Voon Hui Lai
Associate Investigator,
Australian National University
Voon is an observational seismologist by training and uses a wide range of geophysical observations combined with novel analyses to observe seismic waveforms at high resolution to understand how these complexities arise, with the eventual goal of building societal resilience towards hazards.
Research projects
Uncovering what lies beneath our cities – all with our internet’s optical fibres
From ensuring our homes don’t crack to keeping our skyscrapers standing tall – understanding our city’s bedrock is foundational. Our researchers are repurposing the optical fibres already buried beneath Melbourne to map what lies beneath – all without digging a single hole.
More accurately mapping Australia’s earthquake-prone areas using our internet’s optical fibres
Using the same underground optical fibres that transmit our internet, researchers think they will be able to measure our Earth’s tremors more accurately than ever before.