Dr. Rob ViensDean of Science
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Geology
Environmental Science
Interdisciplinary Classes
Rob was born in upstate New York. He entered Cornell University with plans to be an astronomer (studying with the late Carl Sagan), but found geology to be much more down to Earth. He moved to Seattle to pursue his PhD at the University of Washington, where he specialized in glaciers, climate, and Northwest geology. Rob spent his summers in Alaska "tracking glaciers" - trying to determine where they had been in the past and how they were affected by climate change. He spent several years teaching geology and environmental science around Puget Sound, designing web pages, and volunteering and working at the Woodland Park Zoo, before settling in at Bellevue College. At BC Rob is currently serving as the Dean of Science, but over the years he has kept himself busy teaching several geology and environmental science classes (see the list above) and he is the advisor of the BC Student Science Association. Rob is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambasssatro( contact me if you are interested in a talk). He tries to spend as much time as he can in the mountains, tracking elisive serpentinites, bears, and rare plants. Rob currently resides on the planet Earth, on the Eocene Blakeley and Renton formations in Bellevue, with his wife, daughter, son and cat.
Bellevue College
3000 Landerholm Circle SE
Bellevue, WA 98007-6484
(425) 564-3158 (Office)
(425) 564-4125 (FAX)
rob.viens@bellevuecollege.edu
Office: L200X
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Monday, January 24, 2011