B.Sc., Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1979

B.Sc., Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1979

Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1989

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Geological Sciences, CB #3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315. 7/2006-present

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Geological Sciences, CB #3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315. 7/2000-6/2006

Associate Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory, P.O. BOX 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109. 7/97-7/2000

Assistant Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory, P.O. BOX 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109. 7/90-6/97

Research Fellow, National Research Center for Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba-City, Japan. 3/90-9/90

Assistant Research Seismologist I, Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. 5/89-6/90

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. 12/88-4/89

Graduate Research Assistant, Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. 9/84-12/88

* Dissertation title: Seismic Tomography in Western Washington

Exploration Geophysicist, Shell Oil Company, Woodcreek, P.O. 527, Houston, TX 77001. 7/79-8/84

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

* American Geophysical Union

* Seismological Society of America

* Society of Exploration Geophysicists

* IRIS: University Representative

HONORS AND AWARDS:

* Japan-Science and Technology Agency Fellowship, 1989

* David A. Johnston Memorial Scholarship (Geophysics), 1987

* President, University of Washington Geophysical Society, 1985

* Phi Beta Kappa, 1979

* Edmund J. James Scholar, University of Illinois, 1976-1977

* Dean's list, University of Illinois, 1975-1976

Committee Participation

IRIS Representative, University of North Carolina

IRIS Representative, Yale University, 1995-2000

AGU Press Liaison, 1997-1998.

IRIS, Data Management System Standing Committee

SOFTWARE DEVELOPED:

Geotouch: Three-dimensional GIS for Geology and Geophysics: http://www.unc.edu/~leesj/geotouch

Multi-Taper Spectral Methods: http://www.unc.edu/~leesj/mtm

Lees, J. M. (2007), ProfessR: Grades Setting and Exam Maker, Description Programs to determine student grades and create examinations from Question banks. Programs will create numerous multiple choice exams, randomly shuffled, for different versions of same question list., http://www.r-project.org/ and http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

Lees, J. M. (2007), RFOC: Graphics for Spherical Distributions and Earthquake Focal Mechanisms, Graphics for statistics on a sphere, as applied to geological fault data, crystalogaphy, earthquake focal mechanisms, radiation patterns, ternary plots and geographical/geological maps., http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

Lees, J. M. (2007), RPMG:Graphical User Interface (GUI) for interactive R analysis sessions, Poor Man's Gui: create interactive R analysis sessions, http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

Lees, J. M. (2007), zoeppritz: Zoeppritz Equations, Calculate and plot scattering matrix coefficients for plane waves at interface., http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

Lees, J. M. (2008), RSEIS: Multiple interactive codes to analyze seismic data, via, spectrum analysis, wavelet transforms, particle motion, hodograms., http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

Lees, J. M. (2008), GEOmap: Topographic and Geologic Mapping. http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

Lees, J. M. (2008), RTOMO: Visualization for seismic tomography. http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/.

CLASSES TAUGHT:

Introduction to Seismology, Inverse Theory, Advanced Seismology, Signal Analysis, Active Tectonics, Volcanoes, Data Analysis in the Earth Sciences, Global Plate Tectonics

PUBLICATIONS

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