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Semechah Lui is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). She obtained her Ph.D. in Geophysics from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Michigan. Before joining UTM in 2018, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto. Her research primarily focuses on understanding earthquake physics and fault processes through data-model-driven approaches. She explores complex physical mechanisms that drive devastating phenomena, specifically characterizing earthquake source processes, earthquake triggering interactions, and fault rupture dynamics. Her extended work addresses tectonic earthquakes and induced seismicity, which includes earthquakes caused by natural processes and human activities. Key questions in induced seismicity remain unanswered, such as identifiable differences between induced and tectonic earthquakes and the factors that control triggering mechanisms. Long-term, she aims to develop physics-based earthquake models and methodologies that contribute to natural and induced seismic hazard mitigation and earthquake prediction.
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