Richard Asirifi

Biography

Doctoral Student Fellow, 2024 - 2027, Center for Space & Earth Sciences (CSES), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth & Natural Resources Security.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Geophysics | Texas A&M University| Aug. 2024 - Present
Master of Science (MS) Geophysics | Texas A&M University| Aug. 2022 - Aug. 2024
Bachelor of Science in Physics (Geophysics) | Kwame Nkrumah Uni. of Science & Technology | 2017 - 2021

Debra & Dishberger ’79 Fellowship | Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University 2025-26
Graduate Teaching Award | Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University 2024-25
GX Technology Fellowship | College of Art & Sciences, Texas A&M University 2024-25
SSA Student Travel Grant | Seismological Society of America, USA, May 2024
Michel T. Halbouty Graduate Fellowship | College of Art & Sciences, Texas A&M University 2023-24
SEG Technical Program Travel Grant | Society of Exploration Geophysics, USA Jul. 2023
NSF EarthScope Cohort | EarthScope Consortium, National Science Foundation (NSF) Jun. 2023

R Asirifi. Fracture Characterization, Activation, and Stress Interactions During EGS Stimulation Using Waveform Cross-Correlation: A Case Study at Utah FORGE with Integrated DAS Analysis. MS Thesis publication. (https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/items/56d99900-584b-406b-a7d6-10cac270ec70)

R Asirifi, T Chen, X Chen, K Gao. Unveiling Fault Clusters and Temporal Patterns in the Pawnee Seismic Sequence Induced by Fluid Dynamics AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (3255), S51C-3255 (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AGUFMS51C.3255A/abstract)

Executive Committee Member, American Geophysical Union, Seismology Section | US 2025-27
President, Geology and Geophysics Graduate Students Council | Texas A&M University 2024-25
Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Government | Texas A&M University 2023-24
Community Service Dir., National Association of Black Geoscientists | Texas A&M University 2023-24