Ben Melosh
Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolBen Melosh is a research geologist based in San Francisco with a decade of experience mapping and analyzing structurally complex, multiply deformed terranes around the world. At the USGS and during his PhD at McGill he has focused on fault kinematics, interactions between brittle and ductile deformation, and processes at the ductile–brittle transition that influence the seismic cycle. He combines rigorous field mapping and structural geology with advanced computational data compilation and analysis, applying those skills to geothermal and hazard-related projects in diverse settings from Guatemala to Chile. His research interest in fault–fluid interactions and serpentinite-related creep reflects a niche blend of earthquake geology and lithologic control on fault strength. Colleagues rely on him for translating detailed structural observations into practical models for resource exploration and seismic hazard assessment.
9 years of coding experience
BS, Earth Science, BS, Earth Science at UC Santa CruzMS, Active Tectonics, MS, Active Tectonics at UC Santa BarbaraDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Structural Geology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Structural Geology at McGill University
English, Spanish, Indonesian, French
Stackoverflow
11reputation
509reached
0answers
2questions
Github Skills (44)
openstreetmap10
raster10
delaunay-triangulation10
geospatial10
geodata10
mapping-tools10
geographic10
gis10
shapefile10
blender10
addon10
overpass-api9
geotools9
python9
3d9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BenjiDa/flowstress_calculator
Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 release, 130 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 5 months
BenjiDa/BenjiDa.github.io
Jun 2016 - Mar 2023
my homepage
Contributions:3 PRs, 121 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
my-homepage
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.