Mines faculty since 2017, Bozdağ holds a joint appointment in the Department of Geophysics. She earned her PhD in seismology from Utrecht University in The Netherlands and a M.S. and B.S. in geophysics from Istanbul Technical University in Türkiye.
The medal will be presented in August during the Annual Meeting of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences in Montreal.
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