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CAMELIA CRISTINA KNAPP
(formerly Diaconescu)

Professor
Geophysical Exploration Laboratory
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of South Carolina
EWSC, Room 206
701 Sumter Street
Columbia, SC 29208
Office: (803_777-8491
Lab: (803) 777-3272

Director
Earth Sciences and Resources Institute
University of South Carolina
1233 Washington Street, Suite 300
Columbia, SC 29208
Office: (803) 798-7525
Fax: (803) 978-7528

camelia@geol.sc.edu

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Cornell University, Geophysics and Tectonics

B.S.-M.S., University of Bucharest, Geophysical Engineering

RESEARCH:

Application of active source seismology to the structure, composition, and physical properties of the Earth's crust and upper mantle; seismic wave propagation and imaging; petroleum exploration; environmental geophysics; CO₂ sequestration (CCS); hydrogeophysics; physical properties of petroleum related marine gas hydrates; Geographic Information Systems.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Environmental Geophysics

Climate Change

TEACHING:

        Fundamentals of Geophysics I: Seismology, Gravity, & Geomagnetism (GEOL 505x)
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        Applied Seismology/ Exploration Seismology (GEOL 554/765)
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        Introduction to the Earth (GEOL 101)
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        Regional Tectonics of the Carpathians (GEOL 735 w/ Jim Knapp)
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        Advanced Seismology (GEOL 766)
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        Environmental Geophysics (GEOL 548)
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     Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Geological Sciences (GEOL 551x)
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EXPERIENCE:

05/16 – present Director, Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, University of South Carolina.

01/13 – present Professor, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina.

08/09 - 12/12 Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina.

01/03 - 08/09 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.

06/00 - 12/02 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.

08/96 - 05/00 Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant, Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University.

06/98 - 09/98 Geophysicist, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc., USA.

08/95 - 06/96 Visiting Scientist (Fulbright), Cornell University.

07/90 – 05/00 Research Scientist, National Institute for Earth Physics, Romania.

09/88 - 07/90 Exploration Geophysicist, Prospectiuni. S.A., Bucharest, Romania

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

         Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor, 2013
         USC Rising Star, 2011
         SEG Foundation Scholarship: 1999-2000 (sponsor - Landmark Graphics Corp.)
         BP Amoco Caspian fellowship (Cornell Geological Department) – fall 1998
         Fulbright scholarship: 08/95-06/96

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

        Carolina Geological Society – member since 2001
        American Association of Petroleum Geologists - member since 1999
        Society of Exploration Geophysicists - member since 1999
        Cornell Geophysical Society (affiliated to SEG) - president 1997-2000
        Geological Society of America - member since 1996
        American Geophysical Union – member since 1997
        Romanian Geophysical Society – member since 1994
        Romanian Engineer Association - member since 1994

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Geophysical Exploration Laboratory
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of South Carolina
701 Sumter St.
Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Tel: (803)777-8491
Fax: (803)777-6082

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