He currently works on the USGS aftershock forecasts under the Earthquake Processes, Probabilities, and Occurrence Project, long-term hazards assessments as part of the National Seismic Hazard Model Project and is a member of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council. For his service to the Seismological Society of America he received its Distinguished Service Award in 2011. For his career contributions, he received the Department of the Interior’s Distinguished Service Award in 2019.