jack kleinman memorial fund for volcano research

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Jack Kleinman smiling while researching volcanos

Jack Kleinman Memorial Fund for Volcano Research

Named in memory of Jack Kleinman, this fund provides long-term support for students who are engaged in and passionate about volcano research.
This scholarship honors the memory of Jack Kleinman, a U.S. Geological Survey employee who died in a kayaking accident in 1994.

The grant promotes collaborative projects on volcanoes among USGS scientists and university students by selecting awardees who are undertaking promising field-based research in the field of volcanology. Recipients exhibit the characteristics that best defined Jack Kleinman: exuberance, integrity, reliability, loyalty; and the abilities to relish challenge, inspire enthusiasm in others, and delight in the natural world.

The Jack Kleinman Memorial Fund for Volcano Research provides long-term sustainability – donations to this fund are invested to maintain their value on a permanent basis, with investment income funding awards every year.

2024 Recipients

Alyssa Smith, Portland State University


Christina Cauley, University of Oregon


Martin Harris, University at Buffalo, New York


Olivia Ernst, Western Washington University


Paul Gabriel, University of Alaska Anchorage

Past Recipients

2023 – Alex Newsom, Western Washington University


2023 – Javaria Aziz, Portland State University


2023 – Madelyn Cook, Western Washington University


2023 – Mara Reed, University of California, Berkeley


2023 – Sophie Leiter, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada


2022 – Behnaz Hosseini, Montana State University


2022 – Bruna da Silva Ricardo, University of Toronto


2022 – Darlene Gilroy, Portland State University


2022 – Emma Calvert, Western Washington University


2022 – Sean Halstead, Western Washington University


2022 – Stacy Henderson, Montana State University


2021 – Jessica (Jessie) Bersson, Arizona State University


2021 – Justin Crevier, Boise State University


2021 – Rose Gallo, University of Hawaiʻi, Manoa


2021 – Jacqueline Giblin, Arizona State University


2021 – Katherine Hewitt, University of California, Davis


2021 – Margaret (Maggie) Holahan, Boise State University


2021 – Charles (Chuck) Lewis, Oregon State University


2021 – Abigail Nalesnik, University of Delaware


2021 – Claire Ruggles, University of Wisconsin, Madison


2020 – Emma Burkett, University of New Hampshire


2020 – Annika Dechert, University of Oregon


2020 – Marie Takach, Oregon State University


2020 – Joahua Wiejaczka, University of Oregon


2019 – Nate Klema, University of Oregon


2019 – Brandi Lawler, University of Wyoming


2019 – Danielle Molisee, University of South Florida


2018 – Jade Bowers, Oregon State University


2018 – Thomas Herbst, University Missouri


2018 – Rachel Warwick, Simon Fraser University


2018 – Simona Gabrielli, University Aberdeen


2018 – Ellyn Huggins, University Nevada


2017 – Molly Ellowitz, Portland State University


2017 – Shuangyu Ge, University of Miami


2017 – Kathy Lipshultz, University of Oregon


2017 – Kellie Wall, Oregon State University


2016 – Davis Deford, Northern Arizona University


2016 – Janine Krippner, University of Pittsburgh


2016 – Allan Lerner, University of Oregon


2016 – Danielle Moyer, Drexel University


2016 – Daniel Rasmussen, Columbia University


2016 – Cassandra Smith, University of South Florida


2015 – Erin Fitch, University of Hawaii


2015 – Shawn Gahagan, Washington State University


2015 – Cassie Geraghty, Washington State University


2015 – Angela Seligman, University of Oregon


2014 – Amy Burzynski, University of Northern Colordao


2014 – Alexandra Iezzi, Connecticut College


2014 – Shelby Isom, Boise State University


2013 – Adam LeWinter, University of Northern Colorado


2013 – Wan-Ning Wu (Winnie), UCLA


2013 – Madison Myers, University of Oregon


2012 – Eliza Mae Andrews, Western Washington University


2012 – Lindsay Davis, Michigan Tech University


2012 – Amy Parker, University of Bristol


2012 – Robin Tuohy, University of Oregon


2011 – Kenneth Befus, University of Texas


2011 – Meagan E. Bosket, University of Wisconsin


2011 – Katy Chamberlain, Victoria University of Wellington


2011 – Owen K. Neill, University of Alaska


2011 – Julie Gross, Western Washington University


2010 – Steven Shaw, Western Washington University


2010 – Kevin Weldon, Oregon State University


2010 – Amanda Pera, San Jose State University


2010 – Joel Unema, Northern Arizona University


2010 – Isobel Sides, University of Cambridge



2009 – Jennifer Cash Thompson, University of Iowa


2009 – Martin Jutzeler, University of Tasmania


2009 – Summer Ohlendorf, University Wisconsin


2009 – M. Elise Rumpf, University of Hawaii


2009 – Julie Smith, Cal State Sacramento


2009 – Jeff Zurek, Simon Fraser University


2008 – Dan Ruscitto, University of Oregon


2008 – Isolde Belien, University of Oregon


2008 – Nick Deardorff, University of Oregon


2008 – Daniele McKay, University of Oregon


2008 – Natalia Deligne, University of Oregon


2008 – Allison Koleszar, Oregon State University


2008 – Colleen Donegan, Northern Arizona University


2008 – Marco Bagnardi, University of Rome


2007 – Licia Costantini, University of Geneva


2007 – Erich R. Mueller, University Colorado Boulder


2007 – Kristina Klos Wynne, University Colorado Boulder


2007 – Nicole E. Moore, Western Washington University


2007 – Will Romine, University Missouri


2007 – Kathryn E. Watts, University of Oregon


2007 – Jeffrey M. Woolford, Cal State Northridge


2006 – Benjamin Andrews, University of Texas at Austin


2006 – Troy Baggerman, Western Washington University


2006 – Cooper Brossy, Central Washington University


2006 – Angela Diefenbach, Western Washington University


2006 – Brendan Hodge, Western Washington University


2005 – Allison Austin Erickson, Northern Arizona University


2005 – Kimberly Fowler, Boise State University


2005 – Chris Harpel, University of North Dakota


2005 – Kristin Hill, Western Washington University


2005 – Dean Podolsky, University College London


2005 – Wes Thelen, University of Washington


2004 – Yvonne Branan, Michigan Tech University


2004 – Beth Duschatko, Northern Arizona University


2004 – Jeff Hungerford, Oregon State University


2004 – Sri Mulyaningsih, Institute of Technology, Bandung


2004 – Michael Rowe, Oregon State University


2003 – Jennifer Adleman, University Alaska Fairbanks


2003 – Stacey Hager Fairweather, University of Oregon


2003 – Stephen Lee Slaughter, Central Washington University


2002 – Mariek Schmidt, Oregon State University


2002 – Robert Nicholson, University of Alaska Fairbanks


2002 – Michelle Roberts, Humboldt State University


2002 – Anna Volynets, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology


2001 – Nancy Adams, University of Hawaii


2001 – David Phillips, University of Hawaii


2001 – Bethany Rinard Hinga, Southern Methodist University


2001 – Oscar Sorensen III, Michigan Tech University


2001 – Kristi Wallace, Northern Arizona University


2000 – Paul Bedrosian, University Washington


2000 – Dannie Hidayat, Penn State


2000 – Doerte Mann, University of Alaska


2000 – Dylan Taylor, Western Washington University


2000 – Rob Watts, University of Bristol


1999 – Ian Firth, University of Nevada


1999 – Molly McCanta, Brown University


1999 – Ben Pauk, Central Washington University


1998 – Bernard Hubbard, SUNY Buffalo, New York


1998 – David Tucker, Western Washington University


1998 – Cindy Werner, Penn State


1997 – Cindy Werner, Penn State


1997 – Jeff Johnson, University of Washington


1997 – Zinzuni Jurado-Chichay, University of Hawaii


1997 – Ellen Wilson, Washington University


1996 – Michael Poland, University of California Davis


1996 – Julia E. Hammer, University of Oregon


1996 – Josh Henry


1995 – Colleen Riley, Michigan Tech