Laura Parisi

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Research Scientist - Afifi Group

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Research Interests

I am an observational seismologist interested in tectonics. I also use numerical simulations of seismic wave propagation run on high-performance computing to benchmark seismological observations.  I am currently working on projects aiming to image active faults and Earth’s structure in the Gulf of Aqaba, the Zabargad Fracture Zone, and the Harrat Lunayyir by using passive seismology datasets collected by temporary networks of broadband seismic stations (including Ocean Bottom Seismometers) that I designed, deployed and maintained.

Selected Publications

  • The first network of Ocean Bottom Seismometers in the Red Sea to investigate the Zabargad Fracture Zone.   Parisi, L., Augustin, N., Trippanera, D., Kirk, H., Dannowski, A., Matrau, R., Fittipaldi, M., Nobile, A., Zielke, O., Valero Cano, E., Hoogwerf, G., Mazo-Viega, S., Carmona, A., Perea-Barreto, A., Juchem, M., Mai, P.M., Schmidt-Aursch, M., Jonsson, S. Accepted for publication in Seismica (2024)
  • Evidence for Holocene Earthquakes along the Husavık-Flatey Fault in North Iceland: Implications for the Seismic Behavior of Oceanic Transform Faults. Matrau, R., Klinger, Y., Thordarson, T., Gudmundsdottir, E., Av ̧sar, U., Parisi, L., Fittipaldi, M., Jonsson, S. Accepted for publication in BSSA (2024)
  • Espindola-Carmona, A., Peter, D., Parisi, L., Mai, P.M. Anelastic tomography of the Arabian Plate. Accepted for publication in BSSA: Special Issue on Modern Seismic Tomography of BSSA. 
  • Ocean Bottom Seismometer Clock Correction using Ambient Seismic Noise. Naranjo, D., Parisi, L., Jonsson, S., Jousset, P., Werthmuller, D., Weemstra, C. Seismica, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i1.367 (2024)
  • The destructive earthquake doublet of February 6, 2023, in south-central Turkiye and northwestern Syria: initial observations and analyses. Mai, P.M., Aspiotis, T., Anwar Aquib, T., Valero Cano, E., Castro-Cruz, D., Espindola-Carmona, A., Li, B., Li, X., Liu, L., Matrau, R., Nobile, A., Hendrawan Palgunadi, K., Ribot, M., Parisi, L., Suhendi, C., Tang, Y., Yalcin, B., Avsar, U., Klinger, Y., Jonsson, S., 2023. The Seismic Record 3 (2): 105–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0320230007 (2023).
  • Seismological investigations in the Olduvai basin and Ngorongoro Volcanic Highlands (western flank of the North Tanzanian Divergence). Parisi, L., Stanistreet, I., Njau, J., Schick, K., Toth, N., Mai, P.M. Seismological Research Letters. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200111  (2020)
  • Multilevel Monte Carlo acceleration of seismic wave propagation under uncertainty. Ballesio, M., Beck, J., Pandey, A., Parisi, L., von Schwerin, E., Tempone, R. GEM, International Journal on Geomathematics 10:22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-019-0135-5 (2019).
  • Apparent splitting of S waves propagating through an isotropic lowermost Mantle. Parisi, L., Ferreira, A.M.G. & Ritsema, J. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014394  (2018).
  • Empirical assessment of the validity limits of the surface wave full ray theory using realistic 3-D Earth models. Parisi, L. & Ferreira, A.M.G. Geophysical Journal International, 205, 146–159. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw005 (2016).
  • A regional-scale discontinuity in western Sicily revealed by a multidisciplinary approach: A new piece for understanding the geodynamic puzzle of the southern Mediterranean. Di Stefano, P., Favara, R., Luzio, D., Renda, P., Cacciatore, M.S., Calo, M., Napoli, G., Parisi, L., Todaro, S. & Zarcone, G. Tectonics, 34, doi:10.1002/2014TC003759 (2015).
  • Validity domain of the Born Approximation for seismic waveform modelling in realistic Earth structure. Parisi, L., Ferreira, A.M.G. & Capdeville, Y. Geophysical Journal International, 200 (2), 910-916, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu446 (2014).
  • Evidences of a lithospheric fault zone in the Sicily Channel continental rift (southern Italy) from instrumental seismicity data. Calo, M. & Parisi, L. Geophysical Journal International, 199 (1), art. no. ggu249, pp. 219-225 (2014).
  • Lithospheric P- and S-wave velocity models of the Sicilian area using WAM tomography: Procedure and assessments. Calo, M., Parisi, L. & Luzio, D. Geophysical Journal International, 195 (1), pp. 625-649 (2013).

Education

  • Professional Master, Sustainability Transition Management, Bologna Business School (Italy), 2024 (in progress)
  • PhD, Computational Seismology, University of East Anglia (UK), 2015
  • MSc, Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), 2011
  • BSc, Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), 2008

Professional Profile

  • 2018 – present: Research Scientist, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2015 – 2017: ECS Representative, EGU, Seismology Division
  • 2015 – 2018: Post-doctoral research fellow, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2010 – 2011: Research assistant, EOST Université de Strasbourg, France

KAUST Affiliations

  • Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
  • Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Seismology Tectonics Red Sea