Joel D. Simon

Joel D. Simon is a Researcher in the Global Geophysics group at Princeton University, specializing in developing software and methodologies to analyze seismic signals from ocean-based autonomous robots called MERMAID floats. He collaborates closely with Frederik J. Simons and contributes to the EarthScope-Oceans initiative, focusing on hydroacoustic data processing for global seismic tomography. His work integrates geophysical instrumentation, signal processing, and robotics to study Earth's interior through underwater earthquake observations.

Education: Ph.D. in Geophysics (2020, institution unspecified in sources).

Research interests include:

• Seismic tomography of the Earth's mantle using oceanic data
• Development of autonomous oceanic float systems (MERMAID)
• Hydroacoustic signal analysis and error modeling

Key contributions include advancing MERMAID float technology for earthquake detection and improving methods for locating seismic events in oceanic environments.

Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the EarthScope-Oceans project, maintaining open-source software repositories such as 'omnia' for time series analysis and 'automaid' for MERMAID data conversion.