I am a seismologist and geophysicist researching the structure and tectonics of the Earth's lithosphere using active- and passive-source seismic methods. I am an Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences at University of Texas at El Paso.

• UTEP Research and Innovation Outstanding Researcher Mid-Career Award - UTEP Research & Innovation (04/01/2024-04/30/2024)

• Ph D in Geophysics, Stanford University (2012)
• BA in Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Dartmouth College (2004)

• A weak, vertically stronger plate boundary in the India-Asia collision Geophysical Research Letters (2024), Shaoyang Li, Vera Schulte-Pelkum, William Barnhardt, Marianne Karplus, Ling Chen.
• Seismic full-wavefield imaging of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet's interior near the ice flow divide Earth and Planetary Science Letters 636 (2024), Zhendong Zhang, Nori Nakata, Marianne S. Karplus, Galen M. Kaip, Lei Qin, Zhengbo Li, Caiwang Shi, Xiaofei Chen.
• High-resolution characterization of the firn layer near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide camp with ambient seismic noise Geophysical Research Letters 51 (2024), Lei Qin, Hongrui Qiu, Nori Nakata, Adam Booth, Zhendong Zhang, Marianne S. Karplus, John McKeague, Roger Clark, Galen M. Kaip.
• Signal characteristics of surface seismic explosive sources near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide Journal of Glaciology (2024), Marianne Karplus, Galen M. Kaip, Steven H. Harder, Stephen A. Veitch, Lucia F. Gonzalez, Nori Nakata, Adam Booth, Jacob Walter, Poul Christoffersen, Slawek Tulaczyk.
• The Pecos Array: A Temporary Nodal Seismic Experiment in the Pecos, Texas Region of the Delaware Basin Seismological Research Letters 95 1 (2024), Jenna Faith, Marianne Karplus, Stephen Veitch, Diane Doser, Alexandros Savvaidis.

• Building a positive work culture in a high stakes environment (2024), Volume Washington, D.C., Leilani Henry, Marianne Karplus, ITGC IDEA Team .
• CIELO-G: Building Inclusive Geoscience Communities Through Collaborative Research and Community Engagement (2024), Volume Washington, D.C., Sandy Hardy, Aaron A. Velasco, Benjamin Brunner, Hugo A. Gutierrez-Jurado, Marianne Karplus, Lin Ma.
• Conversations around sea-level rise between cryosphere, coastal, and social scientists: A few lessons from an initial workshop and a template for future efforts (2024), Volume Washington D.C., Julia Wellner, Margie Turrin, Jeremy Bassis, Ginny Catania, Robert Larter, Asmara Lehrmann, Marianne Karplus, David Mohrig, Meghan Sharp, Betsy Sheffield.
• Insights into the Complexities of a Seismogenic Subduction Zone: ML-Driven Analysis of the M8.2 2017 Tehuantepec Earthquake Aftershock Sequence (2024), Volume Washington D.C., Marc Garcia, Aaron A. Velasco, Allen Husker, Chengping Chai, Marianne Karplus.
• Observations of the Eastern Shear Margin of Thwaites Glacier from controlled-source and passive-source seismic studies (2024), Volume Washington, D.C., Marianne Karplus, Lucia Gonzalez, Daniel May, Emma Smith, Galen M. Kaip, Solymar Ayala Cortez, Yeshey Seldon, Andrew Pretorius, Jacob Walter, Nori Nakata, Adam Booth, Tun Jan Young, Slawek Tulaczyk, TIME Team .

• Collaborative Research: Tracking changes in Bhutan's glacial geomorphology, hydrology, and dynamics using geophysics
• GeoVets supplement to Thwaites Interdisciplinary Margin Evolution
• Thwaites Interdisplinary Margin Evolution Supplement
• Collaborative Research: Cohesive Particle Flow Research
• Geophysical Investigation of Critical Minerals in West Texas
• Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Interdisciplinary Geophysical and Civil Engineering Research and Education
• INTERN Supplement: Thwaites Interdisciplinary Margin Evolution
• Desert seismology: Linking weather, saltating particles, and dryland geomorphology to the ambient seismic environment
• Space and Seed Grant Proposal to Establish a “One Water” Cluster in the Interdisciplinary Research Building, University of Texas at El Paso
• TexNet Calibration Shots
• Lithospheric Seismicity and Tectonics in the Himalaya
• REU Supplement to Investigating fault geometries and rupture processes in Nepal following the April 25, 2015 Gorkha earthquake
• Investigating West Texas Seismicity and Structure with Dense Geophone Arrays
• Testing of Signal Quality From Explosive Surface Sources in Antarctica
• NSFPLR-NERC: TIME (Thwaites Interdisciplinary Margin Evolution) - The Role of Shear Margin Dynamics in the Future Evolution of Thwaites Drainage Basin