California Institute of Technology
Seismological Laboratory Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

People

Jennifer Jackson

Jennifer Jackson

Professor, Seismological Laboratory

William E. Leonhard Professor of Mineral Physics
PhD, 2005, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

California Institute of Technology
Seismological Laboratory
1200 E. California Blvd., MS 252-21
So. Mudd Building, Rm 354
Pasadena, CA 91125

Phone: (626) 395-6780/6729
Fax: (626) 564-0715
Email: jacksonj@caltech.edu
Website: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~jackson/

Research

Deep Earth mineral physics; composition of Earth's interior; elastic, vibrational, and electronic properties of planetary materials at high-pressure and temperature; optical and synchrotron-based x-ray spectroscopic methods.