Robert John Mellors
I. Education:
Indiana University 1990-1995
Ph.D., Geophysics, minor in mathematics
Title of Dissertation: Two Studies in Central Asian Seismology: a Teleseismic
Study of the Pamir/Hindu Kush and Analysis of Data from the Kyrgyzstan Seismic
Network
Cornell University
1986-1988 MS, Geophysics
Ohio State University
1982-1986 BS (with honors), Geology, minor in mathematics
Zellers Elementary School 1971 Kindergarten,
minor in finger painting.
I. Positions and ranks held:
· Resident Computer Geoscientist, Department of Geological Sciences,
San Diego State University, 1997-present
· Post-doctoral researcher 1995-1997, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary
Physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD.
· Research assistant, Indiana University, 1990-1995.
· Minicomputer specialist, Center for Earthquake Research and Information,
Memphis, Memphis TN, 1988-1990.
· Research and teaching assistant, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1986-1988.
· Summer intern, Standard Oil of Ohio, Houston, TX, 1987.
· Summer intern, Atlantic Richfield Co., Midland, TX, 1986.
· Research assistant, Institute for Polar Studies, Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, 1985-1986.
II. Awards:
· Outstanding Faculty award, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego
State University, 2001.
· Cecil and Ida Green Scholar, 1995-1996, Institute of Geophysics and
Planetary Physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD.
· Chevron geophysics scholarship, 1990.
· Best Student paper, Eastern Section Seismological Society of America,
1988.
III. Service:
· IRIS education & outreach committee, 1999-2002.
· Guest editor, special issue on education and outreach, Seismological
Research Letters, 2003.