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
Contamination of basaltic lava by seawater: Evidence found in a lava pillar from Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge
Interdisciplinary studies of eruption at Chaitén volcano, Chile
Volcano monitoring
Establishing major permeability controls in the Mak-Ban geothermal field, Philippines
Systematics of Water Temperature and Flow at Tantalus Creek During Calendar Year 2005, Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Chronology of postglacial eruptive activity and calculation of eruption probabilities for Medicine Lake volcano, northern California
Volcano Hazards Assessment for Medicine Lake Volcano, Northern California
River Chemistry and Solute Flux in Yellowstone National Park
Preliminary Assessment of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Hazards in Yellowstone National Park and Vicinity
Spatial and temporal geochemical trends in the hydrothermal system of Yellowstone National Park: Inferences from river solute fluxes
Monitoring super-volcanoes: Geophysical and geochemical signals at Yellowstone and other large caldera systems
Steam explosions, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions -- what's in Yellowstone's future?
Science and Products
Contamination of basaltic lava by seawater: Evidence found in a lava pillar from Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge
Interdisciplinary studies of eruption at Chaitén volcano, Chile
Volcano monitoring
Establishing major permeability controls in the Mak-Ban geothermal field, Philippines
Systematics of Water Temperature and Flow at Tantalus Creek During Calendar Year 2005, Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Chronology of postglacial eruptive activity and calculation of eruption probabilities for Medicine Lake volcano, northern California
Volcano Hazards Assessment for Medicine Lake Volcano, Northern California
River Chemistry and Solute Flux in Yellowstone National Park
Preliminary Assessment of Volcanic and Hydrothermal Hazards in Yellowstone National Park and Vicinity
Spatial and temporal geochemical trends in the hydrothermal system of Yellowstone National Park: Inferences from river solute fluxes
Monitoring super-volcanoes: Geophysical and geochemical signals at Yellowstone and other large caldera systems
Steam explosions, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions -- what's in Yellowstone's future?
*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