Grant Heiken

 

Academic Background:

B.A. in Geology, University of California, Berkeley, 1964
M.A. in Geology, University of Texas, Austin, 1966
Ph.D. in Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972

Experience:

1964-1968. Field work with the US. Geological Survey in Colorado
(two summers).
M.A. field work in northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Ph.D. field work
in south-central Oregon.

1969-1975.Geologist, Planetary and Earth Sciences Division,
NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

1975-Present Staff member, Energy, Geosciences, Earth and Space
Sciences, and Earth and Environmental Science Divisions,
respectively, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos,New Mexico.

Recent Publications:

Fisher, R. V., Heiken, G., and Hulen, J., 1997. Volcanoes-Crucibles of Change. Princeton Univ. Press, 317 pp.

Renne, P., Woldegabriel, G., Heiken, G., Hart, W.K., and White, T. D., 1999. Chronostratigraphy of the Miocene-Pliocene Sagantole Formation, Central Awash Complex, Afar Rift, Ethiopia., Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., v. 111 pp. 869-885.

Heiken, G., Valentine, G., Brown, M., Rasmussen, S., George, D., Greene, R., Jones, E., Olsen, K., and Andersson, C., 2000. Modeling Cities-The Los Alamos Urban Security Initiative. Public Works Management & Policy, 4: 198-212.

McCoy, F. and Heiken, G. , 2000. The Late Bronze Age explosive eruption of Thera (Santorini), Greece: Regional and local effects. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 345, "Volcanic Hazards and Human Antiquity," pp. 43-70.

WoldeGabriel, G., Heiken, G., White, T.D., Asfaw, B., Hart, W. K., and Renne, P., 2000. Volcanism, tectonism, sedimentation, and the paleoanthropological record in the Ethiopian rift system. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 345, "Volcanic Hazards and Human Antiquity," pp. 83-99.

McCoy, F. W. and Heiken, G., 2000. Tsumani generated by the Late Bronze Age Eruption of Theria (Santorini), Greece. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157: 1227-1256.

Heiken, G., Krier, D., McCormick, T., and Snow, G. 2000. Intracaldera volcanism and sedimentation- Creede Caldera, Colorado. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 346,

Professional Affiliations and Honors:

President, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior, 1995-1999. Past-President, 1999-2003.

Fulbright Research Scholar, University of Rome-TRE, 1999.

Member of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council committee on “Future Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities for the US Geological Survey,” 1998-1999.

Mitsubishi Fellow, Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Invited lecturer, August and September, 1993)

Best Geoscience Reference Book Award, for Lunar Sourcebook—A User's Guide to the Moon, from Geosciences Information Society (Geological Society of America), October, 1992.

International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) (Past Leader, Working group on explosive volcanism; Chairman, U. S. National Committee for IAVCEI, 1987-1991; Member, Organizing Committee, IAVCEI General Assembly, Santa Fe, NM, June-July, 1989; IAVCEI committee for revising the Association's statutes and bylaws; IAVCEI committee for publications). Co-convenor, 1992 Penrose Conference on "Fluid-Volcano Interactions." Cochairman, 1992 USDOE Workshop on volcanic hazards for nuclear and other energy facilities. Convenor, Special Session of the Geothermal Resources Council 1992 meeting, on "Natural Hazards and Geothermal Development."

Liaison between the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 1983-Present. Member, organizing committee for the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety, 1991. Chair, Megacities Committee, IUGG, 1999-2003.

Member, U. S. National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1987-1991). Secretary, U. S. Department of Energy Continental Scientific Drilling Review Group (1991-1992). Cochairman, 1994 International Symposium on the Observation of the Continental Crust by Drilling, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Visiting Professor, Dipartimento di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Universita di Napoli (Field methods in volcanic fields), Spring, 1988 and Spring 1991.

Visiting Professor, Curso Internacional de Volcanologia y Geofisica Volcanica, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Islas Canarias, Fall, 1997.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology, University of New Mexico (Courses in Pyroclastic Rocks, Volcanoes and Human Affairs, and Volcanology Field Course), Fall, 1991 to present.

Co-editor, with F. McCoy, “Volcanic Hazards and Human Antiquity,” in press as a Geological Society of America Special Paper.

Associate Editor-Geothermal Science and Technology

Board of Trustees, Lunar Geotechnical Institute.

Member of the Lunar and Planetary Science Council, Universities Space Research Association, 1995-1997.

Board of Directors, Drilling, Observation, and Sampling of the Earth’s Continental Crust (DOSECC), Inc. (Chairman of the Board, 1995-1997)

Member, American Geophysical Union

Fellow, Geological Society of America