Leonardo Quiñones-Díaz
Hi There! I'm Leonardo, a colombian guy passionate about geophysics and its application in civil engineering problems. While I was attending my undergraduate lectures, I realized borehole surveys sometimes could not be enough to understand the complexity of different geological settings. Fortunately, I got a part time job in a consulting company reviewing and editing geotechnical/geological reports under supervision of a senior geologist, and thanks to it, like a discovering a brand new world, I found applied geophysics. Since this early experience, I decided to get more involved with geophysics and pursue a career as a geoscientist. So, I got my master degree on Geophysics and my civil engineer major at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University of Colombia).
I love computers, coding and swimming (despite I'm very bad at them). I like Italian food and cold lemonade. I like seismic methods but I feel myself more as an enthusiast of electromagnetic methods.
If you have any question,request,complaints or just wanna say hi , feel free to email me to: [email protected]
Volunteer role, companies or professional affiliations
- Volunteer in Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary Spanish Translation Project
- SEG Associate Membership
- Research Assistant at Geotechnical Engineering, Knowledge and Innovation - GENKI Research Group - Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National University of Colombia)
Subject expertise
- Seismic Refraction Method
- MASW Method
- Microtremor survey
- Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio - HVSR aka Nakamura's Method ( despite he isn't the author)
- Site effects
- Seismic Hazard Assessment