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Thompson (geologist)]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://earth.stanford.edu/news/geophysics-champion-george-thompson-dies-97\|title=Geophysics champion George Thompson dies at 97\|date=24 May 2017}}</ref> \|thesis_year = 1978 \|doctoral_advisor = [[George A. Thompson (geologist)\|George A. Thompson]] \|academic_advisors = \|doctoral_students = \|notable_students = \|known_for = ~~\|author_abbrev_bot =~~ ~~\|author_abbrev_zoo =~~ \|influences = \|influenced = \|awards = [[James B. Macelwane Medal]] (1987)<br>[[Arthur L. Day Medal]] (2007) \|~~religion~~ signature = ~~\|signature = <!--(filename only)-->~~ \|footnotes = }} '''Mary Lou Zoback''' (née Chetlain; born July 5, 1952<ref>{{cite web\|title=Zoback, Mary Lou C\|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n79138186\|website=Library of Congress Authorities\|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref>) is an American [[geophysicist]] who led the world stress map project of the International Lithosphere Program from 1986 to 1994.<ref name=WorldStressMap>{{cite web\|title=The World Stress Map Project – A Service for Earth System Management\|url=http://dc-app3-14.gfz-potsdam.de/pub/introduction/introduction_frame.html\|publisher=Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities\|access-date=2014-03-27\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606013857/http://dc-app3-14.gfz-potsdam.de/pub/introduction/introduction_frame.html\|archive-date=2016-06-06\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Zoback's spent most of her career as a research scientist at the [[United States Geological Survey\|U.S. Geological Survey]] and retired in 2006. '''Mary Lou Zoback''' ({{nee}} Chetlain; born July 5, 1952) is an American [[geophysicist]] and [[seismologist]]. A specialist in tectonic stress and natural hazards risks, she spent most of her career as a research scientist with the [[United States Geological Survey]]. Zoback chaired the World Stress Map project of the International Lithosphere Program from 1986 to 1992. Zoback served on the U.S. [[Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board]] from 2012 to 2018. ~~==Life and career==~~ ==Early life and education== Dr. Zoback is a geophysicist who graduated with her PhD in 1978 from Stanford University. She worked for most of her career as a senior research scientist at the [https://secweb.wr.usgs.gov/USGS-Menlo-Park/ U.S Geological Survey located in Menlo Park, California]. Zoback served on the [https://nwtrb.gov U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board] from 2012 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Spring 2018 Board Meeting - March 27, 2018 \|url=https://www.nwtrb.gov/meetings/past-meetings/spring-2018-board-meeting---march-28-2018 \|access-date=2022-08-30 \|website=www.nwtrb.gov}}</ref> Mary Lou Chetlain was born on July 5, 1952, in [[Sanford, Florida]].<ref name="EoWS">{{cite book \|last1=Oakes \|first1=Elizabeth H. \|title=Encyclopedia of World Scientists \|date=2007 \|publisher=Infobase Publishing \|isbn=978-1-4381-1882-6 \|page=798 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&dq=%22mary+lou+Chetlain%22&pg=PA798 \|language=en}}</ref> Her father Kent Chetlain was a sports editor with the ''[[The Bradenton Herald\|Bradenton Herald]]'' and as a teenager, she operated the [[McKechnie Field]] electronic scoreboard during [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] spring training games.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Dymond \|first1=Richard \|title=People lover Kent Chetlain had the gift of gab and prose \|url=https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article189816429.html \|date=December 14, 2017 \|work=[[The Bradenton Herald]] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214225502/https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article189816429.html \|archive-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> She began her undergraduate studies in [[oceanography]] at the [[Florida Institute of Technology]]. After taking a course on [[plate tectonics]] and elasticity, she met geophysicist [[Allan V. Cox]] at a meeting on solar magnetism in [[Cape Canaveral, Florida\|Cape Canaveral]]. Following his recommendation, she transferred to [[Stanford University]] in her junior year, receiving a full scholarship.<ref name="Mancini2022">{{cite news \|last1=Mancini \|first1=Nancy \|title=Mary Lou Zoback Honored with 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award \|url=https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/mary-lou-zoback-honored-2022-distinguished-alumni-award \|publisher=Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability \|date=November 18, 2022 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name="EoWS"/> At Stanford she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974, a Master of Science degree in 1975, and a Ph.D. in 1978, all in geophysics.<ref name="AWSS">{{cite book\|last=Wayne\|first=Tiffany K.\|title=American Women of Science Since 1900: Essays A-H. Vol.1\|year=2011\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|pages=997–998\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPGZJ_YuMwgC&pg=PA998\|isbn=9781598841589}}</ref><ref name="EoWS"/> Her doctoral thesis was titled "Mid-miocene rifting in north-central Nevada: A detailed study of late cenozoic deformation in the northern basin and range".<ref>{{cite thesis \|last1=Zoback \|first1=Mary Lou C. \|title=Mid-miocene rifting in north-central Nevada: A detailed study of late cenozoic deformation in the northern basin and range \|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/733425 \|publisher=Stanford Libraries \|access-date=November 24, 2022 \|date=1978}}</ref> Her advisor was [[George A. Thompson (geologist)\|George Thompson]].<ref name="Mancini2022"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://earth.stanford.edu/news/geophysics-champion-george-thompson-dies-97\|title=Geophysics champion George Thompson dies at 97\|date=24 May 2017\|publisher=Stanford University\|first=Danielle Torrent \|last=Tucker}}</ref> Zoback's research focused on active tectonics, the relationship between active faulting, quantifying earthquake likelihood, deformation and state of stress in the earth’s crust, and the intertwined relationship between physics, chemistry and geology. The application of this specific work won her the Public Service award and the Day Medal from the [https://www.geosociety.org Geological Society of America]. She studied the [https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.html San Andreas fault system] and served as an early leader of world stress map project of the [https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.html international Lithosphere program]. ==Career== Zoback attended [[Stanford University]], receiving her B.S. in 1974, M.S. in 1975, and Ph.D. in 1978.<ref name="AWSS">{{cite book\|last=Wayne\|first=Tiffany K.\|title=American Women of Science Since 1900: Essays A-H. Vol.1\|year=2011\|publisher=ABC-CLIO\|pages=997–998\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPGZJ_YuMwgC&pg=PA998\|isbn=9781598841589}}</ref> She did a Post-Doctoral program with the [[United States National Research Council\|National Research Council]] from 1978–1979 with the [[U.S. Geological Survey]]'s Heat Flow Studies group. She was a research scientist in the [[earthquake]] studies office at the [[USGS]] from 1979 until 2003. From 2006–2011 Zoback was the vice president, earthquake risk applications with Risk Management Solutions in [[Newark, California]].<ref name="NWTRB">{{cite web \|title=Zobeck Resume \|url=http://www.nwtrb.gov/board/zoback.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011027/http://www.nwtrb.gov/board/zoback.html \|archive-date=2014-03-28 \|access-date=2014-03-27 \|publisher=U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board}}</ref><ref name="AWSS" /> Following her graduation, Zoback conducted postdoctoral research from 1978 to 1979 with the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) through a [[United States National Research Council\|National Research Council]] fellowship.<ref name="AWSS" /> She worked with the Heat Flow Studies group, conducting research on tectonic deformation in northern Nevada. In 1979, she joined the USGS as a research geophysicist in the office of the Western Earthquake Hazards Team.<ref name="EoWS"/> Zoback created a map of tectonic stress fields for the Western U.S. states, later extending the map with colleagues to include the contiguous United States. According to Zoback, the work demonstrated "that broad regions of the Earth’s crust in the U.S. were subjected to a uniformly oriented stress field and resulted from large-scale tectonic processes". Zoback was approached by the president of the International Lithosphere Program with the idea of creating a global map for stress fields.<ref name="Mancini2022"/> Zobacks' major area of interest is active [[tectonics]], with emphasis on the relationship of the in-situ tectonic stress field to earthquake deformation. Her studies have focused on the [[San Andreas fault]] system. From 1986 to 1992, Zoback led the world stress map project of the International Lithosphere Program. The project involved more than 40 scientists from over 30 different countries with the objective of compiling and interpreting geologic and geophysical data on the present day tectonic stress field. From 1986 to 1992, Zoback chaired the International Lithosphere Program's World Stress Map project, an open-access public database.<ref name="EoWS"/> The project had the objective of inferring the relative magnitudes of forces that act on the [[lithosphere]]. Zoback coordinated the compilation and interpretation of geophysical and geologic data on tectonic stress fields with dozens of scientists from over 30 countries. The project led to a special issue of the ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]'' in 1992 for which Zoback was guest editor. Zoback is a past member of U. S. Geodynamics Committee ([[United States National Research Council\|National Research Council]]) and the [[National Science Foundation\|NSF]] review panel for the continental dynamics program. She is a past member of the council and executive board of the [[Geological Society of America]] (GSA).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.public.asu.edu/~arrows/old/GLG310--MLZ.html\|title=BIOGRAPHY-Mary Lou Zoback and Abstract for talk\|website=www.public.asu.edu}}</ref> She served as GSA president in 2000.▼ ▲Zoback iswas a ~~past~~ member of U.the ~~S. Geodynamics Committee (~~[[United States National Research Council\|National Research Council]])'s United States Geodynamics Committee from 1985 to 1989.<ref name="EoWS"/> and the [[National Science Foundation\|NSF]] review panel for the continental dynamics program. She is a past member of the council and executive board of the [[Geological Society of America]] (GSA).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.public.asu.edu/~arrows/old/GLG310--MLZ.html\|title=BIOGRAPHY-Mary Lou Zoback and Abstract for talk\|website=~~www.~~public.asu.edu}}</ref> ~~She~~and she served as president of the GSA's ~~president~~Tectonophysics Section in 2000.<ref name="EoWS"/> Zoback is married to [[Stanford University]] Professor [[Mark Zoback\|Mark David Zoback]]. They have 2 children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=View Tree for Mary Lou Chetlain\|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/l/Sandra-L-Miller-bonaduz/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0061.html\|website=Family tree maker @ genealogy.com\|access-date=15 October 2014}}</ref> In 1990 –Zoback ~~[[USGS]]~~received a Gilbert Fellowship Award from the USGS for a ~~one-year~~yearlong sabbatical in [[Karlsruhe, Germany]].<ref ~~(1990–1991)~~name="EoWS"/>▼ ~~=== Stanford Studies ===~~ Mary Lou Zoback's studies at [[Stanford University]] consisted of the observation of the earth's crust, such as relationships between active fault lines, the deformation and stress within the [[Earth's crust\|earth’s crust]], chances of earthquakes occurring, and identifying natural hazard risk.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|title=Mary Lou Zoback\|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary_Lou_Zoback\|website=Research Gate}}</ref> At Stanford University she was a consulting professor in the [[Geophysics]] Department. Her motivation for her research was mainly the thought of reducing the risk natural disasters cause for communities.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=UsePrivacyCopyrightTrademarksNon-DiscriminationAccessibility\|first=Terms of\|title=Mary Lou Zoback\|url=https://earth.stanford.edu/people/mary-lou-zoback\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=Stanford Earth\|language=en}}</ref> She mainly focused on how the [[lithosphere]] could affect the public, and update old research on the top layer of the earth. With the knowledge of keeping up to date with active fault lines, people can be more aware of [[earthquake cycle]]s and estimate when society should prepare for what is to come. The information of deformation and stress within earth’s crust is essential for the management of geo-reservoirs and underground storage for energy and waste. In addition Zobacks studies, with the help from her team have significantly impacted nation-states resilience to disasters, but she has a wide variation of studies that future generations will continue to add to, from what she has started at Stanford University.<ref name=":1" /> Zoback was the chief scientist of the USGS Earthquake Hazards team beginning in 1999. She oversaw the study "Earthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region, 2002-2031". She was a USGS Senior Research Scientist from 2002 to 2006 and developed an integrated hazards research program for Northern California. ~~=== Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board ===~~ Mary Lou Zoback was appointed to the [[U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board]] by President [[Barack Obama]] on September 25, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mary Lou Zoback, Ph.D.\|url=https://www.nwtrb.gov/about-us/members/mary-lou-zoback-ph-d\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=www.nwtrb.gov}}</ref> Each board member is appointed to the board by the president after the [[National Academy of Sciences]] provides a list of candidates who are selected solely on the basis of established records of distinguished professional service and eminence in a field of science or engineering.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Members\|url=https://www.nwtrb.gov/about-us/members\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=www.nwtrb.gov}}</ref> As part of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Mary Lou Zoback specialized in Seismology and Geophysics.<ref name=":0" /> Together, the board members worked together to provide scientific and technical oversight of the Department of Energy’s program for managing and disposing of high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board {{!}} USAGov\|url=https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/nuclear-waste-technical-review-board\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=www.usa.gov\|language=en}}</ref>▼ From 2006 to 2011, Zoback served as vice president for Earthquake Risk Applications with Risk Management Solutions, a Bay Area catastrophe modeling firm. She developed risk models to examine the role that [[earthquake insurance]] has in society and to quantify the effects of risk reduction and disaster management.<ref name="Stanford Earth"/> ~~=== San Andreas Fault System ===~~ Mary Lou Zoback dedicated a large part of studies to the San Andreas fault system during the years of 1986 through 1992. [[San Andreas Fault\|The San Andreas fault system]] is a large and intricate fault network that cuts through the rocks along California's coast. She studied and contributed a great deal of knowledge towards the connection between earthquakes and [[Strike slip faults\|large strike-slip faults]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Zoback\|first1=Mark D.\|last2=Zoback\|first2=Mary Lou\|last3=Mount\|first3=Van S.\|last4=Suppe\|first4=John\|last5=Eaton\|first5=Jerry P.\|last6=Healy\|first6=John H.\|last7=Oppenheimer\|first7=David\|last8=Reasenberg\|first8=Paul\|last9=Jones\|first9=Lucile\|last10=Raleigh\|first10=C. Barry\|last11=Wong\|first11=Ivan G.\|date=1987-11-20\|title=New Evidence on the State of Stress of the San Andreas Fault System\|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.238.4830.1105\|journal=Science\|language=en\|volume=238\|issue=4830\|pages=1105–1111\|doi=10.1126/science.238.4830.1105\|issn=0036-8075\|pmid=17839366\|bibcode=1987Sci...238.1105Z\|s2cid=39875115}}</ref> She looked back to 1906 at the devastating earthquake that shook northern California to its core. Through the reanalysis of this event plenty of new information was presented. Through some of what she found Dr. Zoback was able to study the concept of the [[Earthquake prediction\|earthquake cycle]]. This is the concept of the elastic rebound hypothesis which is when a slow strain accumulation produced by movements from neighboring crusts, suddenly releases energy which are in turn earthquakes.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Zoback\|first1=M. D.\|last2=Zoback\|first2=M. L.\|last3=Mount\|first3=V. S.\|last4=Suppe\|first4=J.\|last5=Eaton\|first5=J. P.\|last6=Healy\|first6=J. H.\|last7=Oppenheimer\|first7=D.\|last8=Reasenberg\|first8=P.\|last9=Jones\|first9=L.\|last10=Raleigh\|first10=C. B.\|last11=Wong\|first11=I. G.\|date=1987-11-20\|title=New evidence on the state of stress of the san andreas fault system\|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17839366/\|journal=Science\|volume=238\|issue=4830\|pages=1105–1111\|doi=10.1126/science.238.4830.1105\|issn=0036-8075\|pmid=17839366\|bibcode=1987Sci...238.1105Z\|s2cid=39875115}}</ref> Dr. Zoback made minor modifications to this theory and after her more recent understandings of the system still deems them accurate. She studied and wrote about compressions that explain not only the recent uplift of coast ranges but also the active reverse faults and folds parallel to the San Andreas system which had been previously unexplainable.▼ At Stanford University, she was a consulting professor in the Geophysics Department starting in 2011.<ref name="Stanford Earth">{{Cite web\|title=Mary Lou Zoback\|url=https://earth.stanford.edu/people/mary-lou-zoback\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=Stanford Earth\|language=en\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912082820/https://earth.stanford.edu/people/mary-lou-zoback \|archive-date=2017-09-12}}</ref> ~~=== Risk Management Solution ===~~ Risk Management Solutions is a company that has led the way in transforming the catastrophe risk industry by helping organizations make better decisions to improve human and environmental outcomes. They have proven modeling science with powerful advances in technology enabling clients to better assess risk and reduce uncertainty. ▲~~Mary Lou~~ Zoback was appointed to the [[U.S. [[Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board]] by President [[Barack Obama]] on September 25, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mary Lou Zoback, Ph.D.\|url=https://www.nwtrb.gov/about-us/members/mary-lou-zoback-ph-d\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=~~www.~~nwtrb.gov}}</ref> Each board member is appointed to the board by the president after the [[National Academy of Sciences]] provides a list of candidates who are selected solely on the basis of established records of distinguished professional service and eminence in a field of science or engineering.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Members\|url=https://www.nwtrb.gov/about-us/members\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=~~www.~~nwtrb.gov}}</ref> ~~As part of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Mary Lou Zoback specialized in Seismology and Geophysics.<ref name=":0" /> Together, the~~The board ~~members worked together to provide~~provides scientific and technical oversight of the Department of ~~Energy’s~~Energy's program for managing and disposing of high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board {{!}} USAGov\|url=https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/nuclear-waste-technical-review-board\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=~~www.~~usa.gov\|language=en}}</ref> [https://www.rms.com/ From 2006 to 2011], Zoback was Vice President for Earthquake Risk Applications with Risk Management Solutions. Her objective was to help to organize and manage earthquake hazard and risk networks, as well as build consensus among experts to develop high quality earthquake source and earthquake risk models for new regions of the world. She also led Risk Management Solutions initiatives on the significance of risk quantification for expanding the societal role of earthquake insurance, disaster management, and risk reduction activities worldwide. ==Research== [https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2006/12/06/74772.htm Her work was important because understanding risk], integrating predictive analytics, and sharing expertise more broadly will result in a more resilient world. Zoback's principal area of research is active [[tectonics]],<ref name="EoWS"/> with an emphasis on the relationship between tectonic stress fields and the incidence of earthquakes. Her studies have focused on the [[San Andreas Fault]] system, the [[Basin and Range Province]], and intraplate regions. Her work has involved quantifying [[natural hazard]] risks as well as developing strategies for risk reduction and metrics for disaster resilience. ▲~~Mary Lou~~ Zoback dedicated a large part of her studies to the ~~San Andreas fault system during the years of 1986 through 1992.~~ [[San Andreas Fault~~\|The San Andreas fault system~~]] issystem afrom ~~large~~1986 ~~and~~to ~~intricate fault network that cuts through the rocks along California's coast~~1992. She ~~studied~~worked ~~and contributed a great deal of knowledge towards~~on the connection between earthquakes and [[Strike slip faults\|large strike-slip faults]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Zoback\|first1=Mark D.\|last2=Zoback\|first2=Mary Lou\|last3=Mount\|first3=Van S.\|last4=Suppe\|first4=John\|last5=Eaton\|first5=Jerry P.\|last6=Healy\|first6=John H.\|last7=Oppenheimer\|first7=David\|last8=Reasenberg\|first8=Paul\|last9=Jones\|first9=Lucile\|last10=Raleigh\|first10=C. Barry\|last11=Wong\|first11=Ivan G.\|date=1987-11-20\|title=New Evidence on the State of Stress of the San Andreas Fault System\|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.238.4830.1105\|journal=Science\|language=en\|volume=238\|issue=4830\|pages=1105–1111\|doi=10.1126/science.238.4830.1105\|issn=0036-8075\|pmid=17839366\|bibcode=1987Sci...238.1105Z\|s2cid=39875115\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ~~She looked back to 1906 at the devastating earthquake that shook northern California to its core.~~ Through ~~the~~a reanalysis of ~~this~~the ~~event~~[[1906 ~~plenty~~San ofFrancisco ~~new information was presented. Through some of what she found Dr.~~earthquake]], Zoback ~~was able to study~~studied the concept of the [[Earthquake prediction\|earthquake cycle]]~~. This is the concept of the elastic rebound hypothesis which is when a slow strain accumulation produced by movements from neighboring crusts, suddenly releases energy which are in turn earthquakes~~.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Zoback\|first1=M. D.\|last2=Zoback\|first2=M. L.\|last3=Mount\|first3=V. S.\|last4=Suppe\|first4=J.\|last5=Eaton\|first5=J. P.\|last6=Healy\|first6=J. H.\|last7=Oppenheimer\|first7=D.\|last8=Reasenberg\|first8=P.\|last9=Jones\|first9=L.\|last10=Raleigh\|first10=C. B.\|last11=Wong\|first11=I. G.\|date=1987-11-20\|title=New evidence on the state of stress of the san andreas fault system\|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17839366/\|journal=Science\|volume=238\|issue=4830\|pages=1105–1111\|doi=10.1126/science.238.4830.1105\|issn=0036-8075\|pmid=17839366\|bibcode=1987Sci...238.1105Z\|s2cid=39875115}}</ref> Dr. Zoback made minor modifications to this theory and after her more recent understandings of the system still deems them accurate. She studied and wrote about compressions that explain not only the recent uplift of coast ranges but also the active reverse faults and folds parallel to the San Andreas system which had been previously unexplainable. ~~=== Public Service Award and Day Medal ===~~ Mary Lou Zoback was awarded with [[Geological Society of America\|The Geological Society of America]] [[Arthur L. Day Medal]] in 2007 through the nomination of Richard Gordon who was a Keck Professor of Geophysics at [[Rice University]]. This award is to recognize those who apply [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] to solve geologic problems. She was awarded this honor through her work on stresses and forces that deform [[Plate tectonics\|tectonic plates]], as well as what drives and resists their motion. The results that Mary received from her research were vital to understanding what causes earthquakes and other faults worldwide. Today her world stress maps are used widely and cited by geo-scientists around the world. ==Personal life== The [[Geological Society of America]] Public Service Award is given to individuals who have considerably enhanced the understanding of [[Earth science\|Earth Sciences]]. Mary Lou Zoback was given the honor of receiving this award in 2007 after being nominated by David Applegate, who was the Acting Associate Director for Geology and Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards for her contributions to Geoscience in public policy decision making, along with her science education at both national and local level. Through her tireless efforts she educated the public on earthquake hazards through her leadership in a campaign to bring awareness towards earthquake preparedness.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mary Lou Zoback to receive GSA 2007 Arthur L. Day Medal and Public Service Award\|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/gsoa-mlz083007.php\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=EurekAlert!\|language=en}}</ref> Zoback married geophysicist [[Mark Zoback\|Mark David Zoback]] in 1973. They have two children.<ref name="EoWS"/> ==Awards and honors== 1987 – [[James B. Macelwane Medal]] of the [[American Geophysical Union]]<ref ~~fellow~~name="AWoS"/>▼ * 2007 – [[Geological Society of America]] public service award▼ * 1995 – Elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="EoWS"/>▼ * 2007 – [[Geological Society of America]] [[Arthur L. Day]] medal * 2002 – Meritorious Service Award of the [[United States Department of the Interior\|Department of the Interior]]<ref name="AWoS"/> * 2006-2011 – she was [https://earth.stanford.edu/people/mary-lou-zoback Vice President for Earthquake Risk Applications] with Risk Management Solutions, a private catastrophe modeling firm serving the insurance industry * 2003 – Bownocker Medal of [[Ohio State University]]<ref name="AWoS">{{cite book \|last1=Wayne \|first1=Tiffany K. \|title=American Women of Science Since 1900 \|date=2011 \|publisher=ABC-CLIO \|isbn=978-1-59884-158-9 \|page=998 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPGZJ_YuMwgC&pg=PA998 \|language=en}}</ref> * 2006 – "Leadership, Innovation, and Outstanding Accomplishments in Earthquake Risk Reduction" Award from the [[Earthquake Engineering Research Institute]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.mentornet.net/documents/other/bios/mzoback_bio.aspx \|title=Board of Directors - Mary Lou Zoback \|access-date=2009-02-26 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412234028/http://www.mentornet.net/documents/other/bios/mzoback_bio.aspx \|archive-date=2009-04-12 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2006 – "Leadership, Innovation, and Outstanding Accomplishments in Earthquake Risk Reduction" Award from the [[Earthquake Engineering Research Institute]]<ref name="AWoS"/> * 1997 to 2000 – she was a [https://www.nwtrb.gov/about-us/members/mary-lou-zoback-ph-d member of the National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management]. ▲* 2007 – [[Arthur L. Day Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of America]]<ref ~~public service award~~name="AWoS"/> ▲* 1995 – Elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] * 2007 – Public Service Award of the Geological Society of America<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mary Lou Zoback to receive GSA 2007 Arthur L. Day Medal and Public Service Award\|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/gsoa-mlz083007.php\|access-date=2020-12-13\|website=EurekAlert!\|language=en}}</ref> ▲* 1990 – [[USGS]] Gilbert Fellowship Award for a one-year sabbatical in [[Karlsruhe, Germany]] (1990–1991) * 2022 – Distinguished Alumni Award, Stanford University<ref name="Mancini2022"/> * 1987 – [[American Geophysical Union]] [[Macelwane award]] ▲* 1987 – [[American Geophysical Union]] fellow * 1984 – [[Geological Society of America]] fellow ==Selected publications== Line 92 ⟶ 80: * Zoback, M. D., and Zoback, M. L.'', State of stress and intra-plate earthquakes in the central and eastern United States'': Science, v. 213, p. 96-104. (1981) * ''New evidence on the state of stress on the San Andreas fault system'': Science, v. 238, p. 1105-1111. (1987) * ''New evidence on the state of stress on the San Andreas fault system.'' Science, v. 238, p. 1105–1111. (1987) * Zoback, M. L., and Zoback, M. D., ''Regional tectonic stress field of the continental U.S.: Geophysical Framework of the Continental U.S.'', L. Pakiser and W. D. Mooney, eds., Geological Society of America Memoir, 172, p. 523-539. (1989) * ''Global patterns of tectonic stress.'' Nature, v. 341, p. 291–298. (1989) Line 100 ⟶ 87: * ''Committee on Development of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards on Scientific Inquiry, Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards, National Academy Press'', 202 p. (2000) * ''Analysis of the tsunamis generated by the Mw7.8 1906 San Francisco earthquake." Geology, v. 27, p. 15–18. (2000) * ''Grand challenges in earth and environmental sciences: science, stewardship, and service for the 21st century.'' GSA Today, v., p. 41- 46. (2001)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/distinguished_lectureship/past_speakers/zoback\|title=Mary Lou Zoback {{!}} IRIS\|~~website~~publisher=~~www.iris.edu~~IRIS Consortium}}</ref> ==References== Line 110 ⟶ 97: {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoback, Mary Lou}} [[Category:~~21st-century~~ American ~~scientists~~seismologists]]▼ [[Category:American geophysicists]] [[Category:Women geophysicists]] Line 119 ⟶ 107: [[Category:Fellows of the American Geophysical Union]] [[Category:Fellows of the Geological Society of America]] [[Category:Florida Institute of Technology alumni]] [[Category:Stanford University alumni]] [[Category:20th-century American geologists]] [[Category:21st-century American geologists]] ▲[[Category:21st-century American scientists]] [[Category:20th-century American women scientists]] [[Category:21st-century American women scientists]]