{"id":5,"date":"2017-05-16T09:49:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:33:06","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/","title":{"rendered":"front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/05\/Rob_Evans3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1488\" height=\"1947\" \/><\/p>\n\t<h2>Dr. Rob Evans<\/h2>\n<h5>Senior Scientist<br \/>\nGeology &amp; Geophysics<\/h5>\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nWork: 508-289-2673<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:revans@whoi.edu\">revans@whoi.edu<\/a>\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Rd.<br \/>\nMS# 22<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543-1050\n\t<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The use of controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) methods to measure the electrical resistivity of the seafloor in deep water, continental shelf and coastal environments.<\/p>\n<p>Natural source electromagnetic (EM) techniques (i.e., Magnetotellurics (MT)) in oceanic and continental environments to look deeper into the mantle.<\/p>\n<p>Active areas of research include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fluid transport and Melting processes at subduction zones.<\/li>\n<li>Structure of the continental and oceanic lithosphere, including rifts and oceanic transform faults<\/li>\n<li>Structural controls on groundwater discharge to the continental shelf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lab Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/elecctro\/\">https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/elecctro\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<h3>Awards<\/h3>\n<p>SERDP Project of the Year, RC-1702 Shoreline Evolution and Coastal Resiliency at Two Military Installations: Investigating the Potential for the Loss of Protecting Barriers, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>WHOI Coastal Ocean Institute Fellowship 2006-2009.<\/p>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>1991-1994, Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>1991, Ph.D. Marine Geophysics, Bullard Labs, Cambridge University.<\/p>\n<p>1988, B.Sc. (Hons) Physics, Bristol University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>2\/2017-2\/2023 Chair, Department of Geology and Geophysics<\/p>\n<p>6\/2023-2\/2025 Interim VP for Academic Programs and Dean<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Guest Positions<\/h3>\n<p>2009 Visiting Scientist, Institute de Physique du Globe, Paris, France<\/p>\n<p>2015 Visiting Scientist, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan<\/p>\n<p>2015 Visiting Professor, Kobe University, Japan<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rob Evans Senior Scientist Geology &amp; Geophysics Contact Information: Work: 508-289-2673 revans@whoi.edu Mailing Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd. MS# 22 Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050 Research Interests The use of controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) methods to measure the electrical resistivity of the seafloor in deep water, continental shelf and coastal environments.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/revans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}