Please see my CV for more details.
Education
- March 2022 - Current: postdoc at the Laboratoire de Géologie at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris.
- 2016-Feb 2022: Doctor of Philosophy in geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.
- 2016: Master of Science in geophysics, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
- 2014: Bachelor of Science: double major in physics and geosciences,Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Publications
- Oryan, B., Olive, J., Malatesta, L. C. & Jolivet, R. How elastic earthquake cycles generate inelastic deformation? (in prep.)
- Oryan, B., et al., (2022, in review), New GNSS and geological data from the Indo-Burman subduction zone indicate active convergence on both a locked megathrust and the Kabaw Fault, JGR solid earth.
- Steckler, M. S., Oryan, B., et al., (2022). Synthesis of the distribution of subsidence of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh. Earth- Science Reviews, 224, 103887.
- Oryan, B., & Savage, H., (2021) Regional heat flow analysis reveals frictionally weak Dead Sea fault. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
- Oryan, B., & Buck, W. R. (2020). Larger tsunamis from megathrust earthquakes where slab dip is reduced. Nature Geoscience, 1-6.
- Oryan, B., Villinger, H., Lazar, M., Schwab, M. J., Neugebauer, I., &
Ben-Avraham, Z. (2019). Heat flow in the Dead Sea from the ICDP
boreholes and its implication for the structure of the
basin. Quaternary Science Reviews, 210, 103-112.
- Malinverno, A., Cook, A. E., Daigle, H., & Oryan, B. (2018). Glacial
cycles influence marine methane hydrate formation. Geophysical
Research Letters, 45(2), 724-732.
Awards & Grants
- NASA Earth Surface and Interior grant. GNSS and InSAR Surface Deformation Constraints on a 3-D Geodetic Model of the IndoBurma Subduction Zone. Steckler M., Lindsey E, Oryan B. , et al.
- AGU 2020 Outstanding Student Presentation Award.
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Climate Center.
Temporal dynamics of tree-growth and photosynthesis and their environmental drivers in the Lamont Sanctuary Forest Preserve. Rao M., Pacheco-Solana B., Oryan, B., et al.
- Chevron Student Incentive Fund.
Developing the LDEO PhenoCam network to track the fate of forest carbon from photosynthesis to growth. Oryan, B. and Rao M.
- Chateaubriand Fellowship.
Finical support to work with Dr. Jean-Arthur Olive at the Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS).
- Stork Fund.
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences graduate student fieldtrip to Peru. Oryan, B. and Myers, E.
- Dean’s fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University.
- M.Sc. excellence scholarship, Tel Aviv University.
Recent Presentations
- JpGU (2022, invited talk):
Recorded shallow upper plate earthquakes during the interseismic period indicate non- recoverable forearc deformation and produce long-term coastal uplift.
- EGU (2022, talk):
Long-term coastal uplift due to non-recoverable forearc deformation during the interseismic phase of the subduction earthquake cycle.
- AGU Fall (2021, invited union talk):
Using InSAR and GNSS velocities to constrain the Indo-Burma Detachment Geometry.
- AGU Fall (2021, poster):
Non-recoverable deformation during the interseismic phase of the subduction earthquake cycle.
- Caltech Seismo Lab Seminar (2021, invited talk):
Permanent deformation across various time scales: Accounting for subduction upper plate failure over “purely elastic” seismic cycles.
- Hebrew University, Institute of Earth Sciences Seminar, online (2021, talk): Larger tsunamis from megathrust earthquakes where slab dip is reduced.
- Weizmann Institute of science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Seminar, online (2021, talk):
Larger tsunamis from megathrust earthquakes where slab dip is reduced.
- AGU Fall , online (2020, poster):
The Indo-Burma Detachment Geometry Constrained by an Updated Vertical and Horizontal GPS Velocity Field in Bangladesh.
- International Geodynamics Series, online (2020, talk):
Larger tsunamis from megathrust earthquakes where slab dip is reduced.
- UC Santa Cruz Seismo Coffee Hour, online (2020, talk):
Locally-observed frictional heating shows evidence of a weak Dead Sea transform fault
- Lamont-Doherty MGG Seamier, online (2020, talk):
Deviation from the standard subduction earthquake cycle model and its effect on upper plate deformation.
Field and lab work
- HT-RESIST EM research cruise, New Zealand.
- Borehole temperature profile measurements, Dead Sea, Israel.
- Thermal conductivity measurements of the ICDP Dead Sea cores, IODP core repository, Bremen, Germany.
- Thermal conductivity measurements of the ICDP Dead Sea cores, Leibniz Institute For Applied Geophysics, Hannover, Germany.
Outreach