Phil Cummins
Prof. Natural Hazards
Canberra, Australia
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Top SchoolPhil Cummins is a Professor of Natural Hazards and experienced earthquake and tsunami scientist based in Canberra with over a decade of focused research in seismic and tsunami sources, generation, and early warning systems. He holds a PhD in Geophysics from UC Berkeley and combines academic leadership at the Australian National University with applied research at Geoscience Australia. His career includes a formative research-group leadership role at Japan's Institute for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, giving him deep regional expertise across Asia-Oceania. Phil is known for translating source physics into operational hazard assessment and warning practice, bridging scientific insight and public safety. He brings a rare mix of field-focused seismology, tsunami modeling, and policy-relevant hazard evaluation that informs real-world preparedness.
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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