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
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?
What makes hydromagmatic eruptions violent? Some insights from the Keanakāko'i Ash, Kı̄lauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Gas and Isotope Geochemistry of 81 Steam Samples from Wells in The Geysers Geothermal Field, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California
Geochemistry of waters from springs, wells, and snowpack on and adjacent to Medicine Lake volcano, northern California
Compilation of gas geochemistry and isotopic analyses from The Geysers geothermal field: 1978-1991
Geology for a changing world; a science strategy for the Geologic Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000-2010
Exsolved magmatic fluid and its role in the formation of comb-layered quartz at the Cretaceous Logtung W-Mo deposit, Yukon Territory, Canada
The role of magmas in the formation of hydrothermal ore deposits
Major-element, trace-element, and volatile concentrations in silicate melt inclusions from the tuff of Pine Grove, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah
Science and Products
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?
What makes hydromagmatic eruptions violent? Some insights from the Keanakāko'i Ash, Kı̄lauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Gas and Isotope Geochemistry of 81 Steam Samples from Wells in The Geysers Geothermal Field, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California
Geochemistry of waters from springs, wells, and snowpack on and adjacent to Medicine Lake volcano, northern California
Compilation of gas geochemistry and isotopic analyses from The Geysers geothermal field: 1978-1991
Geology for a changing world; a science strategy for the Geologic Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000-2010
Exsolved magmatic fluid and its role in the formation of comb-layered quartz at the Cretaceous Logtung W-Mo deposit, Yukon Territory, Canada
The role of magmas in the formation of hydrothermal ore deposits
Major-element, trace-element, and volatile concentrations in silicate melt inclusions from the tuff of Pine Grove, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah
*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