Steven C. Cohen Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory NASA/GSFC Coe 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301)-614-6466 FAX: (301)-614-6522 Email: Steven.Cohen@nasa.gov CURRENT POSITION Senior Geophysicist (Emeritus), Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory RESEARCH AREAS Solid Earth Geophysics, Tectonophysics, Crustal Deformation, Numerical Modeling, Satellite Geodesy, Laser Physics EDUCATION 1970 - B.S. Physics, Drexel University 1972 - M.S. Physics, University of Maryland 1973 - Ph.D. Physics, University of Maryland PREVIOUS POSITIONS 1966 - 1970 Physical Science Trainee, GSFC 1970 - 1976 Physicist, Laser Technology Branch, GSFC 1976 – 2004 Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, GSFC 1985- Editor for LAGEOS Special issue of Journal of Geophysical Research 1986 - 1990 Study Scientist and Team Leader Geodynamics Laser Ranging System 1991 - 1992 Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin 1996-1997 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand 2000 - Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2005 Sauber, J., G. Carver, S. Cohen, and R. King, Crustal deformation and the seismic cycle across the Kodiak Islands, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., in press. 2005 Cohen, S.C. and J.T. Freymueller, Crustal deformation in southcentral Alaska: The 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake Subduction Zone, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 47. 2003 Cohen, S.C. and D.J. Darby, Tectonic plate coupling and elastic thickness derived from the inversion of geodetic data using a steady-state viscoelastic model: Application to southern North Island, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B3), 10.1029/2001JB01687. 2001 Cohen, S.C. and J. T. Freymueller, Crustal uplift in the southcentral Alaska Subduction zone: A new analysis and interpretation of tide gauge observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 11259-11270. 2000 Freymueller, J.T., S.C. Cohen, and H. Fletcher, Variations in present-day deformation, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and their implications, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8079-8101. 2000 Cohen, S.C., Viscoelastic postseismic rebound to strike-slip earthquakes in regions of oblique plate convergence, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., 90, 1318-1322.. 1999 Cohen, S.C., Models of Crustal Deformation in Seismic Zones, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 41. 1998 Cohen, S.C., “On the Rapid Postseismic Uplift Along Turnagain Arm, Alaska following the 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1213-1215. 1997 Cohen, S.C., and J.T. Freymueller, Deformation on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 20,479-20,487. 1996 Cohen, S.C., “Time Dependence of the Uplift of the Kenai Peninsula and adjacent areas of Southcentral Alaska since the 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 8595-8604.