Email: ldtoney@alaska.edu
Phone: +1 360 305 8188
Web: liam.earth
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) | Fairbanks, AK | May 2023 (expected)
Ph.D. in Geophysics
Pomona College | Claremont, CA | December 2017
B.A. cum laude in Physics; minor in Geology
School for International Training | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India | August 2015–December 2015
Sustainable Development and Social Change program
U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Hazards Science Center | Golden, CO | June 2020–present
Student Trainee (Physical Science), Landslide Hazards Program
UAF Geophysical Institute (GI) | Fairbanks, AK | August 2018–present
Graduate Research Assistant
GNS Science | Waikato, New Zealand | April 2018–May 2018
Ashfall Geovisualization Developer
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) | Albuquerque, NM | June 2017–August 2017
R&D Intern, Geophysics Department
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) | Albuquerque, NM | June 2016–August 2016
Summer REU Intern (placement at SNL as part of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program)
GEOS 431/631 — Foundations of Geophysics | UAF | Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant
GEOS 436/636 — Programming and Automation for Geoscientists | UAF | Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant
Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists (ROSES) Summer School | August 2020
Instructor
Breakthrough Collaborative | Birmingham, AL | June 2015–July 2015
Teaching Fellow
Pomona College | Claremont, CA | January 2014–May 2016
Teaching Assistant, Physics Department
Toney, L., & Allstadt, K. E. (in review). lsforce: A Python-based single-force seismic inversion framework for massive landslides. Seismological Research Letters.
Dannemann Dugick, F., van der Lee, S., Prieto, G. A., Dybing, S. N., Toney, L., & Cole, H. (in review). ROSES: Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists. Seismological Research Letters.
Toney, L., Fee, D., Allstadt, K. E., Haney, M., & Matoza, R. S. (in review). Reconstructing the dynamics of the highly-similar May 2016 and June 2019 Iliamna Volcano, Alaska ice–rock avalanches from seismoacoustic data. Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions. doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2020-47
Fee, D., Toney, L., Kim, K., Sanderson, R. W., Iezzi, A. M., Matoza, R. S., De Angelis, S., Jolly, A. D., Lyons, J. J., & Haney, M. (2021). Local explosion detection and infrasound localization by reverse time migration using 3-D finite-difference wave propagation. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.620813
Toney, L., Abbott, R. E., Preston, L. A., Tang, D. G., Finlay, T., & Phillips-Alonge, K. (2019). Joint body- and surface-wave tomography of Yucca Flat, Nevada using a novel seismic source. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 109(5), 1922–1934. doi.org/10.1785/0120180322
Toney, L., Fee, D., & Witsil, A. (2020). An assessment of support vector machines for volcanic infrasound signal classification on local scales. Abstract S001-0012 presented at 2020 AGU Fall Meeting, online, 1–17 Dec. (poster)
Fee, D., Toney, L., Matoza, R. S., Sanderson, R. W., Haney, M., Lyons, J. J., Iezzi, A. M., Kim, K., De Angelis, S., Diaz Moreno, A., & Jolly, A. D. (2019). A framework for improved infrasound back-projection on local and regional scales. Abstract S41E-0577 presented at 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 Dec. (poster)
Toney, L., Fee, D., Allstadt, K. E., Haney, M., & Matoza, R. S. (2019). A tale of two very large avalanches: Probing the limits of seismoacoustic avalanche characterization on Iliamna volcano, Alaska. Abstract S23D-0658 presented at 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 Dec. (poster)
Toney, L., Fee, D., Haney, M., Matoza, R. S., & Allstadt, K. E. (2019). Seismoacoustic insights from the May 22nd, 2016 Iliamna volcano rock and ice avalanche. Abstract 47 presented at 2019 SSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 23–26 April. (poster)
Toney, L., Abbott, R. E., & Preston, L. A. (2017). Joint body-and surface-wave tomography of Yucca Flat, Nevada. Abstract S33A-0854 presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11–15 Dec. (poster)
Toney, L., Abbott, R. E., Knox, H. A., Preston, L. A., & Hoots, C. R. (2016). Surface-wave tomography of Yucca Flat, Nevada. Abstract S51A-2744 presented at 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12–16 Dec. (poster)
PyGMT | github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt
Contributor
lsforce | code.usgs.gov/ghsc/lhp/lsforce
Co-developer
rtm | github.com/uafgeotools/rtm
Co-developer
sonify | github.com/liamtoney/sonify
Developer
Referee
Surveys in Geophysics
Co-founder & Member | September 2020–present
GI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Vice President | May 2020–present
GI Graduate Student Association (GIGSA)
Treasurer | April 2019–May 2020
GIGSA
Secretary of Energy Achievement Award
U.S. Department of Energy (as part of the Source Physics Experiment, Phase II, Dry Alluvium Geology team)
Honorable Mention
John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest, SciPy 2020
Distinction in the Senior Exercise
Physics Department, Pomona College
Pomona College Scholar
Pomona College
Tileston Physics Prize
Physics Department, Pomona College
American Geophysical Union | 2016–present
Seismological Society of America | 2019–present
Coding
Software
| Date | Duration | Activity | Location | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July–August 2019 | 4 weeks | Seismic and infrasound station installation/maintenance | Adak/Atka/Chuginadak/Umnak islands, Alaska, USA | Assistant |
| April 2018 | 1 day | Volcanic gas flux measurement | White Island, New Zealand | Assistant |
| April 2018 | 2 days | Microgravity survey | Mount Tongariro, New Zealand | Assistant |
| February 2018 | 1 week | Seismic deployment | Southland, New Zealand | Assistant |
| July 2016 | 1 week | Active-source seismic survey | Nevada National Security Site, Nevada, USA | Assistant |
Last updated 23 February 2021