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
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
Identifying bubble collapse in a hydrothermal system using hiddden Markov models
Insights from fumarole gas geochemistry on the origin of hydrothermal fluids on the Yellowstone Plateau
Use of ASTER and MODIS thermal infrared data to quantify heat flow and hydrothermal change at Yellowstone National Park
Degassing of Cl, F, Li and Be during extrusion and crystallization of the rhyolite dome at Volcán Chaitén, Chile during 2008 and 2009
Solute and geothermal flux monitoring using electrical conductivity in the Madison, Firehole, and Gibbon Rivers, Yellowstone National Park
Mapping temperature and radiant geothermal heat flux anomalies in the Yellowstone geothermal system using ASTER thermal infrared data
Water chemistry and electrical conductivity database for rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The role of dyking and fault control in the rapid onset of eruption at Chaitén Volcano, Chile
Gas and isotope chemistry of thermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Science and Products
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
Identifying bubble collapse in a hydrothermal system using hiddden Markov models
Insights from fumarole gas geochemistry on the origin of hydrothermal fluids on the Yellowstone Plateau
Use of ASTER and MODIS thermal infrared data to quantify heat flow and hydrothermal change at Yellowstone National Park
Degassing of Cl, F, Li and Be during extrusion and crystallization of the rhyolite dome at Volcán Chaitén, Chile during 2008 and 2009
Solute and geothermal flux monitoring using electrical conductivity in the Madison, Firehole, and Gibbon Rivers, Yellowstone National Park
Mapping temperature and radiant geothermal heat flux anomalies in the Yellowstone geothermal system using ASTER thermal infrared data
Water chemistry and electrical conductivity database for rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The role of dyking and fault control in the rapid onset of eruption at Chaitén Volcano, Chile
Gas and isotope chemistry of thermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
*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