David D. Pollard

Career

Professional activities

• Morris Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, August 1983 – present
• Geophysicist and Project Chief, US Geological Survey, July 1974 - August 1983
• Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, September 1970 - June 1974
• Member, editorial advisory board, Journal of Structural Geology.
• Developer of Poly3D, a boundary element computer program to analyse faults and fractures.
• Co-founder of IGEOSS, a French company developing software for the hydrocarbon industry.
• Author and producer of .
• Editor, New Departures in Structural Geology and Tectonics, an NSF-sponsored white paper on research opportunities.
• Along with co-authors Fletcher R., primary author of the textbook Fundamentals of Structural Geology, published by Cambridge University Press.
• Fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the American Geophysical Union.

  Honors and awards

• Career Contribution Award, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Geological Society of America
• Best Paper of the Year Award, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Geological Society of America
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union
• Fellow, Geological Society of America
• Woodford-Eckis Lectureship, Pomona College
• Barney and Estelle Morris Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
• Senior Hess Fellow, Princeton University
• Centennial Author, Geological Society of America Bulletin
• Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
• Applied Research Award, U. S. National Committee on Rock Mechanics
• Post-doctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation
• Graduate Fellowship, National Science Foundation
• R.W. Strehle Memorial Award in Geology, Pomona College

  Notable publications

• DD Pollard, 1987, Elementary fracture mechanics applied to the structural interpretation of dykes, Mafic dyke swarms 34, 5-24