Jared Jeffrey Standish
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
McLean 202A – MS #8
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA. 02543
jstandish@whoi.edu
508-289-3539
EDUCATION
1999-2005
1993-1996
1988-1992
Ph.D. – Marine Geology, MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography,
Thesis Advisor – Henry Dick, Thesis – “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. – Geology, University of Idaho, Thesis Advisor – Dennis Geist,
Thesis – “The emergence of a Galapagos shield volcano, Roca Redonda”
B.A. – Geology, Colgate University, Senior Advisor – James McLelland
EMPLOYMENT
1996-1999
1992-1993
Environmental Risk Assessor, ICTM, Rockville, MD.
Asst. Men’s Soccer Coach, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004
2003
2002
2001
1998
1994-1996
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Science Made Public Series,
“Fire and Ice: Volcanoes at the North Pole.”
Teaching Assistant (2 terms), Sea Education Association –
Oceanography, lectures included; ‘Ocean Chemistry” and “Ocean
Sediment, Hydrothermal Vents, and Mid-Ocean Ridges”
Invited Speaker, high school science students from Rhode Island
participating in “National Ocean Science Bowl”, talk entitled “Ocean
Volcanoes”
Science Mentor, volunteered with local K-8 school to help guide and
develop 6th grade science projects
Lecturer, National Park Service – Geoscientists in the Parks, lectured
on the local geology of Washington D.C. during the George Washington
Memorial Park grand opening
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Idaho, Courses:
Introduction to Geology, Hydrogeology Field Techniques, Advanced
Hydrogeology, Structural Geology
1993
Teaching Assistant, Colgate University, Courses: Petrology
FIELD RESEARCH
2003
2002
2001
2001
1995
1994
Petrologist, geochemical and geophysical exploration of SW Indian
Ridge (9-25º E), PI’s – H.J.B. Dick, J. Lin, H. Schouten, R/V Melville
Field Assistant, GPS campaign and volcanic hazards assessment of
Ta’u Island, American Samoa
Petrologist, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Expedition (AMORE) to Arctic
Ocean (Gakkel Ridge), PI’s – P.J. Michael, C. Langmuir, and H.J.B.
Dick, USCG Icebreaker Healy
Petrologist/Rock Curator, geochemical and geophysical exploration of
SW Indian Ridge (9-25º E), PI’s – H.J.B. Dick, J. Lin, H. Schouten, R/V
Knorr
Watch Stander, exploration of the Australian Antarctic Discordance,
SE Indian Ridge, PI – D. Christie, R/V Melville
Volcanologist/Field Assistant, volcanologic and petrologic field work on
three separate shield volcanoes in the Galapagos Islands, PI – D. Geist
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & HONORS
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
2003-2004
2003present
2002
2002
2000
Committee Member, Arnold Arons Award for excellence in teaching
and mentoring, WHOI
Invited Speaker, Goldschmidt Conference – Dynamics of slow and
ultra-slow spreading ridges, Copenhagen, Denmark
Session Moderator, Goldschmidt Conference – Dynamics of slow and
ultra-slow spreading ridges, Copenhagen, Denmark
Invited Speaker, WHOI Associates Meeting, “Fire Under Ice”
Hosted Dr. Jim Head (Brown University), Geology & Geophysics
Department H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar for 2003
Invited Speaker, “G. Arthur Cooper Lecture Series” at Colgate
University, “Ultra-slow spreading ridges: Observations from the
Southwest Indian Ridge & Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean)”
Student Member, Department of Marine Geology & Geophysics Safety
Committee
Member, The Geological Society of America
Geology Department Seminar, Oregon State University, “Abyssal
peridotite osmium isotope compositions from Cr-spinel”
Invited Speaker with Rhea Workman, WHOI Trustees Meeting,
“Volcanic Hazards on Ta'u, American Samoa
Participant, RIDGE/NORDVULK Iceland Summer School on PlumeRidge Interactions
1998
1994
1993present
Participant, GSA Penrose Conference – Evolution of Ocean Island
Volcanoes, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Fitzgerald Scholarship, Department of Geology, Univ. of Idaho
Member, American Geophysical Union
PUBLICATIONS (Refereed)
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 (in press).
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. 136148, 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.
Standish, J.J., H.J.B. Dick, A. le Roex, W. Melson, and T. O’Hearn, The affect of
spreading geometry on MORB melting: Evidence from major and trace
element basalt compositions, (in preparation).
PUBLICATIONS (Non-refereed)
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 2001 Annual Report, 3 p.
Dick, H.J.B. and J.J. Standish, Exploring the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, NPR
Science Segment, written by Tracy Hampton, 2002.
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., K. Sims, H.J.B. 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 T11G02, 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 (9-25ºE), 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, MS #8, Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. 02543
508-289-2590
hdick@whoi.edu
Dennis Geist, Professor (Chair), Department of Geological Sciences, McClure 307A,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. 83844
208-885-6491
dgeist@uidaho.edu
* Dennis will be in Antarctica and out of contact from 12/28 to 01/28
Sara E. Harris, Chief Scientist, Sea Education Association, PO Box 6, Woods Hole,
MA. 02543
800-552-3633 (ext. 59)
sharris@sea.edu
* Sara will be at sea and out of contact from 11/19 to 01/12
Stanley R. Hart, Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics Department, MS #25,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. 02543
508-289-2837
shart@whoi.edu
Suellen W. Pirages, Ph.D., Vice President – ICTM, 2310 Research Boulevard - Suite
210, Rockville, MD 20850-3204
301-519-0300
SPirages@ictm.com
Kenneth W. Sims, Associate Scientist, Geology & Geophysics Department, MS #22,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. 02543
508-289-2634
ksims@whoi.edu