Cecily J. Wolfe
Professor
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1680 East West Road, POST 819A
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-6347
cecily@soest.hawaii.edu

Education:
Harry Oscar Wood Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1996
Postdoctoral Investigator, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1994-1995
Graduate student, MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, 1988-1994, (Ph.D. in Oceanography, 1994)
B.A. in Mathematics, Brown University, magna cum laude, 1986
Research interests:
I am a seismologist interested in a wide array of problems in different tectonic settings, including volcanoes, oceanic hotspots, mid-ocean ridges, intracontinental collisional belts, and cratons. I have field experience both as a sea-going marine scientist collecting seismic, bathymetry, and gravity data in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and as a land seismologist studying regional upper mantle structure at Iceland and Hawaii. I have also done computational biology research in genomics and epidemiology and conducted research and written on the status of women geoscience faculty.
Teaching:
GG312, Geomathematics.
GG313, Geological Data Analysis
GG451, Earthquakes
GG499, Undergraduate Thesis
GG610, Graduate Seminar
GG691, Geological Data Analysis II.
GG699, Directed Research
GG700, Thesis Research
GG800, Dissertation Research

Publications (updated 4/2013):
Ballmer, M.D., G. Ito, C. J. Wolfe, and S. C. Solomon, Double layering of a thermochemical plume in the upper mantle beneath Hawaii, in revision, 2013.
Ballmer, S., C. J. Wolfe, P. G. Okubo, M. M. Haney, and C. H. Thurber, Ambient seismic noise interferometry in Hawaii reveals long-range observability of volcanic tremor, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1093/gji/ggt112, 2013.
Matoza, R. S., P. M. Shearer, G. Lin, C. J. Wolfe, and P. G. Okubo, Systematic relocation of seismicity on Hawaii Island from 1992 to 2009 using waveform cross-correlation and cluster analysis, in press, J. Geophys. Res., 2013.
Montgomery-Brown, E., C. Thurber, C. J. Wolfe, and P. Okubo, Slow slip and tremor search at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., doi:10.1002/ggge.20044, 2013.
Collins, J. A., C. J. Wolfe, and G. Laske, Shear-wave splitting at the Hawaiian hotspot from the PLUME land and ocean bottom seismometer deployments, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys, 13 ,doi:10.1029/2011GC003881, 2012.
Gonnermann, H., J. H. Foster, M. Poland, C. J. Wolfe, B. A. Brooks, and A. Miklius, Coupling at Mauna Loa and Kilauea by stress transfer in an asthenospheric melt layer, Nature Geoscience, 5, 826-829, 2012. (click here for supplemental material)
Klawonn, M., C. J. Wolfe, L. N. Frazer, and B. F. Houghton, Novel inversion approach to constrain plume sedimentation from tephra deposit data: Application to the 17 June 1996 eruption of Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2011JB008767, 2012.
Klawonn, M., B. R. Houghton, P. Wessell, C. J. Wolfe, D. A. Swanson, and S. A. Fagents, Reproducibility of eruption volume estimates, submitted, 2012.
Wolfe, C., Depth charge (book review), Nature, 487, 167, doi:10.1038/487167a, 2012.
Anchieta, M. C., C. J. Wolfe, G. L. Pavlis, F. L. Vernon, J. A. Eakins, S. C. Solomon, G. Laske, and J. Collins, Seismicity around the Hawaiian Islands recorded by the PLUME seismometer networks: Insight into faulting near Maui, Molokai, and Oahu, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 101, 1742-1758, 2011.
Casas, E., J. Kim, A. Bendesky, L. Ohno-Machado, C. J. Wolfe, J. Yang, Slug is an essential mediator of Twist1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis, Cancer Res., 71, 245-254, doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2330, 2011.
Laske, G., A. Markee, J. A. Orcutt, C. J. Wolfe, J. A. Collins, S. C. Solomon, R. S. Detrick, D. Bercovici, and E. H. Hauri, Asymmetric shallow mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian Swell - Evidence from Rayleigh waves recorded by the PLUME network, Geophys. J. Int., 187 , 1725-1742, 2011.
Wolfe, C. J., S. C. Solomon, G. Laske, J. A. Collins, R. S. Detrick, J. A. Orcutt, D. Bercovici, E. H. Hauri, Mantle P-wave velocity structure beneath the Hawaiian hot spot, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 303, 267-280, 2011. (Click here for supplemental content)
Leahy, G. M., J. A. Collins, C. J. Wolfe, G. Laske, and S. C. Solomon, Magmatic underplating of the Hawaiian swell, Geophys. J. Int., 183, 313-329, 2010.
Syracuse, E. M., C. H. Thurber, C. J. Wolfe, P. G. Okubo, J. H. Foster, and B. A. Brooks, High-resolution locations of triggered earthquakes and tomographic imaging of Kilauea Volcano's south flank, J. Geophys. Res., 115, , B10310, doi:10.1029/2010JB007554, 2010.
Yamada, T., P. G. Okubo, and C. J. Wolfe, The 2006 Kiholo Bay, Hawaii, earthquake sequence: Relationship of the main shock slip with locations and source parameters of aftershocks, J. Geophys. Res., 115, doi:10.1029/2009JB006657, 2010.
Wolfe, C. J., S. C. Solomon, G. Laske, J. A. Collins, R. S. Detrick, J. A. Orcutt, D. Bercovici, E. H. Hauri, Mantle shear-wave velocity structure beneath the Hawaiian hot spot, Science, 326, 1388-1390, 2009. (Click here for supplementary online material)
Laske, G., J. A. Collins, C. J. Wolfe, S. C. Solomon, R. S. Detrick, J. A. Orcutt, D. Bercovici, E. H. Hauri, Probing the Hawaiian hotspot with new broadband ocean bottom instruments, Eos, 90 , 362-363, 2009.
Okubo, P. G. and C. J. Wolfe, Swarms of similar long-period earthquakes in the mantle beneath Mauna Loa Volcano, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 178, 787-794, 2008.
Brooks, B. A., J. Foster, D. Sandwell, C. J. Wolfe, P. Okubo, M. Poland, and D. Myer, Magmatically triggered slow slip at Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, Science, 321 , 1177, 2008.
Wolfe, C. J., B. A. Brooks, J. H. Foster, and P. G. Okubo, Microearthquake streaks and seismicity triggered by slow earthquakes on the mobile south flank of Kilauea, Hawai'i, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34 , doi:10.1029/2007GL031625, 2007.
Pritchard, M. E., A. M. Rubin, C. J. Wolfe, Do flexural stresses explain the mantle fault zone beneath Kilauea volcano?, Geophys. J. Int., 168 , 419-430 2007.
Brownstein, J. S., C. J. Wolfe, and K. D. Mandl, Empirical evidence for the effect of airline travel on inter-regional influenza spread in the United States, PLoS Medicine, 3, e401, 2006.
Brooks, B. A., J. H. Foster, M. Bevis, L. N. Frazer, C. J. Wolfe, and M. Behn, Periodic slow earthquakes on the flank of Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 246 , 207-216, 2006.
Wolfe, C. J., On the properties of predominant period estimators for earthquake early warning, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 96, 1961-1965, 2006.
Wolfe, C. J., I. S. Kohane, and A. J. Butte, Systematic survey reveals general applicability of "guilt-by-association" within gene coexpression networks, BMC Bioinformatics, 6:227, 2005.
Wolfe, C. J., P. K. Okubo, G. Ekstrom, M. Nettles, and P. M. Shearer, Characteristics of deep (> 13 km) Hawaiian earthquakes and Hawaiian earthquakes west of 155.55W, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 5, 10.1029/2003GC000618, 2004.
Shen, Y., Wolfe, C. J., and S. C. Solomon, Seismological evidence for a mid-mantle discontinuity beneath Hawaii and Iceland, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 214, 143-151, 2003.
Wolfe, C. J., P. K. Okubo, and P. M. Shearer, Mantle fault zone beneath Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, Science, 300, 478-480, 2003. (Click here for supporting online material.)
Wolfe, C. J., On the mathematics of using difference operators to relocate earthquakes, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 92, 2879-2892, 2002.
Wolfe, C. J., I. Th. Bjarnason, J. C. VanDecar, and S. C. Solomon, Assessing the depth resolution of tomographic models of upper mantle structure beneath Iceland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2001GL013657, 2002.
Wolfe, C. J., S. C. Solomon, P. G. Silver, R. M. Russo, and J. C. VanDecar, Inversion of body wave delay times for mantle structure beneath the Hawaiian islands: Results from the PELENET experiment, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 198, 129-145, 2002.
Wolfe, C. J., Mid-ocean ridge structures, in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 257-259, 1999.
Wolfe, C. J., F. L. Vernon, and A. Al-Amri, Shear-wave splitting across western Saudi Arabia: The pattern of mantle anisotropy at a Proterozoic shield, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 779-782, 1999.
Wolfe, C. J. Numbers of women faculty in the geosciences increasing, but slowly, feature article Eos Trans. AGU, 80, 133, 136, 1999.
Ito, G., Y. Shen, G. Hirth, and C. J. Wolfe, Mantle flow, melting, and dehydration of the Iceland mantle plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 165, 81-96, 1999.
Wolfe, C. J., Prospecting for hot spots (News and Views piece), Nature, 396, 212-213, 1998.
Wolfe, C. J., and S. C. Solomon, Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the MELT region of the East Pacific Rise: Shear-wave splitting measurements and implications for mantle flow, Science, 280, 1230-1232, 1998.
Shen, Y., S. C. Solomon, I. Th. Bjarnason, and C. J. Wolfe, Seismic evidence for a lower mantle origin of the Iceland plume, Nature, 395, 62-65, 1998.
The MELT Seismic Team, Imaging the deep seismic structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge: The MELT experiment, Science, 280, 1215-1218, 1998.
Wolfe, C. J., and F. L. Vernon III, Shear-wave splitting at central Tien Shan: Evidence for rapid variation of anisotropic patterns, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1217-1220, 1998.
Wolfe, C. J., and P. G. Silver, Seismic anisotropy of oceanic upper mantle: Shear-wave splitting methodologies and observations, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 749-771, 1998; correction J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2791, 1998.
Wolfe, C. J., I. Th. Bjarnason, J. C. VanDecar, and S. C. Solomon, Seismic structure of the Iceland mantle plume, Nature, 385, 245-247, 1997.
Bjarnason, I. Th., C. J. Wolfe, S. C. Solomon, and Gunnar Gudmundson Initial results from the ICEMELT experiment: Body-wave delay times and shear-wave splitting across Iceland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 459-462 1996; correction Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 903 1996.
Wolfe, C. J., G. M. Purdy, D. R. Toomey, and S. C. Solomon, Microearthquake characteristics and crustal velocity structure at 29N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The architecture of a slow-spreading segment, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24,449-24,472, 1995.
Wolfe, C. J., M. K. McNutt, and R. S. Detrick, The Marquesas archipelagic apron: seismic stratigraphy and implications for volcano growth, mass wasting, and crustal underplating, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13,591-13,608, 1994
Wolfe, C. J., E. A. Bergman, and S. C. Solomon, Oceanic transform earthquakes with unusual mechanisms or locations: Relation to state of stress in the adjacent lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 16,187-16,211, 1993.
Filmer, P.E., M.K. McNutt, and C.J. Wolfe, Elastic thickness of the lithosphere in the Marquesas and Society islands, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,565-19,577, 1993.
Winterer, E. L., R. A. Duncan, M. K. McNutt, J. H. Natland, I. P. Silva, W. W. Sager, W. V. Sliter, R. V. Waasbergen, and C. J. Wolfe, Cretaceous guyots in the northwest Pacific: an overview of their geology and geophysics, Geophysical Monograph, 77, 307-334, 1993.
Wolfe, C. J., and M. K. McNutt, Compensation of Cretaceous seamounts of the Darwin Rise, northwest Pacific ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 2363-2374, 1991.

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Cecily J. Wolfe Professor Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology University of Hawaii at Manoa 1680 East West Road, POST 819A Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-6347 cecily@soest.hawaii.edu

Cecily J. Wolfe
Professor
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1680 East West Road, POST 819A
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-6347
cecily@soest.hawaii.edu