Magali I. Billen

Associate Professor of Geophysics
Department of Geology
University of California, Davis

office: (530) 754-5696
fax: (530) 752-0951

Visiting the Tetons in Wyoming, Summer 2007


Available immediately Postdoctoral position (posted August 1, 2008)



Publications: journal articles, abstracts, recent presentations.

Current Research: subduction dynamics, plume-slab interaction, rheology, slab detachment, convergent margin deformation.

Completed Research: fault friction, plate stength in subduction zones, lithospheric instabilities, marine geophysics.

Research Presentations: a list of presentations (not meeting abstracts) that I've given on my research.


The Research Group: current graduate and undergraduate students.

PhD, MS, Undergrad Research Opportunities: information for students interested in pursuing research projects.

Subduction Dynamics Computing: background and specifications of our Beowulf cluster.

KeckCAVEs: collaboration of geoscientists and computer scientists to develop interactive VR visualization software.


Teaching: continuum mechanics in structural geology, exploration geophysics, marine geology, rheology, mantle dynamics.

My Background: academic experience, collaborators.

Travels: geological field trips, travel for fun.


UCD New Faculty Network: e-mail listserv used to organized activities among recently hired UCD faculty.


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