CV

PDF version - last updated 12th Oct 2021.

Education

• PhD Geophysics, University of Bristol, UK, 2021
  • Thesis: Detecting and characterising seismicity associated with volcanic and magmatic processes through deep learning and the continuous wavelet transform
• MSc Volcanology, University of Bristol, UK, 2016
• BSc Mathematics & Statistics, University of Warwick, UK, 2009

Research & Academic Employment

• 2021 - present: Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
• 2016 - 2017: Research Assistant, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK

Publications

A Little Data Goes a Long Way: Automating Seismic Phase Arrival Picking at Nabro Volcano with Transfer Learning Permalink

Lapins, S., Goitom, B., Kendall, J-M., Werner, M.J., Cashman, K.V., Hammond, J.O.S. (2021). "A Little Data goes a Long Way: Automating Seismic Phase Arrival Picking at Nabro Volcano with Transfer Learning." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 126(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB021910.

Application of machine learning to microseismic event detection in distributed acoustic sensing data Permalink

Stork, A., Baird, A.F., Horne, S.A., Naldrett, G., Lapins, S., Kendall, J-M., Wookey, J., Verdon, J.P., Clarke, A., Williams, A. (2020). "Application of machine learning to microseismic event detection in distributed acoustic sensing data." Geophysics. 85(5). https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2019-0774.1.

Lower‐Crustal Seismicity on the Eastern Border Faults of the Main Ethiopian Rift Permalink

Lapins, S., Kendall, J-M., Ayele, A., Wilks, M., Nowacki, A., Cashman, K.V. (2020). "Lower‐Crustal Seismicity on the Eastern Border Faults of the Main Ethiopian Rift." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 125(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020030.

An examination of the continuous wavelet transform for volcano-seismic spectral analysis Permalink

Lapins, S., Roman, D.C., Rougier, J., De Angelis, S., Cashman, K.V., Kendall, J-M. (2020). "An examination of the continuous wavelet transform for volcano-seismic spectral analysis." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106728.