Jared Jeffrey Standish
Harvard University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
20 Oxford St., Room 108, Cambridge, MA. 02138
617-496-6924; standish@fas.harvard.edu
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2005
Joint Program in Oceanography – (Marine Geology); Advisor – Henry J.B. Dick
The Influence of Ridge Geometry on Lithospheric Accretion at Ultraslow-Spreading Rates Between 9º-25ºE on the Southwest Indian Ridge: Basalt Composition Sensitivity to Local Tectonomagmatic Processes
M.S. University of Idaho, 1996
Department of Geology – (Petrology/Volcanology); Advisor – Dennis Geist
The emergence of a Galapagos shield volcano, Roca Redonda
B.A. Colgate University, 1992
Department of Geology – (Geology); Advisors – James McLelland & Sheila Seaman
Senior Independent Study – Caribbean Plate Tectonics
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2006 – present
- Successfully funded proposal “Collaborative Research: U-series constraints on the ages and petrogenesis of Lau Basin Lavas” (R2K # 0732449)
- Conducting a two-pronged age dating and petrogenetic study of back-arc basalts from the Lau Basin using high-precision U-series isotopes (238U, 235U, 232Th, 230Th, 228Ra, 226Ra)
- Collecting and compiling major element and trace element mid-ocean ridge basalt data from the Arctic Ocean using Direct Current Plasma (DCP) optical spectrometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS; Thermo X-Series Quadropole), respectively
- Investigating the spatial and temporal relationships between petrogenetic, volcanic, and tectonic characteristics of one of the slowest spreading mid-ocean ridges - Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean) - with specific focus on the correlations between basalt chemistry and ridge morphology
Boyce Postdoctoral Fellow, Colgate University, 2006 (Spring semester)
- Co-Instructed Introduction to Oceanography for ~90 non-science and science majors
- Co-Developed lab exercises for Prof. Karen Harpp’s upper level Volcanology lab section
Graduate Research Assistant, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, 1999-2005
- Investigated how variable spreading geometry along the SW Indian ridge influences ridge morphology, ridge segmentation, and basalt chemistry
- Collected Sr, Nd, Pb, Hf, and U-series isotopic concentrations and compositions on a subset of SWIR basalts using heavy isotope wet-chemistry and column separation techniques followed by high-precision isotopic dilution measurements on the WHOI Element II ICPMS (single-collector) and Neptune ICPMS (multi-collector)
- Probed the range of 187Os/188Os composition within whole rock abyssal peridotites and chromites separated from same abyssal peridotite, in an attempt to uncover the osmium isotopic composition of the depleted MORB mantle (DMM); certain spinel populations extend to less radiogenic (low 187Os/188Os) compositions than the seawater influenced whole rock peridotites
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Idaho, 1993-1996
- Examined the petrologic and volcanologic setting and formation of a Galapagos Shield volcano, Roca Redonda through hand sample, thin section, and compositional investigation
- Conducted field surveying and sample collecting with D. Geist & T. Naumann on top of Wolf Volcano & Alcedo Volcano, Galapagos
- Volunteered aboard the RV Melville as a Petrologist/Watch Stander for a dredging expedition to the SE Indian Ocean
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Environmental Risk Assessor, International Center for Toxicology & Medicine, Rockville, MD, 1996-1999
- Conducted environmental risk assessment studies of EPA permitted private facilities that burned or produced hazardous waste on site; complied, processed, and modeled emission data using Excel algorithms leading to an end-user quantitative value for multi-pathway cancer and toxicological risks
- Provided 3rd party toxicological research support for legal cases ranging from acute indoor air exposure to long-term occupational exposure to municipal groundwater contamination by petroleum tanks
Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 1993
- Led recruiting efforts for an established Division I soccer program, served as faculty liaison, and organized the team’s travel and lodging
TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lab Mentor, Langmuir Geochemistry Lab, Harvard University, 2006-2007
Instructed and guided an undergraduate student in the basics of ICPMS analysis, trace element data reduction and quality control, and petrologic thin section analysis and description
Co-Instructor, Colgate University, Spring Semester 2006
Lectured on the basics of physical, biologic, and geologic oceanography for 92 students in Introduction to Oceanography; Lead class discussions and assigned summary essays on current oceanographic world events (e.g., tsunamis, coral reef bleaching)
Lecturer, Science Made Public Series, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2004
Discussed why and how the AMORE expedition ventured to the Arctic Ocean in 2001 to explore the underwater volcanic mountain range called the Gakkel Ridge; talk title was Fire and Ice: Volcanoes at the North Pole
Teaching Assistant, Sea Education Association, Spring & Fall 2003
Lectured on ‘Ocean Chemistry” and “Ocean Sediment, Hydrothermal Vents, and Mid-Ocean Ridges” for Oceanography class; Mentored and guided students during design of sea-going research projects
Invited Speaker, National Ocean Science Bowl, 2002
Presented an overview research talk titled “Ocean Volcanoes” to the Rhode Island NOSB team
K-8 Volunteer, Falmouth Public Schools, 2001
Mentored local 6th grade students during preparation of their annual science fair projects
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Idaho, 1994-1995
Served as lab instructor for Introduction to Geology, Hydrogeology Field Techniques, and Structural Geology; Served as teaching assistant for Advanced Hydrogeology
Teaching Assistant, Colgate University, 1993
Aided with course problem sets and lab exercises for Introduction to Petrology
FIELD & SEAGOING EXPERIENCE
Petrologist, SW Indian Ridge Expedition, RV Melville, 2003
In charge of dredge station selection, orchestrating dredging operations, and sample description and archiving
Field Assistant, Ta’u Island, American Samoa, 2002
Served as field assistant for a GPS campaign and volcanic hazards assessment of the island
Petrologist/Watch Stander, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Expedition (AMORE), USCG Icebreaker Healy, 2001
Part of a multi-national expedition to map and sample one of the slowest spreading mid-ocean ridges
Petrologist/Rock Curator, SW Indian Ridge (9-25º E), RV Knorr, 2001
Mapped and sampled ~1050 km long section of the SW Indian Ridge that due to the variability in spreading geometry presents a unique natural lab in which to test numerous theories of crustal production
Watch Stander, Australian Antarctic Discordance, SE Indian Ridge, RV Melville, 1996
Investigated a portion of the Indian Ridge proposed to represent the boundary between “Indian” mantle and “Pacific” mantle material
Volcanologist/Field Assistant, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 1994
Conducted mapping and sampling of three Galapagos shield volcanoes
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, HONORS, & AFFILIATIONS
Invited Speaker, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2007
Presenting a paper titled “Innovations in Isotope Mass Spectrometry in Geochemistry”
Reviewer, Nature and Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 2007
Invited Speaker, AGU Fall Meeting, 2006
Presented the paper “Chemical Variation and MORB Generation on the Ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9º-25º E)” in the special session honoring the achievements of Henry J.B. Dick
Session Co-Convener, Goldschmidt Conference, 2006
Convened and chaired session titled “Integrated Studies of MORB Petrogenesis: Sources, Melting Processes, and Timescales”
Committee Member, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2004
Served as student committee member to select the Arnold Arons Award for excellence in teaching and mentoring
Keynote Speaker, Goldschmidt Conference, 2004
Presented paper titled “Dynamics of slow and ultra-slow spreading ridges”
Session Moderator, Goldschmidt Conference, 2004
Chaired and moderated session titled “Dynamics of slow and ultra-slow spreading ridges”
Invited Speaker, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Associates Meeting, 2004
Talk titled “Fire Under Ice”
Visiting Scholar Host, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003
Hosted Dr. Jim Head (Brown University) as Geology & Geophysics Departments H. Burr Steinbach Scholar
Invited Speaker, “G. Arthur Cooper Lecture Series” at Colgate University, 2003
Presented a seminar talk titled “Ultra-slow spreading ridges: Observations from the Southwest Indian Ridge & Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean)”
Safety Committee, Department of Marine Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003-2004
Member, The Geological Society of America, 2003-present
Invited Speaker, Oregon State University, 2002
Presented a talk titled “Abyssal peridotite osmium isotope compositions from Cr-spinel” for the Geology Department seminar
Invited Presenter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Trustees Meeting, 2002
One of three presenters chronicling our field adventures - “Volcanic Hazards on Ta'u, American Samoa”
Selected Participant, RIDGE/NORDVULK Iceland Summer School on Plume-Ridge Interactions, 2001
Guest Lecturer, National Park Service - Geoscientists in the Parks, Washington D.C., 1999
Volunteered to lead walking tours about the local geology of Washington D.C. during the George Washington Memorial Park grand opening
Selected Participant, Geological Society of America Penrose Conference, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, 1998
Presented past research during the “Evolution of Ocean Island Volcanoes” conference
Fitzgerald Scholarship, Department of Geology, University of Idaho, 1994
Selected to receive this graduate student award recognizing excellence in Petrology & Volcanology
Member, American Geophysical Union, 1993-present
PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED)
Kenneth W. W Sims, James Gill, Anthony Dossoto, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Craig Lundstrom, Ross Williams, Lary Ball, Darren Tollstrup, Simon Turner, Julie Prytulak, Justin Glessner, Jeff Standish, Tim Elliott, An Inter-Laboratory Assessment of the Th Isotopic Composition of Synthetic and Rock standards, Geostandards and Analytical Research (In press).
Standish, J.J., H.J.B. Dick, A. le Roex, W. Melson, and T. O’Hearn, The Role of Process Versus Source During MORB Generation Along the Ultraslow-Spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9º-25ºE), G-cubed (Accepted pending revision).
Standish, J.J. and K.W.W. Sims, Young, Diffuse MORB Volcanism Within An Ultraslow-Spreading Rift Valley, Nature (in prep).
Geist, D., T. Naumann, J.J. Standish, M. Kurz, K. Harpp, William M. White, and D. Fornari, Wolf Volcano, Galápagos Archipelago: Melting and Magmatic Evolution at the Margins of a Mantle Plume, Journal of Petrology, Vol. 46, No. 11, pp. 2197-2224, 2005.
Standish, J.J., S.R. Hart, J. Blusztajn, H.J.B. Dick, and K.L. Lee, Abyssal Peridotite Osmium Isotopic Compositions from Cr-spinel, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 24, 2002.
Standish, J., D. Geist, K. Harpp, and M.D. Kurz, The Emergence of a Galapagos shield volcano, Roca Redonda, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., Vol. 133, pp. 136-148, 1998.
Seaman, S.J., E.E. Scherer, and J.J. Standish, Multi-stage magma mixing and mingling and the origin of flow banding in the Aliso Lava Dome, Tumacacori Mountains, Southern Arizona, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 100, pp. 8381-8398, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS (NON-REFEREED)
Dick, H.J.B. and J.J. Standish, Exploring the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, NPR Science Segment, written by Tracy Hampton, 2002.
Standish, J.J. and H.J.B. Dick, Discoveries Beneath the Arctic Ice Cap: The Last Unexplored Mid-Ocean Spreading Ridge, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ‘01 Annual Report, 3 p.
Nealley, M.L., S.W. Pirages, and J.J. Standish, Comparative Assessment of Risks Among Protocols, Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Portland, OR. pp. 8, 2000.
Pirages, S.W., M.L. Nealley, C.L. Chiscano, and J.J. Standish, Comparative Assessment of Risks at Combustion Facilities, Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Portland, OR. pp. 6, 2000.
ABSTRACTS
Standish, J.J., Ken Sims, Lary Ball, Jurek Blusztajn, Measuring 226Ra/228Ra in oceanic lavas by MC-ICPMS, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(50), Fall Meeting Suppl., 2007.
Standish, J.J., H.J.B. Dick, S.R. Hart, M. Kurz, P.J. Michael, F.A. Frey, Chemical Variation and MORB Generation on the Ultraslow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9º-25º E), Eos Trans. AGU, 85(49), Fall Meeting Suppl., 2006.
Standish, J.J., H.J.B. Dick, P.J. Michael, W.G. Melson, and T. O’Hearn, The Role of Process Versus Source During MORB Generation Along the Ultraslow-Spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (9º-25ºE), Interridge – Polar Ridges Meeting, Sestri Levante, Italy, 2006.
Standish, J.J. and K.W.W. Sims, Lava Emplacement and Crustal Architecture Within an Ultraslow-Spreading Rift Valley, Goldschmidt Conference, , 2006.
Standish, J.J. and K.W.W. Sims, Lava Emplacement and Crustal Architecture Within an Ultraslow-Spreading Rift Valley, Ridge 2000 – Mantle to Microbe Ridge Theoretical Institute , 2006.
Standish, J.J., K. Sims, H.J.B. Dick, Producing U-series disequilibria on an ultraslow spreading ridge, Goldschmidt Conference, S37, 2005.
Standish, J.J., K. Sims, H.J. Dick, The Influence of Ridge Geometry on Crustal Accretion: Insights From U-series Disequilibria Measurements on the SW Indian Ridge, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T12A-06, 2004.
Dick, H.J.B. and J.J. Standish, The influence of ridge geometry at ultraslow spreading rates, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T11G-02, 2004.
Standish, J. J., S.R. Hart, H.J.B. Dick, R. Workman, Source versus process Beneath the Southwest Indian Ridge (9º - 25º E), Goldschmidt Conference, 5.1.46, 2004.
Standish, J. J., S.R. Hart, H.J.B. Dick, Mantle Heterogeneity Beneath the Southwest Indian Ridge (9º - 25º E), Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V12C-0611, 2003.
Dick, H.J.B., J.J. Standish, P.J. Michael, J. Lin, H. Schouten, Field Studies of Mantle Melting at Ultra-slow Spreading Ridges, Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V42H-02, 2003.
Geist, D., T. Naumann, J.J. Standish, K. Harpp, M. Kurz, and D. Fornari, Diffuse Rift Zones: Subaerial and Submarine Satellite Vents at Wolf Volcano, Galapagos, Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V12G-04, 2003.
Standish, J., H.J.B. Dick, A. le Roex, W. Melson, T. O’Hearn, Major and Trace Element Geochemistry: Ultra-slow Spreading SWIR (9-25º E), Eos. Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract (T11A-1233) 2002.
Standish, J.J., S.R. Hart, J. Blusztajn, H.J.B. Dick, and K.L. Lee, Abyssal Peridotite Osmium Isotopic Compositions from Cr-spinel, Eos Trans. AGU, 82 (20), Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract (V41A-04) 2001.
Standish, J.J., S.R. Hart, J. Blusztajn, H.J.B. Dick, and K.L. Lee, Abyssal Peridotite Osmium Isotopic Compositions from Cr-spinel, RIDGE/NORDVULK Iceland Summer School on Plume-Ridge Interaction, 2000.
Geist, D J., Naumann, T., Standish, J., Kurz, M, Harpp, K, 2000, Volcan Wolf's caldera and magma chamber, IAVCIE General Assembly 2000, Abstract Volume p. 82.
Standish, J., D. Geist, K. Harpp, and M.D. Kurz, The Emergence of a Galapagos shield volcano, Roca Redonda, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract,1995.
REFERENCES
H.J.B. Dick, Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #8
Woods Hole, MA. 02543
508-289-2590
hdick@whoi.edu
Charles H. Langmuir, Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard University, 20 Oxford St. – 109
Cambridge, MA. 02138
617-384-9948
langmuir@eps.harvard.edu
Amy Leventer, Associate Professor, Department of Geology
Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY. 13346
315-228-7213
aleventer@mail.colgate.edu
Kenneth W. Sims, Associate Scientist, Geology & Geophysics Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22
Woods Hole, MA. 02543
508-289-2634
ksims@whoi.edu
Stanley R. Hart, Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #25
Woods Hole, MA. 02543
508-289-2837
shart@whoi.edu |
