Steven Ingebritsen, Ph.D.
Research topics include magmatic-hydrothermal systems, crustal permeability, and land subsidence
Served a 10-year term as a USGS Branch Chief (1998-2008), managing a $19M/year research program with about 150 full- and part-time employees and contractors. Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America (GSA); recipient of the O.E. Meinzer Award from GSA and the John Hem Award from the National Ground Water Association; and a GSA Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer. Author of the textbook Groundwater in Geologic Processes (Cambridge University Press, 1998, 2nd ed. 2006) and co-Editor of Crustal Permeability (Wiley/AGU, 2016). Past co-Editor-in-Chief of Geothermics (1996-1998) and Geofluids (2006-2010) and past Chair of GSA’s Hydrogeology Division. Member U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
DATA AND MODELS
Hydrothermal monitoring data from the Cascade Range: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo/monitoring_hydrothermal.html
Hydrothermal discharge at selected sites in the western US (Ingebritsen and others, JVGR, 2001): https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/water/hydrothermal/hydrothermal_abstract.pdf
Geyser-frequency data from Upper Geyser Basin (Rojstaczer and others, 2003): https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vsc/file_mngr/file-191/geyserdata.pdf
HYDROTHERM model: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/software/hydrotherm/
Professional Experience
Member of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since 1980
Education and Certifications
MS and PhD Hydrogeology, Stanford University
BA Geology, Carleton College
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Geophysical Union
Fellow, Geological Society of America
O.E. Meinzer Award, Geological Society of America
John Hem Award, National Ground Water Association
Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America