My research focuses on using numerical modeling (computer simulation) and analytical solutions (mathematics) to study hazards and assess potential risks.

Ph.D. Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, California

B.S. Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Abrahams, L. S., Krenz, L., Dunham, E. M., Gabriel, A. A., & Saito T., Comparison of methods for coupled earthquake and tsunami modelling, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 234, Issue 1, July 2023, Pages 404–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad053

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Abrahams, L. S., Mierzejewski, J. E., Dunham, E. M., & Bromirski, P. D. (2023). Ocean Surface Gravity Wave Excitation of Flexural-Gravity and Extensional Lamb Waves in Ice Shelves. Seismica, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v2i1.213

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Krenz, L., Uphoff, C., Ulrich, T., Gabriel, A. A., Abrahams, L. S., Dunham, E. M., & Bader, M. (2021, November). 3D acoustic-elastic coupling with gravity: the dynamics of the 2018 Palu, Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami. In Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (pp. 1-14). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159333

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Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., & Dunham, E. M. (2020). Earthquake Sequence Dynamics at the Interface Between an Elastic Layer and Underlying Half‐Space in Antiplane Shear. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(12), e2020JB020007. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020007

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Baltay, A. S., Abrahams, L. S., & Hanks, T. C. (2020) When Source and Path Components Trade‐Off in Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations. Seismological Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190379

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Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. A., Ampuero, J. P., Barbot, S., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A., Fialko, Y., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., McKay, M. B., Segall, P., Shi, P., Van den Ende, M., & Wei, M. (2020). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Seismological Research Letters, 91(2A), 874-890. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190248

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Long, M. D., Ford, H. A., Abrahams, L., & Wirth, E. A. (2017). The seismic signature of lithospheric deformation beneath eastern North America due to Grenville and Appalachian orogenesis. Lithosphere, 9(6), 987-1001. https://doi.org/10.1130/L660.1

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Awards

• Design Physics Bronze Award  for Exceptional Recruitment Efforts (2025)
• Weapons Physics and Design Spot Award for Conference Session Leadership (2025)
• Design Physics Spot Award for Community Outreach (2023)

Graduate Awards:

• Geophysical Journal International Student Author Award Winner (2023)
• Geophysics Department Citizenship award: Presented to a graduating Ph.D. student in recognition of outstanding contributions to their department, school, and university
• Certificate of Achievement in Mentoring in the School of Earth: Recognizes graduate students for their mentoring contributions to the research community
• Stanford’s Centennial Teaching Assistant Awards: Recognition for tremendous service and dedication in providing excellent classroom
• Stanford Earth Special Service Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) (2021)
• Stanford’s Community Impact Award (2021)
• Stanford’s Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellowship (2020 – 2022)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF - GRFP) (2018 – 2021)
• Numerical Methods of Earthquake Motion Travel Grant (2019)
• Seismological Society of America (SSA) Student Travel Grant (2019)
• Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Doctoral Fellowship (2017)