Background
Dougherty, Martin Eugene was born on May 15, 1959 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Boyce Wayne and Shirley Ruth (Johnston) Dougherty.
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Martin Eugene Dougherty
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Martin Eugene Dougherty, American Geophysicist, consultant. Achievements include demonstration of relationship between acoustic backscatter and seafloor geoacoustic properties, influence of lithologic heterogeneity in upper oceanic crust on coherence of seismic signal; pioneer use of ground penetrating and borehole radar for vadose zone characterization in fractured basalts, development of commercial seismic monitoring systes.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Geology, Winona (Minnesota) State University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989.
Career
Research assistant, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1983-1988; research professor department geology and geophysics, Boise (Idaho) State University, 1989-1996. Consultant scientist Morrison Knutsen, Inc., Boise, 1991. Visiting scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1989-1991, project manager and geophysicist scis applications International Corporation, since 1996.
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Membership
Member American Geophysical Union, Acoustical Society American, Inc. Research Institutions for Seismology (associate director 1989-1996).
Connections
Married Lisa Estelle Oskins, August 13, 1992. 1 child, Sela Erin.
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Awards
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Research grantee Murdoch Trust, 1989-1991, Office Naval Research, 1989-1994, Idaho State Board Education, 1991-1995, United States Geological Survey, 1994-1995, unites states department Energy, 1994-1995.Research grantee Murdoch Trust, 1989-1991, Office Naval Research, 1989-1994, Idaho State Board Education, 1991-1995, United States Geological Survey, 1994-1995, unites states department Energy, 1994-1995.