Education: PhD, Cornell University, 1986<br>BS (1977) and MS (1980) University of Utah, Geophysics

• Outstanding Reviewer - Elsevier, Journal of Geophysics (03/01/2018-03/31/2018)
• Undergraduate Student Choice Award for Outstanding Teaching - College of Science (12/08/2015)
• Nominated for Councilor - Geological Society of America (11/01/2010-11/30/2010)
• Citationist for the GSA Diversity award to Dr. Louis Fernandez - GSA national meeting (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• Citationist for the Bromery Award to Dr. Lisa White, - GSA national meeting (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Fellow in the Geological Society of America - Geological Society of America (01/01/1995-12/31/1995)

• Ph D in Geophysics, Cornell University (1986)
• MS in Geophysics, University of Utah (1980)
• BS in Geophysics, University of Utah (1977)

• Application of amplitude spectrum and genetic inversion to determine shaly facies distribution: a case study: Murzuq Basin, Libya Geophysical Prospecting 66 6 (2018), Yousf Abushalah, Laura F. Serpa.
• Investigating serpentinization within the Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska from inversion of magnetic data Geological Society of America Joint Rocky Mountain-Cordilleran Section Meeting (2018), Felix D. Ziwu, Kevin L. Mickus, Diane I. Doser, Laura F. Serpa.
• A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEISMICITY AND MINING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN ARIZONA Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 50 5 (in press), Xuyang Liu, Laura F. Serpa, Hector Gonzalez-Huizar.
• : INVESTIGATING SERPENTINIZATION WITHIN THE COOK INLET BASIN, ALASKA FROM THE INVERSION OF MAGNETIC DATA Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 50 5 (2018), Felix Ziwu, Kevin L. Mickus, Diane I. Doser, Laura F. Serpa.
• MAGNETOTELLURIC ANALYSIS OF THE OLKARIA AND EBURRU GEOTHERMAL FIELDS -KENYAN RIFT, EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM Geological Society of America Abstract (2017), Laura F. Serpa, Anna Mwangi, Kevin Mickus.
• Supporting NGSS-Congruent Instruction in Earth & Space Science Through Educator Implementation and Feedback: Refining the DIG Texas Bluprints Amercian Geophysical Union (2016), Laura F. Serpa, Katherine Ellins.
• Teaching With Online Educational Materials in the Geoscience Classroom: Examples from Texas and Jamaica Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2016), Katherine Ellins, Eric Riggs, Laura F. Serpa, Eric Stocks.
• Discovering New Dinosaur Footprints and Foot Tracks Using Structure from Motion Data Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (2016), Valeria Martinez, Laura F. Serpa.
• Stochastic Differential Equations of Earthquakes Series, Pure and Applied Geophysics Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016), Maria C. Mariani, Osei K. Tweneboah, Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Laura F. Serpa.
• Stochastic Differential Equations of Earthquakes Series, Pure and Applied Geophysics Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016), Maria C. Mariani, Osei K. Tweneboah, Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Laura F. Serpa.
• Stochastic Differential Equations of Earthquakes Series, Pure and Applied Geophysics Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016), Maria C. Mariani, Osei K. Tweneboah, Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Laura F. Serpa.
• Chile2015: Lévy Flight and Long-range Correlation Analysis of Earthquake Magnitudes in Chile Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016), Maria P. Beccar-Varela, Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Maria C. Mariani, Laura F. Serpa, Osei K. Tweneboah.
• Chile2015: Lévy Flight and Long-range Correlation Analysis of Earthquake Magnitudes in Chile Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016), Maria P. Beccar-Varela, Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Maria C. Mariani, Laura F. Serpa, Osei K. Tweneboah.
• Geophysical investigations of hot springs in the vicinity of Shoshone, California Geol. Soc. Amer. Cordilleran section meeting, Abstracts with Programs, 48 4 (2016), Felix Ziwu, Laura F. Serpa, Diane I. Doser.
• USING INSTANTANEOUS FREQUENCY AND COLORED INVERSION ATTRIBUTES TO DISTINGUISH AND DETERMINE THE SANDSTONES FACIES OF THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MAMUNIYAT RESERVOIR, R- FIELD IN MURZUQ BASIN – LIBYA Society of Exploration Geophysicists Digital Library (in press), Yousf Abushalah, Laura F. Serpa.
• Using instantaneous frequency and colored inversion attributes to distinguish and determine the sandstones facies of the Late Ordovician Mamuniyat reservoir, R-field in Murzuq Basin, Libya Interpretation 4 4 (2016), Yousf Abushalah, Laura F. Serpa.
• Porosity Prediction and Reservoir Boundary Determination Using Seismic Inversion and Instantaneous Frequency, Oil Field in Murzuq Basin – Libya Society of Exploration Geophysicists (in press), Yousf Abushala, Laura F. Serpa.

• Programs that broaden participation in geosciences in the El Paso region (2017), Volume Albuquerque, NM, Annette Veilleux, Tina L. Carrick, Diane I. Doser, Laura F. Serpa.
• TEACHING WITH ONLINE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS IN THE GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOM: EXAMPLES FROM TEXAS AND JAMAICA (2016), Volume Denver, CO, Katherine K. Ellins, Eric M. Riggs, Laura F. Serpa, Eric Stocks, Tamera Ledley, Karen S. McNeal.

• Teacher Quality: Feeder Pattern Mathematics and Science Integration
• InTeGrate: Interdisciplinary Teaching of Geoscience for a Sustainable Future