Resume for Robert Abbott
1455 Clough Road
Reno, NV 89509
Home: (775) 329-4401 Office: (775) 784-4251
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Education
B.S. (Physics, Math Minor) University of Nevada, Reno 1995
Ph.D (Geophysics) University of Nevada, Reno, December 2001 (anticipated)
Professional Experience
January 1999-Present, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno Seismological Laboratory.
August 1999-December 1999, Research Assistant, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
October 1999, Consulting Geophysicist, Piedmont Geosciences, Inc.
May 1999-Sept. 1999, Field Geophysicist, Quantec Geoscience.
May 1997-May 1999, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno Seismological Laboratory.
1996-97, Student Assistant, Western Regional Climate Center.
1993-95, Research Assistant, Desert Research Institute, Atmospheric Science Center.
1992-93, Math Tutor, University of Nevada, Reno Physics Department.
Professional Societies
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of Nevada, Nevada Petroleum Society, Society for Mining , Metallurgy, and Exploration
Scholarships/Awards
Mackay School of Mines Outstanding Graduate Student in Geophysics, 1999
WAAIME Scholarship, 1999-2000
Nevada Petroleum Society Graduate Student Award, 1998-99
Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE). Supported by Research Experience for Undergraduates (REI) funds, 1998.
Consortium for Economic Migration and Tomography Fellowship, 1997-99
Joe E. Moose Award for Excellence in Research, 1994-95
Sigmund W. Leifson Memorial Scholarship, 1993-94
University of Nevada, Reno Freshman Scholarship, 1990-91
Publications
Abbott, R. E., J. N. Louie, S. J. Caskey, S. Pullammannappallil, Geophysical confirmation of low-angle slip on the historically active Dixie Valley fault , Nevada, Jour. Geophys. Res., in submission, 2000.
Abbott, Robert E., and J. N. Louie, Depth-to-bedrock using gravimetry in the Reno, and Carson City Nevada, area basins, Geophysics, 65, 340-350, 2000.
Abbott, R. E., Seismic reflection and gravity over an active low-angle normal fault, Dixie Valley, Nevada, invited talk, Nevada Petroleum Society Meeting, April 1999.
Iwata, T. H., H. Kawase, T. Satoh, Y. Kakehi, K. Irikura, J. N. Louie, R. E. Abbott, and J. G.Anderson, Array microtremor measurements at Reno, Nevada, USA: Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1998.
Abbott, R. E., J. N. Louie, S. J. Caskey, and S.G. Wesnousky, A geophysical test of low-angle dip on the seismogenic Dixie Valley fault, Nevada, EOS Trans. AGU, 79, 582, 1998.
Abbott, R. E., A new method for real time, in situ, measurement of light absorption by aerosols, UNR Senior Thesis, 1995.
Arnott, W. P., H. Moosmuller, R. E. Abbott, M. D. Ossofsky, Thermoacoustic enhancement of photoacoustic spectroscopy: Theory and measurements of the signal to noise ratio, Review of Scientific Instruments, 66 (10), 1995.
Abbott, R., B. Martin, D. Bennum, M. Rodrigue, T. Colegrove, Radial color strips of Hubble’s Variable Nebula, NGC 2261: Presented at American Astronomical Society Meeting, Berkeley, CA 1993.