Clara Yoon
Research Geophysicist at United States Geological Survey
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClara Yoon is an earthquake seismologist and research geophysicist at the USGS in Pasadena with eight years of experience bridging scientific research and production software for real-time seismic monitoring. She leads IT and software operations for the Southern California Seismic Network, coordinating with Caltech and multiple stakeholders to deliver ShakeMap products and the Earthquake Notification Service used by hundreds of thousands of users. Her background combines physics and a Stanford PhD in geophysics with hands-on engineering: she has developed high-performance Python/C++ detection algorithms, implemented operational Java tools, and introduced modern software practices across seismic networks. Clara has responded to major earthquakes as a duty seismologist and led teams through crisis data validation and public communications. Unusually for an academic-trained scientist, she has deep experience in production systems, product planning, and supervising IT staff, making her adept at turning research prototypes into reliable, real-time services.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Physics, B.S., Physics at University of California, Los AngelesMaster’s Degree, Geophysics, Master’s Degree, Geophysics at Stanford University
Github Skills (6)
earthquake10
pipeline9
similarity9
time-series9
similarity-search9
python8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
claraeyoon/REAL
Feb 2021 - Feb 2024
Rapid Earthquake Association and Location
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 1 month
reactassociationearthquakeearthquakesrapid
claraeyoon/EQTransformer
Feb 2021 - May 2023
EQTransformer, a python package for earthquake signal detection and phase picking using AI.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
signalpythondeep-learningearthquakesignal-detection
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