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
Geologic field-trip guide to the volcanic and hydrothermal landscape of the Yellowstone Plateau
Monitoring gas and heat emissions at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA based on a combined eddy covariance and Multi-GAS approach
Probing magma reservoirs to improve volcano forecasts
The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program—Helping to save lives worldwide for more than 30 years
Causes of distal volcano-tectonic seismicity inferred from hydrothermal modeling
Conversion of wet glass to melt at lower seismogenic zone conditions: Implications for pseudotachylyte creep
Multireaction equilibrium geothermometry: A sensitivity analysis using data from the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA
Quantifying gas emissions from the 946 CE Millennium Eruption of Paektu volcano, Democratic People's Republic of Korea/China
Abstract volume for the 2016 biennial meeting of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
Low-δD hydration rinds in Yellowstone perlites record rapid syneruptive hydration during glacial and interglacial conditions
Geothermal solute flux monitoring and the source and fate of solutes in the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Radiocarbon dating of silica sinter deposits in shallow drill cores from the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Science and Products
Geologic field-trip guide to the volcanic and hydrothermal landscape of the Yellowstone Plateau
Monitoring gas and heat emissions at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA based on a combined eddy covariance and Multi-GAS approach
Probing magma reservoirs to improve volcano forecasts
The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program—Helping to save lives worldwide for more than 30 years
Causes of distal volcano-tectonic seismicity inferred from hydrothermal modeling
Conversion of wet glass to melt at lower seismogenic zone conditions: Implications for pseudotachylyte creep
Multireaction equilibrium geothermometry: A sensitivity analysis using data from the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA
Quantifying gas emissions from the 946 CE Millennium Eruption of Paektu volcano, Democratic People's Republic of Korea/China
Abstract volume for the 2016 biennial meeting of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
Low-δD hydration rinds in Yellowstone perlites record rapid syneruptive hydration during glacial and interglacial conditions
Geothermal solute flux monitoring and the source and fate of solutes in the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Radiocarbon dating of silica sinter deposits in shallow drill cores from the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
*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