Gabi Laske

Gabi Laske is a geophysicist at the University of California, San Diego who is known for her work on the interior of the Earth. Laske was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2022.

Education and career Laske grew up in Germany and earned two degrees from the Universitat Karlsruhe, one in 1988 and a second in 1992. She moved to the University of California, San Diego in 1994, where she started as a postdoctoral scholar. In 2012 she was promoted to professor. Her research has also examined the rotation of Earth's innner core, and plumes within the mantle. Laske also examines the movements of earthquakes through the Earth's interior, and a portion of this work was conducted in the vicinity of the Hawaiian islands.

Awards and honors Laske was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2022.

Selected publications