Mary Lou Zoback
Mary Lou Zoback is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the USGS Western Earthquake Hazards Team, Menlo Park, CA, and serves as the Regional Coordinator for the USGS Northern California Earthquake Hazard Program. She is also chair of the Steering Committee for the 1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance. Zoback joined the USGS in 1978 after receiving her Ph.D. in geophysics from Stanford University. From 1999-2002 she was Chief Scientist of the USGS Western Earthquake Hazards team. Her primary research interest is the relationship between earthquakes and stress in the earth's crust. Areas of study include the San Andreas fault system, the Basin and Range Province of the western United States, as well as intraplate regions such as the central and eastern United States. Dr. Zoback has served on numerous national committees and panels on topics ranging from continental dynamics, storage of high-level radioactive waste, and science education. She is active in several professional societies, she is past-President of the Geological Society of America and currently serves on the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Zoback was awarded the American Geophysical Union's Macelwane Award in 1987 for "significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by a young scientist of outstanding ability" and in 1995 was elected into the National Academy of Sciences.
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