Her interests lie in the areas of observational seismology and mantle dynamics, with a focus on subduction zone dynamics and processes, the structure and evolution of continental lithosphere, and the dynamics of the lowermost mantle. She received her B.S. degree in geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Ph.D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Maureen spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution for Science before moving to Yale in 2009. She has served on the USArray Advisory Committee, the Electromagnetic Working Group, the GeoPRISMS Steering and Oversight Committee, and the EarthScope National Meeting Organizing Committee.(See More)