VITAE

ROBERT L. NOWACK
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Purdue University

550 Stadium Mall Dr.
West Lafayette, IN  47907-1397

Phone:  (765) 413-7182

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Ph.D. Geophysics, 1985.  Advisor:  Keiiti Aki

Stanford University (Stanford, California)
M.S. Geophysics, 1977.

Beloit College (Beloit, Wisconsin)
B.A. Physics, with Honors, 1975.

Professional Experience:

2023-Present      Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
                           Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus

1998 - 2023       Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
                           Professor of Geophysics

1990-1998          Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
                           Associate Professor of Geophysics

1985-1990          Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
                           Assistant Professor of Geophysics

1985                   Earth Resources Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA
                           Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

1978-1980          U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
                           Staff Seismologist

1977-78              Woodward Clyde Consultants, San Francisco, CA
                           Engineering Seismologist

Professional Societies:

American Geophysical Union

Seismological Society of America

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Professional Activities:

2012-2016 – Editor-in-Chief (EIC) for the Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth

2009-2012 – Co-Chief Editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth

2004-2010 – Editorial Board for the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

2005-2009 – Associate Editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth

1999-2009 – Associate Editor for the journal Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica.

1995-2009 –  Associate Editor for the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

2004-present – Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP)

Visiting Professor Appointments:

05/15/89-08/01/89 - Visiting Professor

Seismology Laboratory of the Institut de Physique de Globe, Universite Paris VI, Paris, France

01/15/92-06/01/92 - Visiting Professor

Department of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

02/01/02-04/01/02 – Visiting Professor

Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, TX

05/01/02-05/25/02 – Visiting Professor

Department of Geological Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

06/03/03-07/29/03 – Visiting Professor

University of California at Santa Cruz

01/15/2012-03/31/2012 - Visiting Professor

Scripps, University of San Diego, La Jolla, CA

04/05/2012-06/15/2012 - Visiting Professor

EOS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia