Robert Ladislav Parker

Robert Ladislav Parker
Born(1942-02-24)24 February 1942
EducationUniversity of Cambridge, UK
Known forGeophysical Inverse Theory
SpouseFlorence Monica Dirac [5]
AwardsJohn Adam Fleming Medal[1]

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[2]

Fellow, Royal Society of London[3]
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysicist and Mathematician
InstitutionsScripps Institution of Oceanography
Thesis Geophysical Studies in Electromagnetic Induction [4]  (1966)
Doctoral advisorEdward Bullard

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[6] in Geophysics at Downing College, Cambridge in England,[7] 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 and is a world-renowned expert on the general subject of inverse theory, having written one of the authoritative books [1] on the subject: Geophysical Inverse Theory .[8] He is a former director of IGPP.

Personal life

Parker is an avid bicyclist and keeps track of all of his miles.[9] He has also written about the energy behind bicycle physics.[10]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Robert L. Parker Honors Program". AGU. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ Williams, D. (1998). "Prof. Robert L. Parker FRS: Gold Medal". Astronomy & Geophysics. p. 4.7. doi:10.1093/astrog/39.4.4.7. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Royal Society Parker Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Parker Thesis". University of Cambridge Library catalog. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Paul Adrian Maurice Dirac". Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1986.0006. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ Robert Ladislav Parker at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  7. ^ "CV".
  8. ^ Parker, Robert L. (1994). Geophysical Inverse Theory. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691036342.
  9. ^ "Bicycle Logs" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Bicycle Physics" (PDF).

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