Leora Wilson
Senior Research Associate and Manager
(SUSTAIN Facility)
Leora J. Wilson earned her B.S. in Geophysics with a minor in Oceanography from Louisiana State University in May 2023, where she also contributed to long-term research as a Seismic Stratigrapher on the Sunda Shelf Basin project (2020-2023) and served as a Geophysics Intern with the Southern California Earthquake Center (2020-Dec), building a foundation in seismic analysis, technical writing, and scientific communication. She then worked as a Field Technician and Geophysicist with the LTER Group, United States Antarctic Program in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (2022-2023), supporting field logistics, environmental sampling, and replacing scientific instrumentation while also assisting glacial lake diving operations as a dive tender.
After graduating LSU in 2023, Leora started an Energy Geophysics Certificate at the Colorado School of Mines along with instigating the development of the AAPG Caughey-Zimmermann Energy Library in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex by fund raising, community outreach, and influencial networking. She also expanding her applied industry experience as a Geophysics Exploration Intern with LLOG Exploration (2024), performing 3D seismic interpretation and well-log analysis for offshore exploration projects. In later 2024, she started a Masters of Professional Science in Applied Remote Sensing and Marine Geophysics at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School and started working in the University of Miami’s Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. SUSTAIN Laboratory as a Laboratory Assistant. In 2025, she completed her Certificate at Mines and continued her professional development through an Environmental Scientist Internship with SCS Engineers, supporting GIS mapping for Brownfield and Phase I sites and conducting groundwater sampling and field monitoring. She finished her M.P.S. in Applied Remote Sensing and Marine Geophysics at the end of 2025.
Today, Leora serves as the Laboratory Manager of the SUSTAIN Laboratory at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, where she supports safe and efficient wind-wave experimentation, instrumentation setup and calibration, data acquisition workflows, and coordination of visiting research teams and industry partners. She is currently working toward her private pilot’s license and scientific diving qualifications.
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