Meredith A. Langstaff, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

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Developed and wrote computer analytic models to predict earthquake fault slip rates and crustal stressing rates. Discovered an interest in the business applications of science and modeling technologies.• Dissertation title: "Mechanical models of continental plate boundaries: fault slip rates and interseismic stress rotation rates." • Published research papers in peer-reviewed journals.• Presented talks and posters at several conferences, including the annual AGU Fall Meeting (largest worldwide conference in geophysical sciences, with 20,000 earth and space scientists, educators, & policy makers).• Presented and defended two thesis defenses: one to a group of experts in my field and one to a public audience with no experience in my field.• Teaching fellow for several undergraduate classes, including "Natural Disasters" and the "Technology, Economics, and Public Policy of Renewable Energy."

Created a report for the Aruban government evaluating and modeling methods for limiting the impact of renewable energy volatility on the Aruban electricity grid• Worked in a small team both in Cambridge and in Aruba produce complete work within 5 months.• Report title: "Intermittent renewable electricity: Incentivizing load management technologies in Aruba."• Cited in Working Paper produced by the Carbon War Room, an organization that seeks to find business solutions for reductions in carbon emissions.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Ph.D., Geophysics

Sm, Applied Physics

Bs, Geophysical Sciences, Anthropology

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