Uri S. ten Brink is a Research Geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, and an Adjunct Scientist at The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He received his B.Sc. in Geology and Physics at The Hebrew University in 1980, earned a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in 1986, and completed his post-doctoral research at Tel Aviv University (1986–1987) and at Stanford University (1987–1991). He was elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2016, a Senior Scientist (ST) of the Federal Government in 2010, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 1996, and he won the Royal Society of New Zealand Annual Prize for Geophysics in 1990. His research focuses on quantifying tectonic and morphological processes and their impacts on the assessments of tsunami, landslide, and earthquake hazards. He is also interested in bridging gaps between disciplines in earth sciences. He is the Project Chief of the USGS Marine Geohazards Sources and Probability Project and in charge of the USGS Ocean Bottom Seismometers.