Project Personnel

Project Personnel

Principal Investigators:

Prof. John Caskey, Department of Geosciences, SFSU - John, together with Prof. Karen Grove took over the project following Jon Galehouse's retirement from the project in 2001. John has been overseeing the project since 2006. To find out what other projects John and Karen are involved in check out their websites. (Karen's Websie; John's Website)

Project Manager:

Forrest McFarland - Forrest manages the weekly operations and logistics for the project, works closely with Jim Lienkaemper, John, and Karen on aspects orf the project, such as data analysis and interpretation, report preparation, and evaluating and designing existing and new alinement arrays. He along with Theresa Hoyt have been dedicated to the project for quite a few years and they are both instrumental in keeping the project moving smoothly into the future and training new members of the survey team. (photos)

Project Collaborator:

Dr. James J. Lienkaemper, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park - Jim worked closely with Jon Galehouse while Jon ran the Creep Project and he continues to collaborate on the project. Jim along with Jon and others at the U.S. Geological Survey have published numerous creep-related papers, some of which are referenced throughout this website. Our project also works with Jim on an annual "Blitz" when we help survey 20 alinement arrays in the span of a few weeks on the Hayward fault. These 20 sites are in addition to the 10 sites we regularly survey on the Hayward fault. (photo)

Current Research Assistants on the Project:

Heather Green Lackey, Bob Sas, Jessica Fadde, Theresa Hoyt, Leslie Pawlak, and Jonathon Polly

Past Personnel

Jon S. Galehouse, Professor Emeritus, SFSU - Jon is the founder and designer of the Creep Project. He ran the project from 1979 to 2001 and published a number of creep-related papers that are referenced throughout the website. (photos)

Previous Research Assistants on the Project (listed alphabetically):

Robert Abrams, Chris Alger, Brett Baker, Linda Bond, Beth Brown, Grover Buhr, Peter Boyle, Bret Butler, Ralph Camiccia, Grace Carpenter, Mark Casterson, Denise Coutlakis, Carolyn Domrose, Greg Gabel, Lisa Garmin, Janet Garnica, Carolyn Garrison, Olliver Graves, Matthew Horrigan, C J Hayden, Kathleen Isaacson, Forrest McFarland, Barbara Menne, Nicole Peirce, Jonathan Perkins, Holly Prochaska, Regan Long, Brian Pierce, Glenn Price, Carl Schaefer, Annie Scherer, Gary Schneider, Debra Smith, Leta Smith, Min Min Sun, Jim Thordson, and Wai Wong (Note: This is not yet a complete listing)