Earthquake science unites threatened scholar with Cornell researchers | Cornell Chronicle

""You can't carry out any fieldwork," he said, "because only a corridor between the city and university was under some security by the government. There were also moments when our internet had to be cut.""

""In this atmosphere of increasing uncertainty and risk, Ndoh applied for and received an IIE-SRF fellowship. Seeking a placement, he worked with IIE-SRF to put the word out to colleagues and research programs around the world.""

""Quiros, who is from Costa Rica, contributed as a doctoral student to the campus effort to record an August 2011 Virginia earthquake felt in Ithaca - and then chased the aftershocks to their source, capturing an exceptionally detailed seismic dataset of the rare magnitude 5.8 East Coast earthquake.""

A team of geophysicists from Cornell, Cameroon, and South Africa is utilizing machine learning to analyze earthquake data collected 15 years ago. This initiative supports Ndikum 'Eric' Ndoh, a scholar whose career was disrupted by conflict in Cameroon. Ndoh, previously head of the physics department at the University of Bamenda, faced challenges in conducting research due to security issues. He received an IIE-SRF fellowship, leading to collaboration with Diego Quiros, who recognized Ndoh's expertise in Earth science and machine learning.

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