Rob Thomas (musician)
Robert Kelly "Rob" Thomas (born February 14, 1972) is an American musician, best known as the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist with "Lonely No More" released in 2005 becoming his biggest solo chart success. Thomas earned three Grammy Awards for co-writing and singing on the Santana triple-platinum hit "Smooth", on the album Supernatural in 1999.
He has also lent his songwriting talents to such artists as Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony, Pat Green, Taylor Hicks, Travis Tritt and Daughtry.
Since 1996, his band has released a string of hit singles to radio including "Push", "3AM", "Real World", "Back 2 Good", "Bent", "If You're Gone", "Mad Season", "Disease", "Unwell", "Bright Lights", "How Far We've Come", and "She's So Mean". In 2004, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Thomas its first Starlight Award, recognizing young songwriters who have already had a lasting influence in the music industry.
Robert Thomas
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Rob Thomas (scientist)
Rob Thomas is a prominent senior South Australian environmental scientist and public servant. He is currently the Chief Scientific Advisor for the Olympic Dam Task Force. Thomas previously held positions of Chief of Aquatic Sciences and Sustainable Systems at the South Australian Research & Development Institute (SARDI) for nine years. He became an Associate Professor with the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide in December 2008. Thomas is also a non-executive director of Blue Sky Water Partners. His professional experience has included roles as an environmental consultant, environmental regulator, natural resources manager and research manager.
Olympic Dam Task Force
Thomas was appointed Chief Scientific Advisor for the Olympic Dam Task Force in April 2011. This role has seen him advise the Government of South Australia on many controversial environmental components of the proposed Olympic Dam mine expansion including issues relating to a proposed desalination plant at Point Lowly, tailings storage facilities from mineral processing at Roxby Downs and groundwater extraction from the Great Artesian Basin. Thomas defended the withholding of SARDI's Spencer Gulf hydrodynamic modelling data from the public in the weeks prior to the seawater desalination plant receiving environmental approval.
Rob Thomas (writer)
Robert James "Rob" Thomas (born August 15, 1965) is an American author, producer, and screenwriter, best known as the author of the 1996 novel Rats Saw God, creator of the critically acclaimed television series Veronica Mars, and co-creator of 90210, Party Down, and iZombie.
Education and early career
Thomas was born in Sunnyside, Washington. He graduated from San Marcos High School in 1983 and went to Texas Christian University (TCU) on a football scholarship. Thomas played 11 games for the TCU Horned Frogs football team in 1984 as a backup tight end and special teams player. He had one interception that season, off a fake punt attempt by Kansas State. He later transferred to the University of Texas at Austin and graduated in 1987 with a BA in history from its College of Liberal Arts.
Before he began writing novels for young adults, Thomas taught high-school journalism at John Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas, and later at John H. Reagan High School in Austin, Texas. He also advised the University of Texas at Austin student magazine. From August 1993 to June 1995 he worked for Channel One News, an experience which informed his 1998 novel Satellite Down. Thomas was a member of three San Marcos, Texas bands — Public Bulletin, Hey Zeus, and Black Irish — from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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