Summary
Vlad Manea is a Professor of Geophysics at UNAM with over eight years of focused experience in computational geodynamics, subduction zone mechanics, and volcanism, combining numerical modeling with field GPS and tiltmeter observations. He develops 2D and 3D finite-element and mantle-convection models to link plate tectonics, mantle flow, and long-term mantle convection to seismological signals at local to global scales. His work uniquely emphasizes thermally induced stresses in subducting oceanic plates—an often-overlooked contributor to intraslab earthquakes—and the role of slab dehydration in slow earthquakes. Trained in Romania and with postdoctoral appointments at Caltech and UNAM, he brings interdisciplinary skills spanning Fortran/C++, MPI, FEM tools, GIS, and potential-field modeling to bridge theory, computation, and field data. Based in Mexico City, he also applies his background in geotechnical and hydrotechnical engineering to practical lithospheric flexure and gravity-anomaly studies.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
MSc, GIS, MSc, GIS at Universitatea Tehnică de Construcții București
BSc, Geophysics and Geology, BSc, Geophysics and Geology at University of Bucharest