Curriculum Vita

Julia Eve Hammer

 

Department of Geology and Geophysics             

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology   Ph:  (808) 956-5996

University of Hawaii              Fax: (808) 956-5512

Honolulu, HI 96822              email: jhammer@soest.hawaii.edu

                                                                                                                  

 

Education            Ph.D. Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, OR, 1998

                              B.A. High Honors in Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, NH, 1993

                             

Professional Appointments

2002- present      Assistant Professor of Volcanology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

2001-2002               Senior Research Associate, Brown University, Providence, RI

1999-2000               NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University, Providence, RI

1998-1998          Consultant, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Shamberger, PJ and Hammer, JE (submitted) Leucocratic and Gabbroic Xenoliths from Hualalai Volcano, Hawaiši. J. Petrology

Hammer, JE, M Coombs, PJ Shamberger, J Kimura (in press) Dynamic Submarine Flanks of Hualalai Volcano, Hawaii.  J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res.

Hammer, JE (in press) Influence of fO2 and cooling rate on the kinetics and energetics of Fe-rich basalt crystallization. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.

Hammer, JE (2006) Interpreting Inclusive Evidence. Nature 439: 26-27.

Hammer, JE (2004) Crystal nucleation theory applied to hydrous magma. Am. Mineral. 89: 1673-1679.

Hammer, JE and Rutherford, MJ (2003) Petrologic Indicators of pre-eruption magma dynamics. Geology 31: 79-82.

Hammer, JE, MJ Rutherford, and W Hildreth (2002) Storage conditions of intermediate magmas prior to the 1912 eruption in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska.  Contrib. Mineral. Petrol.144: 144-162.

Hammer, JE, and Rutherford,MJ (2002) An experimental study of decompression-induced crystallization in silicic melt. J. Geophys. Res. 107(B1), 8-1 - 8-24.

Hammer, JE, Cashman, KV, Voight, B. (2000) Magmatic processes revealed by textural and compositional trends in Merapi dome lavas. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 100: 165-192.

Hammer, JE, Cashman, KV, Hoblitt, R.P., Newman, S. (1999) Degassing and microlite crystallization during pre-climactic events of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines Bull Volcanol, 60: 355-380.

Hammer, JE, Manga, M, Cashman, KV (1998) Non-equilibrium and unsteady fluid degassing during slow decompression. Geophys Res Lett 25: 4565-4568.

Chamberlain, CP, Zeitler, PK, Barnett DE, Winslow, D, Poulson, SR, Leahy, T, and Hammer JE (1995) Active hydrothermal systems during recent uplift of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya. J. Geophys. Res.  100 No. B1, 439-453

 

Grant Support

NSF EAR04-49888, 2005-2009 CAREER: Crystallization Kinetics in Volcanology  (PI)   $535,786

 

NASA NNG05GL92G, 2005-2008 Integrated Mineralogic and Rock Magnetic Study of Synthetic Martian Basalt: Implications for Understanding Crustal Magnetic Anomalies (PI)                                                         $206,566

 

NSF EAR04-09303: 2005-2006 Complex Episodic Explosive Volcanism:                           $85,129

Eruption Dynamics of the 1959 Kilauea Iki Eruption, Hawaii (Co-PI)                             

 

NSF EAR02-36564, 2003  Acquisition of Equipment for an Experimental Petrology Laboratory                                                                                                                      $166,055

 

NSF OISE: US-Chile Program: 2004 Workshop on Origin of El Laco                                    $1,500

Iron-Oxide Deposit (Participant)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Institute for Rock Magnetism Fellowship, 2002 An Igneous Origin for                                  $5,000

Martian Magnetic Anomalies? (PI)                                                                                           

 

NASA NAG5-12486, 2002-2003 Petrologic and Experimental Evaluation of an                $70,000

Igneous Origin for Magnetic Anomalies on Mars                                                                      

NSF EAR-0087463, 2000-2002  Constraints on the crystallization of degassing magmas: An experimental study of crystal nucleation and growth kinetics                                                $120,145

 

NSF EAR-9805680 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1998-2002                                      $72,000

An experimental study of magma degassing and crystallization (PI)             

 

Professional Affiliations

Sigma Xi‹The Scientific Research Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), Commission on Explosive Volcanism (CEV), National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), Geological Society of America (GSA)

 

Synergistic Activities

Science Program Committee Chair, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, August 2004

Workshop presenter ("Secret Lives of Minerals") at the 10th Annual Science Symposium for Girls at Sacred Hearts Academy, Feb. 2004.  

SOEST Open House Workshop Organizer:

2002: Explosive Volcanism: Demonstration of eruption processes using a rapidly expanding multiphase fluid expelled from a closed container through nozzles of varying diameter. 

2003: World of Optics: Undergraduate Mineralogy class demonstrated principles of optics.

Participant in the Workshop for Early Career Faculty, Williamsburg, VA, June 2003

Invited Speaker at EarthScope Initiative planning meeting, Oct. 2002

 

Collaborators (2001-present):

S. Brachfeld (Montclair State University, NJ), D. Clague (Monterey Bay Aquarium), M. Coombs (USGS- Alaska Volcano Observatory), W. Hildreth (USGS- Menlo Park), B.F. Houghton (University of Hawaii), M.J. Rutherford (Brown University)

 

Graduate and Postgraduate Advisors:

            K.V. Cashman (University of Oregon), M.J. Rutherford  (Brown University)

 

Students Supervised: 

      Patrick J Shamberger, M.Sc. 2004.

      Carrie R Brugger, PhD candidate

 

Dissertation Committees Served  

Julia Sable (Dr. Bruce Houghton, advisor)

Nancy Adams (Dr. Bruce Houghton, advisor)

Sergey Tkachev (Dr. Murli Manghnani, advisor)

      Wendy Stovall, anticipated (Dr. Bruce Houghton, advisor)

 

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