Maria Brumm (510) 282-0844 …

Maria Brumm
(510) 282-0844                                                                     3005 NW Market St. #A101
maria.brumm@gmail.com                                                                     Seattle, WA 98107

Education

M.S., Earth and Pla netary Science                                                                 May 2008
University of California, Berkeley                                                              Berkeley, CA
Thesis title: Ground water in tectonically active areas: Implications for heat flow and the
              triggered eruption of mud volcanoes

B.S., Geophysics                                                                                   June 2003
California Institute of Technology                                                              Pasadena, CA

Experience

Graduate Student Researcher                                                                      2006-2008
University of California, Berkeley                                                              Berkeley, CA
   · Used spring temperatures and stable isotope compositions to investigate the
     hydrogeology of a mountain basin
   · Created a new seismic attenuation relationship for Indonesia
   · Investigated relationships between seismic liquefaction, mud rheology, and mud volcano
     eruption

Graduate Student Instructor                                                                        Fall 2006
"Earthquakes in Your Backyard"                                                                     Fall 2007
University of California, Berkeley                                                              Berkeley, CA
  · Presented information on seismic hazards and mitigation to a general audience
  · Developed curriculum material, including PHP programming for web-based homework

Staff Geohydrologist                                                                     July 2003 ­ May 2005
GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.                                                                   Upland, CA
   · Developed an ArcView application to assess liquefaction hazard
   · Conducted drinking water source protection evaluations and water quality sampling
   · Analysis and technical writing for a variety of projects related to ground water resources evaluation
      and management, including project EIRs.

Additional Experience: Undergraduate teaching assistant, web designer, bench clerk for At the Crossroads of
Law and Technology conference, summer undergraduate research fellowship in the history of astronomy

Technical Skills

Software experience: ArcView/ArcGIS, 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, Groundwater Vistas (MODFLOW 2000),
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, LaTeX. Proficient
with all major operating systems including Unix/Linux.
Develop ment experience: ESRI Avenue, MATLAB, PHP, Perl, HTML/XHTML/CSS.

Publications

M. Brumm, C.-Y. Wang, and M. Manga (2008) Spring temperatures in the Sagehen Basin, Sierra Nevada,
California: Implications for heat flow and ground water circulation. Geofluids (in review).
M. Brumm, M. Manga, and M.L. Rudolph (2008) Earthquake triggering of mud volcanoes: a review. Marine
and Petroleum Geology (in review).
R. Davies, M. Brumm, M. Manga, R. Rubiandini, and R. Swarbrick (2008) The East Java mud volcano (2006 to
present): an earthquake or drilling trigger? Earth and Planetary Science Letters (in press).