M. Nafi Toksoz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Professor Emeritus
Cambridge, Massachusetts
toksoz@mit.edu
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(617) 253-7852
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Prof. M. Nafi Toksöz is Robert R. Shrock Professor of Geophysics (Emeritus). He is the Founder of the Earth Resources Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was its Director from 1982 to 1998. He is also the Director of the George R. Wallace, Jr. Geophysical Observatory. He recei...
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Prof. M. Nafi Toksöz is Robert R. Shrock Professor of Geophysics (Emeritus). He is the Founder of the Earth Resources Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was its Director from 1982 to 1998. He is also the Director of the George R. Wallace, Jr. Geophysical Observatory. He received his geophysical engineering degree at Colorado School of Mines and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, in geophysics, at the California Institute of Technology. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, M.I.T., since 1965.
He is the 2006 recipient of the Harry Fielding Reid Medal of the Seismological Society of America. He has received the scientific achievement medals from NASA, his alma mater, the Colorado School of Mines, and other institutions. Prof. Toksöz is the author or co-author of more than 400 technical papers in geophysics, including many articles on geophysics and seismology. He has edited books and served on editorial boards of scientific journals. M. N. Toksöz has and continues to serve on scientific advisory and review committees for U.S. government agencies, universities, international organizations, and industry. His academic activities include teaching,leading several research projects, and advising a number of graduate students.
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He is the 2006 recipient of the Harry Fielding Reid Medal of the Seismological Society of America. He has received the scientific achievement medals from NASA, his alma mater, the Colorado School of Mines, and other institutions. Prof. Toksöz is the author or co-author of more than 400 technical papers in geophysics, including many articles on geophysics and seismology. He has edited books and served on editorial boards of scientific journals. M. N. Toksöz has and continues to serve on scientific advisory and review committees for U.S. government agencies, universities, international organizations, and industry. His academic activities include teaching,leading several research projects, and advising a number of graduate students.
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