Postdoc

Guilherme de Melo

FB 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
FE Marine Geodynamik

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Dr. Guilherme de Melo

Education and carreer

2026
Doctoral (Dr. rer. nat.) in Geophysics, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel / Kiel University

2025
Visiting Researcher at The Geological Survey of Norway

2022
Master of Science in Earth Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

2021
Bachelor of Science in Geophysics at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

2020
Visiting Researcher at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

2019
Visiting Researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

2019
Master of Science in Geophysics at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

2018
Internship at Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale

2016
Licenciate in Physics at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Research

My main interest are:

Seismicity and geodynamic in oceanic transform faults
Thermal and seimological features of the oceanic uppermost-mantle
Hydroacoustic waves generated by seafloor earthquakes
Magnitude scales

Awards

2026 - Global Travel Grants, Seismological Society of America.
2025 - FYORD Travel Grants.
2023 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, European Union.
2022 - Graduate Student Fellowship, University of California San Diego.
2021 - Student Travel Grants, Seismological Society of America.
2019 - InterRidge Fellowship Programme, InterRidge Cooperation/IPGP.
2019 - Prestigious Grant, Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR).
2015 - Honorable Mention, The Best Geoscience Paper Award Winner, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

Publication (OceanRep)

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Number of items: 20.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

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de Melo, G. W. S.

(2026) Lithospheric cooling and uppermost mantle Pn velocities across oceanic transform faults: Insights from the Mendocino Fracture Zone, Eastern Pacific.

Tectonophysics, 938 . Art.Nr. 231354. DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2026.231354.

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de Melo, G. W. S.

and Tavares, A. C. (2026) Efficient T-Wave Generation from Small-Magnitude Earthquakes in the Continental Margin of Brazil.

Journal of Seismology, 30 . Art.Nr. 41 (2026). DOI 10.1007/s10950-026-10393-5.

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Grevemeyer, I.

, Lange, D.

, Metz, D. and Kopp, H.

(2025) Relationship Between Rupture Length and Magnitude of Oceanic Transform Fault Earthquakes.

Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (1). Art.Nr. e2024GL112891. DOI 10.1029/2024gl112891.

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Grevemeyer, I.

, Liu, S.

, Maia, M. and Rüpke, L.

(2025) Seismicity and thermal structure of the St. Paul Transform System, equatorial Atlantic: Insights from focal depth analysis.

Solid Earth, 16 . pp. 1059-1072. DOI 10.5194/se-16-1059-2025.

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Mitchell, N. and Sokolov, S. Y. (2024) The 2020 mw 6.6 Vernadsky transform earthquake sequence: rupture and Coulomb stress changes surrounding an oceanic core complex.

Marine Geophysical Research, 45 . Art.Nr. 28 (2024). DOI 10.1007/s11001-024-09558-z.

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Vera, F., Tilmann, F., Kopp, H.

and Grevemeyer, I.

(2026) The 2025 Mw 8.8 Kamchatka megathrust earthquake: evidence for an extended rupture from teleseismic back-projection and hydroacoustic observations.

The Seismic Record, 6 (2). pp. 239-249. DOI 10.1785/0320260008.

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Kim, W. Y., de Melo, G. W. S.

and Assumpcao, M. (2024) A Pn magnitude scale mb (Pn) for earthquakes along the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Geophysical Journal International, 238 (3). pp. 1696-1707. DOI 10.1093/gji/ggae242.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - without review

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Mitchell, N. C. and Zahradnik, J. (2024) Corrigendum to “Oceanic seismotectonics from regional earthquake recordings: The 4–5°N Mid-Atlantic Ridge” [de Melo, G. W., Mitchell, N. C., Zahradnik, J., Dias, F., & do Nascimento, A. F. (2021). Tectonophysics, 819, 229063]..

Tectonophysics, 871 . Art.Nr. 230157. DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230157.

Conference papers

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de Melo, G. W. S., Maia, M., Cesca, S., Grevemeyer, I.

and do Nascimento, A. (2024) Local seismicity surrounding the Atobá Ridge in the slow-slipping St. Paul transform system, equatorial Atlantic.

[Paper] In: EGU General Assembly 2024. , 14.–19.04.2024, Vienna, Austria . DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21861.

Presentations

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de Melo, G. W. S., Grevemeyer, I.

, Metz, D., Lange, D.

and Kopp, H.

(2024) Rupture Behavior of Large Strike-Slip Earthquakes at Equatorial Atlantic Oceanic Transform Faults: Constraints From Hydroacoustic Data.

[Talk] In: SSA Annual Meeting 2024. , 29.04.-03.05.2024, Anchorage, Alaska, USA .

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Hermanns, R., Bendle, J. M., Grevemeyer, I.

, Cesca, S., do Nascimento, A. F., Ottemöller, L., Aslan, G., Brissaud, Q., Oye, V. and Kopp, H.

(2026) An earthquake-triggered rock avalanche on Jan Mayen Island conditioned by Arctic warming.

[Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2026. , 04.-08.05.2026, Vienna, Austria .

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Hermanns, R., Bendle, J. M., Grevemeyer, I.

, Cesca, S., do Nascimento, A. F., Ottemöller, L., Aslan, G., Brissaud, Q., Oye, V. and Kopp, H.

(2026) Environmental impact of the 2025 Mw 6.5 Jan Mayen earthquake: A climate-change conditioned rock slope failure on Jan Mayen Island, Arctic Ocean.

[Invited talk] In: NGWM 2026. , 13.-15.01.2026, Turku, Finland .

do Nascimento, A. F., Fonseca, J. and de Melo, G. W. S.

(2025) Seismological characterization of the March 3, 2018, Maceió (Brazil) earthquake and its link to subsidence. [Talk] In: IAGA/IASPEI 2025. , 31.08.-05.09.12025, Lisbon, Portugal .

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Grevemeyer, I.

and de Melo, G. W. S.

(2025) Source location of oceanic transform fault earthquakes constrained by IMS hydrophone triplets in the Indian Ocean. [Talk] In: CTBT: Science and Technology Conference. , 09.-12.09.2025, Vienna .

Conference posters

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de Melo, G. W. S.

, Grevemeyer, I.

, Lange, D.

, Metz, D. and Kopp, H.

(2024) Rupture length of the 2015 Mw 7.1 Charlie- Gibbs earthquake from hydroacoustic records.

[Poster] In: InterRidge Workshop 2024. , 09.-12.09.2024, IUEM, Plouzane, France .

de Melo, G. W. S.

, Grevemeyer, I.

, Lange, D.

, Metz, D. and Kopp, H.

(2024) Relationship between rupture length and moment magnitude of oceanic transform fault earthquakes. [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2024. , 09.-13.12.2024, Washington DC, USA .

de Melo, G. W. S.

, Hermanns, R., Bendle, J., Kopp, H.

, Grevemeyer, I.

, do Nascimento, A. F., Ottemöller, L., Aslan, G., Brissaud, Q., Oye, V. and Cesca, S. (2025) Ground Motions, Infrasound Signals, and Seismic Velocity Perturbations: Environmental Impacts of the Rock Avalanche Induced by the 2025 Mw 6.5 Jan Mayen Strike-slip Earthquake. [Poster] In: Environmental Seismology Conference 2025. , 14.-18.10.2025, Denver, USA .

Theses - not published by a publisher

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de Melo, G. W. S.

(2026) Earthquake Processes Along Oceanic Transform Faults.

(PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, 334 pp.

Interview/Performance on television, radio, blog

de Melo, G. W. S.

(2025) At Work: Guilherme de Melo.

SSA (Seismological Society of America), 12.05.2025. [Interview/Performance on television, radio, blog]

de Melo, G. W. S.

(2026) Massive Kamchatka Earthquake Has Extended Rupture That Overlaps 1952 Event.

SSA (Seismological Society of America), 10.06.2026. [Interview/Performance on television, radio, blog]

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