[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] New Coordinator for Earthquake Hazards Program Activities in the Central and Eastern U.S.

[Oliver Boyd]

USGS Earthquake Program staff and friends,
I am pleased to announce that Rob Williams has accepted the position as the
Coordinator of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program for the Central and
Eastern U.S. Rob has 27 years of experience working on studies of seismic
hazard throughout the U.S. and has been serving as the Acting Coordinator
during this transition period.  Rob's research focus has been on upper
crustal structure and site response.  He has led many high-resolution
seismic imaging studies of sedimentary basins and faults in urban areas of
California and in the New Madrid seismic zone.  He also was a co-leader of
a team specializing in shear-wave velocity site characterization studies
throughout the U.S.  Currently he is leading a team made up of researchers
from USGS, universities, and private industry to produce probabilistic
seismic hazard maps of the St. Louis metropolitan area.  Rob has a B.A. in
Geology from U.C. Berkeley and a M.S. in Geophysical Engineering from the
Colorado School of Mines.  I am grateful for the leadership that Rob has
demonstrated during this transition period, and am confident that, as
Coordinator, he will promote a balanced, reasoned, and effective research
program for the Central and Eastern U.S.  Please join me in congratulating
Rob regarding his new position.


Jill


                                                    Jill McCarthy
                                                    USGS
                                                    Geologic Hazards Science
Center
                                                    Golden, CO, USA

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