David Applegate (geologist)

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David Applegate
Applegate in 2022
18th Director of the United States Geological Survey
Incumbent
Assumed office August 15, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	James F. Reilly
Acting
In office January 20, 2021 – August 15, 2022
Personal details
Education	Yale University (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Geology
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University United States Geological Survey University of Utah
Thesis	The unroofing history of the funeral mountains metamorphic core complex, California (1994)
Doctoral advisor	Kip Hodges

David Applegate is an American academic who has served as director of the United States Geological Survey since 2022. He is also a professor at the University of Utah.