Began teaching at NMU in 2025
Areas of Specialization
Geophysics, seismology, plate tectonics, seismic source monitoring, lithospheric structure, computational modeling
Education
- B.S., The University of Texas at El Paso
- M.S., Michigan State University
- Ph.D. (forthcoming), Michigan State University
Courses Taught
- GC 100 - Physical Geography [SCII]
- GC 385 - Weather and Climate
- GC 488 - Earth & Environmental Science Capstone Research
About Luis B. Martinetti
Luis Bernardo Martinetti is a seismologist who has studied lithospheric seismic structure, plate tectonics, source characterization of explosions, regional geodynamics, and computational modeling. He has conducted research in the Caucasus Mountains in the Republics of Georgia and Armenia, and across Central Asia including Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Select Publications
- Hartzell S, LB Martinetti, C Mendoza, and RG Schmitt. 2025. Site Response in The Eastern United States Using a Parametric Inversion. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120250066.
- Mackey K, D Burk, K Abrams, and LB Martinetti. 2023. Catalog Unification and Seismic Monitoring Improvement in Central Asia, Final Report, B65192, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA, 23 p.
- Mackey K, D Burk, K Stibitz, K Fujita, LB Martinetti, C Witte, J Anderson, B Wheeler, and H Hartse. 2022) Ground Truth Characterization and Seismological Studies of Northern Asia, Final Report, FA9453-19-C-0066, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, USA, 101 p.
