Prof. Kristine M Larson

Professor Emerita, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado

Articles and Interviews

Meet a Professional

Dr. Kristine M. Larson in front of her favorite GPS site (P041) near Boulder, Colorado. The gray object next to Dr. Larson is a GPS receiver antenna. Photograph by Glenn Asakawa, University of Colorado. Dr. Kristine M. Larson, Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Research interests: Plate tectonics and geodesy, with work developing new ways of using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to study Earth and the water cycle. Research highlights: For many, GPS is a

Interview with Prof. Emerita Kristine M. Larson

Shared Resources

Presentations and shared documents

Shared Links

Article: GPS Going Places

NASA: Who uses science data? Profile of Kristine Larson

Contact

https://www.kristinelarson.net

kristinem.larson@gmail.com

Biography

Born and raised in southern California Prof. Larson's family moved to San Diego in 1970 when her father took a job at the Deep Sea Drilling Project (see the dedication for Volume 60 ). She attended college back east (receiving the rare A.B. degree in engineering), and then returned to San Diego for graduate school. She moved to Colorado in 1990, which is where she met her husband George Rosborough.

Education

Harvard University
A.B. Engineering Sciences, 1985

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.C.S.D.
Ph.D. Geophysics, 1990

Work Experience

Professor Emerita, 2018-
Professor 1990-2018
Dept. Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado

Humboldt Scholar, 2017-2018
GFZ Potsdam, Germany

Visiting Professor, 1999
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University

Visiting Scientist, 1998
USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory

Visiting Scientist,1993
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USGS, Menlo Park

Member of the Technical Staff, 1988-1990
Earth Orbiter Systems Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Community Service

Chair, Geodesy Program, Fall 2000 AGU.
Chair, International Earth Rotation Service Committee on the ITRF Datum, 1999-2003.
Member, NASA ESSAAC: Technology Subcommittee, 2003-2006.
Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, AGU, 2002-2004.
NRC Committee Member, Precise Geodetic Infrastructure: National Requirements for a Shared Resource, 2008-2010.
NRC Committee Member, New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at NSF, 2010-2011.
EarthScope Speaker, 2012-2013.
NRC Committee Member, Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space, Earth Surface Interior, 2016-2017.
NRC Committee Member, Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs, 2018-2019.
Council Member, Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Water Prize, 2018-present.