usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:59:13.070388' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/ben-melosh profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: - AGU 2008-present - GSA 2008-present - CTG (Canadian tectonics group) 2011-2015 - SCUMBAG (Sonoma County United Meeting of Biology and Geology) 2005-2007 education: - Ph.D. - Structural Geology, McGill University 2015 - M.S. - Active Tectonics, UC Santa Barbara 2010 - B.S. - Geology, UC Santa Cruz 2005 email: bmelosh@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Structural Geology - Geologic Mapping - Fault Rheology - Earthquake Geology - Fluid flow along faults honors: [] intro_statements: - Ben Melosh is a research geologist at the GMEG science center. He received his PhD in structural geology from McGill University in 2015. Since joining the USGS, Ben has focused on bedrock mapping and active tectonics in northern California and specializes in fault rock deformation and multiply-deformed terranes. name: Ben Melosh name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-8017-7193 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gmeg organization_name: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center personal_statement: null professional_experience: - Research Geologist, USGS, 2015 to present title: Research Geologist