Dr. Robert de Groot is a physical scientist with the USGS Earthquake Science Center in Pasadena, CA. He the operations team lead for communication, education, outreach, and technical engagement for the USGS-managed ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System. ShakeAlert serves over 50 million people in California, Oregon, and Washington. His duties include recruiting technical partners who use ShakeAlert system data to deliver alerts to people, such as on their cell phone, and to trigger automated actions like slowing down trains and closing valves to protect water supplies. Since ShakeAlert is a people-focused earthquake early warning system, Robert works closely with over thirty social scientists from around the world to improve how people interact with the ShakeAlert system - with the goal to improve human safety. Robert earned a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California and has degrees from Northern Arizona University and Occidental College.

SCEC Participation

SCEC Staff (1999 - 2016)
SCEC Mentor (2000, 2008 - 2015)