October 19, 2022

Robin Reichlin has retired after 27 years of service to EAR and NSF. During her time as a Program Director and Acting Section Head, she has had a major impact within NSF and for the geophysics and geosciences communities at large.  She led the Geophysics program for most of her tenure at NSF and co-created and managed the Cooperative Studies of Earth’s Deep Interior (CSEDI). She was instrumental in the development of key multidisciplinary programs and infrastructure for Geophysics, including Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research (CIDER), Computational Infrastructure in Geodynamics (CIG), Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) and the EarthScope program. She advanced the entire geosciences by leading the innovative programs, Collaborations in Mathematical Geosciences (2003-2010) and Frontiers in Earth Systems Dynamics (2011-2013).

In 2021-2022, Robin served as the Acting Section Head for Disciplinary Programs (DP) where she was closely involved in navigating EAR and the external community in addressing the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Her exemplary work as the Acting DP Section Head followed a long career at NSF, where she has been repeatedly recognized for her major contributions to EAR, the PI community, particularly early-career researchers, and her NSF colleagues. Prior to joining NSF, Robin worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where she served as the Group Leader in Experimental Geophysics. In 2015, Robin Reichlin and Sonia Esperanca received the Edward A. Flinn III Award at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. As noted by AGU, this award is for the unsung heroes who provide the ideas, motivation, and labors of love that build and maintain the infrastructure without which our science could not flourish. Robin truly exemplifies this award and will be much missed by her EAR and NSF colleagues. We wish her the best in her well-earned retirement. 

 

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