Anne Rice lived in the US.
John Emilio Vidale -LRB- March 15 , 1959 -- -RRB- is an American-born seismologist who specializes in examining seismograms to explore features within the Earth .. seismologist. seismologist. He received the American Geophysical Union 's James B. Macelwane Medal in 1994 .. American Geophysical Union. American Geophysical Union. James B. Macelwane Medal. James B. Macelwane Medal. Vidale was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States , studied physics and geology at Yale , and obtained his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1987 .. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania. Yale. Yale. Caltech. Caltech. He then held research positions at UC Santa Cruz and the USGS , until he joined UCLA in 1995 .. UC Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz. USGS. USGS. UCLA. UCLA. In 2006 , he moved to Seattle to direct the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington .. Seattle. Seattle. Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. University of Washington. University of Washington. In 2014 , he became a project leader for the UW 's M9 project , launched with the goal of preparing the region for the anticipated Cascadia subduction zone earthquake .. Cascadia subduction zone. Cascadia subduction zone. He was a Gutenberg Fellow at Caltech and a Gilbert Fellow of the USGS .. Caltech. Caltech. USGS. USGS. Vidale is a Fellow of AGU and received AGU 's Macelwane Medal .. AGU. American Geophysical Union. He has studied the relation of Earth tides and earthquakes - finding only the strongest tides noticeably effect the timing of earthquakes , earthquake swarms - finding they are a more general phenomenon than he previously suspected , the inner core - discovering high-frequency seismic waves scattered therein that offer a second line of evidence it is rotating about 0.2 degrees per year , the stronger than expected healing of fault zones after an earthquake , and various details of the seismic structure of the mantle .. Vidale also contributed an improved method of ray tracing which relied on a finite-difference approximation of the eikonal equation and which has been used widely in both earthquake and reflection seismology .. There have been some controversies surrounding his research , including endorsements of risky experiments , misquotes , and mild ridicule as well .