Jennifer Harden

I am Scientist Emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey where I have served as research soil scientist since 1982. I have contributed to geologic mapping, geochronology, geologic faulting, paleoclimate, landform evolution, carbon cycling and biogeochemical interactions in soil systems. My most recent research addresses the role of soils in carbon and nutrient cycling, with an emphasis on landscape disturbances such as permafrost degradation, erosion/sedimentation, and wildfire.

 

 

 

 

Ph.D., Soil Science, University of California- Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1982   

M.S., Soil Science, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1979

B.S., Soil Science, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1976

 

 

 

 

Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 2013-present

Research Soil Scientist, Carbon cycling in Northern Latitudes, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1999-2013

Research Soil Scientist, Carbon cycling in soils and sediment, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1993-1999

Research Soil Scientist, Earthquake hazards and paleoclimate, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1982-1993

Physical Science Technician, Soil Chronosequences of Western U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 1978-1982

Geologic field assistant to Denis Marchand mapping Quaternary Geology of California, 1976-1978

 

Senior research scientist, University of Alaska, Institute of Arctic Biology

Steering group member, International Soil Carbon Network ( http://www.fluxdata.org/nscn/SitePages/Home.aspx ) 

Seed site host, Critical Zone Exploratory Network ( http://www.czen.org/sites/seed_sites )

Steering group member/ topic co-lead: Research Coordination Network on the Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon ( http://www.biology.ufl.edu/permafrostcarbon/ )