Daniel Zietlow

Educational Designer II

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Dan is an Educational Designer with the NSF NCAR Education, Engagement & Early-Career Development team where he focuses on film production and other multimedia forms of education and engagement. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of Colorado Boulder and A.B.s in physics and art history from Rollins College.

While at Rollins, Dan developed a love of science, art, travel, and the outdoors. He pursued these interests by double majoring, as well as studying abroad at the Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Sydney. Dan spent three summers as an undergraduate research assistant, combining high-speed photography and lasers to study the vibrations of musical instruments. After graduating, Dan entered a doctoral program at the University of Colorado, where he specialized in seismology. His work took him across the globe to New Zealand, Nepal, South Africa, and even to a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean. In the field, he installed seismometers and magnetotelluric instrumentation, and helped run sonar lines and collect water samples on glaciers.

While completing his dissertation, Dan became interested in science communication, particularly through film, in which he has now been working full-time since 2016. In addition to his work with NSF NCAR, Dan is also a cinematographer and editor at his company Provare Media.

Publications

A. Morales, L. Medina Luna, D.W. Zietlow, J.E. LeBeau, and M.J. Molina, “Testing the impact of culturally-relevant communication style on engagement with Hispanic and Latinx adults,” Journal of Geoscience Education, https://doi.org/ 10.1080/10899995.2022.2120701 (2022).

R.W. Vachon, D.W. Zietlow, A. Gold, and E. Leckey, Sharing Science With Film: A Guide to Student Productions, available from: https://cires.colorado.edu/outreach/resources/unit/sharing-science-film-guide-student-productions (2020).

D.W. Zietlow, A.F. Sheehan, and M.V. Bernardino, “Teleseismic S-wave tomography of South Island, New Zealand upper mantle,” Geosphere, doi: 10.1130/GES01591.1 (2018).

D.W. Zietlow, P.H. Molnar, and A.F. Sheehan, “Teleseismic P-wave tomography of South Island, New Zealand upper mantle: Evidence of subduction of Pacific lithosphere since 45 Ma,” J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012624 (2016).

D.W. Zietlow, A.F. Sheehan, P.H. Molnar, M.K. Savage, G. Hirth, J.A. Collins, and B.H. Hager, “Mantle seismic anisotropy at a strike-slip fault: South Island, New Zealand,” J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010676 (2014).

D.W. Zietlow, D.C. Griffin, and T.R. Moore, “The limitations on applying classical thin plate theory to thin annular plates clamped on the inner boundary,” AIP Advances, 2, 042103, doi: 10.1063/1.4757928 (2012).

W. Kausel, D.W. Zietlow, and T.R. Moore, “Influence of wall vibrations on the sound of brass wind instruments,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128, 3161-3175, doi: 10.1121/1.3493457 (2010).

T.R. Moore, D.W. Zietlow, C.W. Gorman, D.C. Griffin, C.P. Ballance, and D.J. Parker, “Transient motion of a circular plate after an impact,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125, EL63-EL69, doi: 10.1121/1.3049584 (2009).

Curriculum Vitae

Zietlow_CV_2024_NCAR.pdf

Education

Degree	School Name	Country	Field of Study
BA	Rollins College	United States of America	Physics
BA	Rollins College	United States of America	Art History
PhD	University of Colorado at Boulder	United States of America	Geophysics

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