{{Short description|American academic and geophysicist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}}
'''Michael C. Gurnis''' is the John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics; Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair, Seismological Laboratory; Director, Seismological Laboratory; and Director, Schmidt Academy for Software Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.<ref>Michael C. Gurnis. Caltech Seismological Laboratory. https://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/michael-c-gurnis</ref> Since 2009, Gurnis has served as director of the Caltech Seismological Laboratory ("Seismo Lab"), a leader in the study of earthquakes and geophysics for more than 100 years.<ref>Caltech's Seismo Lab Celebrates 100 Years at the Forefront of Earthquake Science. Caltech. November 09, 2022. https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltechs-seismo-lab-celebrates-100-years-at-the-forefront-of-earthquake-science</ref><ref>Blinder, Collin. Seismo Lab at Caltech celebrates 100 years. ''Pasadena Star News''. November 13, 2022. </ref><ref>Perkins, Robert. USA: Scientists identify almost 2 million previously "hidden" earthquakes. Prevention Web: California Institute of Technology. April 18, 2019. https://www.preventionweb.net/news/usa-scientists-identify-almost-2-million-previously-hidden-earthquakes</ref>
Gurnis served as director of the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG),<ref>Michael Gurnis Named Director of the Seismological Laboratory. Caltech Seismological Laboratory. https://seismolab.caltech.edu/news/michael-gurnis-named-director-of-the-seismological-laboratory </ref> an NSF-funded institute operated by Caltech which supports and promotes Earth science by developing and maintaining open-source software for computational geophysics and related fields.<ref>NSF Awards $6.75 Million for Geodynamics Computational Facility. National Science Foundation. September 16, 2004. https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100442&org=NSF</ref>
Gurnis was awarded the 2013 Agustus Love Medal for fundamental contributions to geodynamics from the European Geosciences Union.<ref>2013 Augustus Love Medal. Michael Gurnis. http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/augustus-love/2013/michael-c-gurnis/ Michael Gurnis' 2013 Augustus Love Medal citation</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~gurnis/ Michael Gurnis' Caltech Home Page] * [http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/augustus-love/2013/michael-c-gurnis/ Michael Gurnis' 2013 Augustus Love Medal citation]
==Other reading== * McFarling, Usha Lee. How Push Comes to Shove. ''Los Angeles Times''. June 17, 2002. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-17-sci-plume17-story.html
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