Thomas L. Holzer

Thomas L. Holzer is a research engineering geologist, who lives in California. He is a Consulting Professor in both the Departments of Geological and Environmental Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Tom is originally from Melbourne, Florida. He received a B.S.E. in geological engineering with honors from Princeton University in 1965, an M.S. in hydrology 1966, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1970. He formerly taught at the University of Connecticut.

His research interests are focused on geologic hazards. Tom currently is developing a probabilistic framework for mapping earthquake-induced liquefaction, and recently published the first liquefaction probability curves for surficial geologic units in the GSA journal, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, which received the AEG 2011 Best Paper Award. He has conducted and led many domestic and international postearthquake reconnaissance investigations. From 2001 to 2003, Tom chaired the committee that wrote the plan to coordinate postearthquake investigations of the Federal agencies that participate in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. He also has conducted extensive research on ground failure associated with land subsidence caused by groundwater withdrawal. He edited Reviews in Engineering Geology Volume VI, “Man-induced land subsidence,” and authored the 2009 AGI Environmental Awareness Series booklet, “Living with Unstable Ground.” He has authored more than 120 publications.

Tom is a California certified engineering geologist. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and has been active in the Society including serving as a Councilor from 1995 to 1997. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award in 1995 from the Hydrogeology Division and the Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lectureship in 1998 from the Engineering Geology Division.

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