Roberta Rudnick

Roberta Rudnick
Born
Roberta L. Rudnick

(1958-08-23) August 23, 1958
Alma materPortland State University (BS)
Sul Ross State University (MS)
Australian National University (PhD)
SpouseWilliam F. McDonough
AwardsDana Medal (2012)
Harry H. Hess Medal (2017)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisThe Nature of the lower continental crust (1987)
Doctoral advisorStuart Ross Taylor
Websitewww.geol.ucsb.edu/people/roberta-rudnick

Roberta L. Rudnick (born 1958) is an American earth scientist and professor of geology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 and was awarded the Dana Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America. Rudnick is a world expert in the continental crust and lithosphere.