Former DTM Harry Oscar Wood Fellow Nicholas Schmerr (2008-2010), now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Maryland, received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University.  His research interests include solid Earth geophysics, planetary seismology, field and array seismology, seismic instrumentation, planetary geology, cryospheric processes, numerical modeling of elastic wave propagation, geodynamics, mineral and rock physics, the structure, evolution, and dynamics of the crusts, mantles, and cores of terrestrial objects.