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Since 01/2025          Postdoctoral Researcher | GEOMAR Helmholz Centre for Ocean Research
07/2024-12/2024    Postdoctoral Researcher | Indiana University
08/2018-06/2024   Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant | Indiana University
02/2023-04/2023   Visiting Researcher | Japan Agency for Marine Science and Technology
05/2022-08/2022   Student Intern (Physical Science) | United States Geological Survey
07/2013-07/2014    Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant | University of Colorado
08/2008-06/2013   Undergraduate Research Assistant | Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana

Education

PhD, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 2024
Advisor: Kaj Johnson  |  Minor: Scientific Computing
Dissertation: Unlocking the mysteries of the earthquake cycle at subduction zones and stable continental regions

MS, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 2018
Advisor: Kaj Johnson
Thesis: New insights into the slip budget at Nankai: An iterative approach to estimate coseismic slip and afterlip

BS, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 2013
Advisor: Michael Hamburger  |  Minor: Geography/GIS
Thesis: Teleseismic residual analysis of the North American midcontinent platform using data from an EarthScope FlexArray experiment

E.M. Sherrill, K.M. Johnson, & N.M. Jackson (2024). Locating boundaries between locked and creeping regions at Nankai and Cascadia subduction zones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2024JB029346. doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029346.

E.M. Sherrill, M.W. Hamburger, & M.A.N. Jessee (2022). Use of scenario earthquakes for seismic hazard assessment in low-seismicity, stable continental regions: a case study from Indiana, USA. Earthquake Spectra, 38(4), 2754-2787. doi.org/10.1177/87552930221096700.

E.M. Sherrill & K.M. Johnson (2021). New insights into the slip budget at Nankai: An iterative approach to estimate coseismic slip and afterslip. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020833. doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020833

X. Yang, G.L. Pavlis, M.W. Hamburger, E.M. Sherrill, H. Gilbert, S. Marshak, J. Rupp, & T.Larson. (2014). Seismicity of the Ste. Genevieve Seismic Zone Based on Observations from the EarthScope OIINK Flexible Array, Seismological Research Letters, 85, 1285-1294. doi.org/10.1785/0220140079

M.W. Hamburger, K. Shoemaker, S. Horton, H. DeShon, M. Withers, G.L. Pavlis, E.M. Sherrill (2011). Aftershocks of the 2008 Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Earthquake: Evidence for Conjugate Faulting near the Termination of the Wabash Valley Fault System. Seismological Research Letters, 82(5): 735–747. doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.82.5.735

Undergraduate Courses

Indiana University, Teaching Assistant
    + Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Field Course (Summer 2024, Spring/Summer 2019)
    + Natural Disasters, Sustainability, & the Future of Civilization (Fall 2019)

University of Colorado, Laboratory Instructor
    + Earth Materials (Spring 2014)
    + Structural Geology (Fall 2013)

Community Outreach and Teaching

+ Science Fest, EAS Events Co-Leader (2019-2024) and Geophysics Station Leader (2018-2024)
+ IU Seismograph Station Tour Guide (2018-2024)
+ Holland Scholars Earth Science Exploration Day, Presenter (2021, 2024)
+ Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics Hands-on Presentation, Meridian Elementary School (2024)
+ Earthquake Hands-On Activities, Wonderlab Science Rocks Community Fundraiser (2023)
+ Earthquake Safety Demonstration, Arlington Elementary School (2022)
+ Earthquake Hazard Presentation, Indiana Silver Jackets, Virtual (2021)
+ Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics Hands-on Presentation, Edgewood Middle School (2019)
+ Indiana Earthquake Hazard Presentation, Educating for Envir. Change Teacher Workshop, (2019)
+ GeoLogic Mapping Event Coordinator, Science Olympiad Colorado (2014)
+ PEPP High School Student Workshops, Activity Leader (2011, 2012, 2013)

+ Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, IU Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sci. (2024)
+ Cargese 2023 School on Subduction Zone Processes Travel Grant, NSF (2023)
+ Dissertation Research Fellowship, IU College of Arts and Sciences (2023-2024)
+ Provost’s Travel Award for Women in Science, IU Office of the Provost (2023, 2019, 2013)
+ International Joint Workshop of Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes Travel Grant, JSPS (2022)
+ Tudor Fellowship,IU Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sci. (2020-2021)
+ John and Mary Droste Associate Instructor Award, IU Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sci. (2020)