Robert Ladislav Parker
Robert L. Parker is an American geophysicist and mathematician currently holding a Professor Emeritus of Geophysics position at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California.
The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics in La Jolla
After completing a B.A. in Natural Sciences in 1963, M.A. in 1964, and Ph.D. in 1966[1] in Geophysics at Downing College, Cambridge in England,[2] Parker moved to the U.S. to work at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). He has subsequently built on work by Freeman Gilbert and George Backus regarding inverse theory. He is a former director of IGPP.
Personal life
Parker is an avid bicyclist and keeps track of all of his miles.[3] He has also written about the energy behind bicycle physics.[4]
Awards
- John Adam Fleming Medal, American Geophysical Union (2008)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1998)
- Fellow, Royal Society of London (1989)
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union (1976)
- James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union (1976)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1975)
- Sloan Fellowship (1969–1971)
- Downing College Bye Fellowship (1965–1966)
- Downing College, Major Open Scholarship (1960–1963)
- State Scholarship Grant (1960–1963
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gollark: I'm looking at getting a 4GB RPi4, heatsink case and SSD to replace my ageing tower server.
gollark: The 3 has a quad-core ARMv8 CPU with better clocks than previous generations, the 4 has better clocks again and a better (A72) core design, so about 2x the CPU perf of the 3. Also more RAM options.
gollark: I find that in the UK it's actually significantly more expensive.
References
- Robert Ladislav Parker at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "CV".
- "Bicycle Logs" (PDF).
- "Bicycle Physics" (PDF).
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