Curriculum Vitae

Present Appointment

Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024 - Present Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science

Education

PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2024 Yale University

MPhil in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2021 Yale University

BS in Geological Sciences: Geophysics, 2019 Binghamton University

Publications

• Gaspar Monsalve, Lara S. Wagner, David S. Avellaneda-Jiménez, William D. Frazer, and Miguel A. Alzate, (2026). Flat-Slab Subduction and Overriding Plate Architecture Beneath the Northwestern Andes Revealed by Receiver Functions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(9), e2026JB034380. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026JB034380
• William D. Frazer and Jeffrey Park (2025). Thick Underplating and Buoyancy of the Bermuda Swell. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(23), e2025GL118279. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118279
• William D. Frazer, Jeffrey Park, and Frederik Link (2025). Crustal anisotropy as evidence for hydration of the Martian upper mantle. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 367, 107434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107434
• William D. Frazer and Jeffrey Park (2024). No globally detectable seismic interfaces within Earth's mantle transition zone: Evidence for basalt enrichment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 641, 118838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118838
• William D. Frazer and Jeffrey Park (2023). High-resolution mid-mantle imaging with multiple-taper SS-precursor estimates. Geophysical Journal International, 233(2), 1356-1371. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac491
• William D. Frazer and Jun Korenaga (2022). Dynamic topography and the nature of deep thick plumes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 578, 117286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117286
• William D. Frazer, Adrian K. Doran, and Gabi Laske (2021). Benchmarking Automated Rayleigh‐Wave Arrival Angle Measurements for USArray Seismograms. Seismological Research Letters, 93(2A), 763-776. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210189
• William D. Frazer and Jeffrey Park (2021). Seismic Evidence of Mid-Mantle Water Transport Beneath the Yellowstone Region. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(20), e2021GL095838. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095838
• Alex Nikulin, Timothy de Smet, Jasper, Baur, William D. Frazer, and Jacob Abramowitz (2018). Detection and identification of remnant PFM-1 ‘Butterfly Mines’ with a UAV-based thermal-imaging protocol. Remote Sensing, 10(11), 1642. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111672
• Timothy de Smet, Alex Nikulin, William D. Frazer, Jasper, Baur, Jacob Abramowitz, Daniel Finan, Sean Denara, Nicholas Aglietti, and Gaberiel Campos (2018). Drones and “butterflies”: A low-cost UAV system for rapid detection and identification of unconventional minefields. The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, 22(3), 10.

The most up to date list of my publications and presentations can be found on my Google Scholar.

Recent Awards

Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2024
Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science

Prize Teaching Fellowship (Student Nominated), 2023
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Yale University

Excellence in Teaching Prize, 2023
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University

Field and Ship Work Leadership

Lead Investigator of BEST Array, Bermuda
2025 - Present

Co-chief Scientist, R/V Marcus G. Langseth, Eastern Pacific
Fall 2025 (~1 month)