Thorne Lay (born 1956) is an American

seismologist Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...

. He was born in

Casper, Wyoming Casper is a city in, and the county seat of, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in the state, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nic ...

in 1956, and raised in

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. He is a professor of earth and planetary sciences at the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...

Education

Lay received a B.S. from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of Roc ...

in 1978, a M.S. from the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

in 1980, and a Ph.D. also from California Institute of Technology, in 1983.

Awards and academic honors

* USTC Distinguished Lecture Series in Earth and Space Sciences, 2015 * IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2015 * Star on the Mountain Award, City of El Paso, Texas, 2015 * Fessinger-Springer Memorial Lecture, University of Texas El Paso, 2015 * Honorary Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2014 * Inge Lehmann Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2014 * Harry Fielding Reid Medal, Seismological Society of America, 2014 * Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2014 * Gutenberg Lecturer of Seismology Section, American Geophysical Union, 2011 * Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009 * Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008 * Lifetime National Associate of the National Academies of Science 2002 * Taiwan National Research Council Visiting Senior Scholar, 1997 * Japan Society for Promotion of Science Visiting Scholar, 1992 * Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1991 * Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1991

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lay, Thorne 1956 births Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences University of California, Santa Cruz faculty American seismologists