Jacob B. Lowenstern
Jake Lowenstern is a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Vancouver, WA. He serves as the Chief of the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, which is a partnership of the USGS and USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance.
From 2002-2017, Jake served as Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Through his career, he has worked on a wide variety of topics related to magmas and their overlying hydrothermal systems.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Stanford University 1992
M.S. Stanford University 1991
A. B. Dartmouth College 1986
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America (GSA)
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
American Geophysical Union
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
Honors and Awards
Fellow, GSA 2010
Fellow, MSA 2021
Lindgren Award (SEG) 2000
AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, 2006
Science and Products
Origins of geothermal gases at Yellowstone
Bursting the bubble of melt inclusions
Dynamics of the Yellowstone hydrothermal system
Provisional maps of thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, based on satellite thermal infrared imaging and field observations
Hydrogeology of the Old Faithful area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and its relevance to natural resources and infrastructure
Melt inclusions
Prodigious degassing of a billion years of accumulated radiogenic helium at Yellowstone
Modeling ash fall distribution from a Yellowstone supereruption
Analysis of H2O in silicate glass using attenuated total reflectance (ATR) micro-FTIR spectroscopy
Composition and origin of rhyolite melt intersected by drilling in the Krafla geothermal field, Iceland
Abstracts for the October 2012 meeting on Volcanism in the American Southwest, Flagstaff, Arizona
The Chaitén rhyolite lava dome: Eruption sequence, lava dome volumes, rapid effusion rates and source of the rhyolite magma
Science and Products
Origins of geothermal gases at Yellowstone
Bursting the bubble of melt inclusions
Dynamics of the Yellowstone hydrothermal system
Provisional maps of thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, based on satellite thermal infrared imaging and field observations
Hydrogeology of the Old Faithful area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and its relevance to natural resources and infrastructure
Melt inclusions
Prodigious degassing of a billion years of accumulated radiogenic helium at Yellowstone
Modeling ash fall distribution from a Yellowstone supereruption
Analysis of H2O in silicate glass using attenuated total reflectance (ATR) micro-FTIR spectroscopy
Composition and origin of rhyolite melt intersected by drilling in the Krafla geothermal field, Iceland
Abstracts for the October 2012 meeting on Volcanism in the American Southwest, Flagstaff, Arizona
The Chaitén rhyolite lava dome: Eruption sequence, lava dome volumes, rapid effusion rates and source of the rhyolite magma
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government