Member Since 1976
Ross S. Stein
CEO and cofounder, Temblor, Inc.
Cofounder & CEO of Temblor, Inc., and Lecturer in Geophysics at Stanford University, both since 2014. Former Senior USGS scientist. AGU Tectonophysics president, 2017-2018. Former Editor, JGR Solid Earth; Chair, Board of Journal Editors; Publications Committee; Whitten Medal Committee for Geodesy; Walter Sullivan Award Committee for feature journalism; Fall Meeting Geodesy program chair. Gives an in-person workshop, "Scientific Temptation, Transgression, and Fraud: Three Personal Stories."
Professional Experience
Brown University
2020 - Present
Temblor, Inc.
CEO and cofounder
2015 - Present
USGS Earthquake Science Center
Former Senior Scientist
1981 - 2014
Stanford University
Adjunct Professor of Geophysics
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Education
Stanford University
Doctorate
1980
Brown University
Bachelors
1975
Honors & Awards
Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service
Received 2024
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Gilbert F. White Award and Distinguished Lecture
Received 2012
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Union Fellow
Received 1998
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Publications
AGU Abstracts
A One-Year 2025 M≥5 Earthquake Forecast for Japan Based on Rate/State Coulomb Stress Transfer Projects a Lasting and Far-reaching Impact of 2011 M 9.0 Tohoku shock
AGU 2024
seismology | 12 december 2024
Shinji Toda, Ross S. Stein
We contend that there is sufficient evidence that earthquakes promote and inhibit failure on nearby faults, a process governed principally by Coulomb ...
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Why Do Great Continental Transform Earthquakes Nucleate on Branch Faults?
AGU 2024
tectonophysics | 11 december 2024
Ross S. Stein, Peter Bird
The five M≥7.8 continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all nucleated on branch faults. These include the 2001 M 7.8 Kokoxili (Tibet), 2002 M 7.9 ...
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Temblor-Taiwan: A Web-GIS and Mobile Application Platform Showcasing Natural Hazards in Taiwan
REALLY USEFUL GEOPHYSICAL DATA TOOLS AND APPS POSTER
tectonophysics | 15 december 2023
Chung-Han Chan, Volkan Sevilgen, Ross S. Stein, KU...
We have developed a platform that displays a range of natural hazards, including earthquakes, landslides, liquefaction, and tsunamis, and made it acce...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2023
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecturers - Earth Interior
2019 - 2020
Immediate Past President
Tectonophysics Executive Committee
2017 - 2018
Chair
Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
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