Steven Constable
Professor
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Steven Constable is a Distinguished Professor of geophysics in the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
Constable received a B.S. with first class honors in geology from the University of Western Australia (1979) and a Ph.D. in geophysics from Australian National University (1983). In 1983 he moved to Scripps as a postdoctoral scholar and has since held various positions there.
During his career at Scripps, Constable has led the development and application of robust new electromagnetic sensors for offshore exploration. His fleet of broadband electromagnetic sensors has been deployed on the seabed more than 2,000 times to map underlying geological structure using variations of both natural (magnetotelluric) and controlled-source electromagnetic fields. Current areas of study include subduction zones, offshore volcanic hazards, offshore groundwater resources, geotechnical characterization for offshore wind farm foundations, geothermal systems, the nature of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary, inverse theory, gas hydrate studies, and offshore CO2 sequestration.
He received the 2003 G.W. Hohmann Award for Excellence in Applied Electrical Geophysics. In 2007 the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) awarded Scripps their Distinguished Achievement Award for its work on applying marine electromagnetic methods to exploration, and in 2016 awarded him the Reginald Fessenden Award as well as making him the SEG/AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. Constable was made an AGU Fellow in 2016.
Last updated February 2024