Phil Cummins
Prof. Natural Hazards
Canberra, Australia
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Top SchoolPhil Cummins is a seasoned earthquake and tsunami scientist and professor of natural hazards based in Canberra, Australia. With 13 years in academia and government research, he specializes in earthquake sources, tsunami generation, early warning, and seismic and tsunami hazard assessment across Asia-Oceania. He leads research at the Australian National University, building on his long tenure as a Senior Research Scientist at Geoscience Australia and earlier leadership experience at the Japan Institute for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. His work bridges fundamental geophysics and applied hazard forecasting, informing risk reduction and policy for coastal communities. He earned a PhD in Geophysics from UC Berkeley and has a track record of international collaboration across institutions from Australia to Japan. Based in Canberra, he combines deep technical expertise with a mission to improve early warning systems and hazard resilience in the region.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics at U. California, Berkeley
Github Skills (8)
python-interface8
geoscience7
geophysics7
seismology7
earth-science6
mapping-tools5
python5
maps4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
philcummins/ffipy
Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 4 months
GenericMappingTools/pygmt
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
A Python interface for the Generic Mapping Tools.
Contributions:2 comments in 3 days
seismologypythongeophysicsgeneric-mapping-toolspython-interface
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