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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