Seulgi Moon

Associate Professor

University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
595 Charles Young Dr. East
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Office: Geology Building Rm. 4659
Email: sgmoon at ucla.edu
Phone:  (310)-206-5760

Employment

2022 –  present         Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences.
2015 –  2022            Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences. (1-year leave of absence during 2019)
2013 – 2015                Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

Education

2007 – 2013                    Ph.D., Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences.
2005 – 2007                   M.S., Seoul National University, Earth System Science.
2001 – 2005                    B.A., Seoul National University, Earth System Science, summa cum laude.

Awards and Achievements

– AGU Robert Sharp Lecture, 2022 
– AGU Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award, 2022
– Sloan Research Fellow, 2022
– NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, 2019
– UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 2018
– Postdoctoral Scholars Mentoring Awards Nominee, University of California, Los Angeles, 2018
– Top Cited Article 2018-2019, recognized as a top 20 cited paper in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (Flinchum et al., 2018)
– Top Downloaded Article 2017-2018, recognized as a top 20 most read paper in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (Moon et al., 2017)
– Gabilan Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2008-2011
– High Academic Achievement Award, Seoul National University, 2003-2004

Curriculum Vitae

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