I finished my PhD in Geophysics at the University of Colorado in August 2007. The title of my dissertation was "Deformation and Seismic Structure of the Upper Lithosphere Beneath the Himalayan Collision". My main advisors are Anne Sheehan and Craig Jones.

My research interests are seismology and geodynamics in general. In particular, I've been using geophysical techniques as tools to better understand the tectonics of mountain ranges and plate boundaries. This has been achieved through a combination of observational seismology and computer modeling.

PUBLICATIONS

De la Torre, ,T., Monsalve, G., Sheehan, A.F., Sapkota, S., Wu, F., Earthquake processes of the Himalayan Collision Zone in Eastern Nepal and the Southern Tibetan Plateau, Geophysical Journal International, 171 (2), p. 718-738. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03537.x, 2007.

Monsalve, G., Sheehan, A., Pandey, M.R., Rajaure, S., Wu, F., Seismicity and 1-D velocity structure of the Himalayan Collision zone: Earthquakes in the crust and upper mantle, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B10301, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004062, 2006.

De la Torre, T., Monsalve, G., Sheehan, A., Rowe, C., Begnaud, M., Ground Truth Hypocenters and 3D crustal velocity structure in Central Asia from in-country networks, Proceedings of the 28th Seismic Research Review: Trends in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (Volume I) LA-UR-06-5471, p. 377-386, Orlando, Florida, September 19-21, 2006.

Schulte-Pelkum, V., Monsalve, G., Sheehan, A., Bilham, R., Wu, F., Imaging the Indian subcontinent beneath the Himalayas, Nature, 435, 1222-1225, 2005.

Monsalve, G., Sheehan, A., de la Torre, T., Rowe, C.,  Begnaud, M., Ground truth in Central Asia from in-country networks, Proceedings of the 27th Seismic Research Review: Trends in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (Volume I) LA-UR-05-6407, p. 372-382, Palm Springs, California, September 20-22, 2005.

Sheehan, A.F.,  Monsalve, G., Rowe, C., Begnaud, ,M., Ground Truth in Central Asia from In-Country Networks, Proceedings of the 26th Seismic Research Review: Trends in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (Volume I) LA-UR-04-5801, p. 338-345, Orlando, Florida, September 21-23, 2004.

Chica, A., Buitrago, J.A., Monsalve, G., Morales, J.E., Codificación sismológica de un segmento de la falla Cauca-Almaguer y sus aplicaciones en el departamento de Antioquia. Boletín de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Vol. 27, No. 102., pp. 53-69, 2003.