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Rebecca Bendick - University of Montana

Candidacy Statement

I have two great intellectual interests: how Earth materials deform, and how scientists interact with broader human communities. The former is probably something that most people reading this statement consider often, the latter perhaps not. Although I have worked closely with UNAVCO throughout my entire scientific career, it is in the interest of integrating geodesy into non-scientific deliberations that I offer myself as a candidate for the UNAVCO Board of Directors. Without question, the primary role of UNAVCO is to support the use of various geodetic technologies in Earth sciences research. I use this support in my own research on crustal mechanics and dynamics in Central Asia, South Asia, East Africa, and western North America. However, UNAVCO and its user community also have an interest and a responsibility to promote the use of scientific geodesy to solve questions and problems of broader interest, to foster general support for and understanding of space geodesy, and to transfer information between scientists and non-scientists who can use their work. The governments of small island nations must understand how we measure surging ice; the villagers in the Ganges Basin must understand how we measure elastic strain in the crust. Doing great science, facilitating data collection and sharing, and making scientific discoveries accessible and relevant will ensure that UNAVCO and its user community flourish in the future.

Education

2000	Ph.D.	Geophysics, University of Colorado
1994	B.Sc.	Biology, Yale University
1994	B.A.	Geology, Yale University

Appointments

2004-Present:	Assistant Professor, University of Montana
2003-2005:	University of Cambridge COMET Research Scientist
2000-2003:	University of Colorado and CIRES Post-doctoral Research Associate
1998-2000:	University of Colorado Graduate Research Assistant
1995-1998:	NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Research Interests

GPS geodesy, crustal mechanics, fault mechanics, continental dynamics, large-scale tectonic geomorphology.

Scientific Committees

2007-present:	University of Montana faculty Senate research committee
2007-present:	Editorial board, Geology
2007	NSF Special Emphasis Panel review of UNAVCO

Recent Field Investigations

June 2007:	Geodesy of the Tajik and Kyrgyz convergence zones
March 2007:	Geodesy of the Ethiopian Rift, southern and central Ethiopia
July-August 2006:	Postseismic survey, Kashmir, Pakistan; GPS survey, Hindu Kush, Pakistan
Nov.–Dec. 2005:	Postseismic survey, Kashmir and NWFP, Pakistan

Selected Publications

R. Bendick, J. Bendick, and S.F. Khan, Earthquake! Seismic hazard and engineering outreach material published in Urdu and English. 20,000 copies distributed throughout Pakistan 2007.
R. Bendick and L. Flesch (2007) Reconciling lithospheric deformation and lower crustal flow beneath central Tibet, Geology 35(10):895-898.
R. Bendick, R. Bilham, S.F. Khan, and A. Khan (2007) Slip on an active wedge thrust from geodetic observations of the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake, Geology, 35: 267-270, doi: 10.1130/G23158A.1.
Bendick, R., S. McClusky, R. Bilham, L. Asfaw, and S. Klemperer (2006) Distributed Nubia-Somalia relative motion and dike intrusion in the Main Ethiopian Rift. Geophys. J. Int. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02904.x
Bendick, R. and R. Bilham (2001) How perfect is the Himalayan arc? Geology, v. 29, p. 791-794.
Bendick, R., R. Bilham, J. Freymueller, K. Larson, and G. Yin (2000) Geodetic evidence for a low slip rate on the Altyn Tagh fault system, Nature, v. 404, p. 69-72.

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