Donna Jurdy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University. My research is currently on the tectonics of Venus and the magnetic lineations on Mars.

ADDRESS Department of Geological Sciences Northwestern University 1850 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-2150 email: donna   @   earth.northwestern.edu phone: (847) 491-7163 fax: (847) 491-8060 EDUCATION Ph.D. 1974 University of Michigan M.A. 1970 State University of New York at Buffalo B.A. 1968 University of Rochester OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Geophysical Union Fellow, Geological Society of America Society of Exploration Geophysicists Association for Women Geoscientists RESEARCH INTERESTS My recent research involves plate kinematics and dynamics, vulcanism of Io, and the tectonics of Venus. Click here for details about Research Research with Michael Stefanick on analysis of Mars' magnetic patterns, JGR publication: "Vertical extrapolation of Mars magnetic potentials, JGR, 10.1029/2004JE002277, 2004." reprint here. Research with Han Li and Mark Robinson on debris aprons in the northern hemisphere of Mars: "Origin of martian northern hemishere mid-latitude lobate debris aprons", Icarus, vol. 176, pp. 382-394, 2005.reprint here. Lunar and Planetary Science Conferences, abstracts 2005: ``Vertical Extrapolation of Mars Magnetic Streamline Function to Surface''reprint here. ``Study of a 15 km crater with diverse morphology: Elysium Planitia, Mars'', Abstract #1163, (with Audeliz Matias) reprint here. 2004: ``Vertical Extrapolation of Mars Magnetic Potentials'', 'reprint here. 2003: ``Mars Magnetic Data: The Impact of Noise on the Vertical Extrapolation of Fields and Methods of Suppression'' 'reprint here. See research with graduate student Audeliz Matias on plume activity on Venus as indicated by craters, GSA Special paper #388, ``Plumes, Plates and Paradigms'': "Impact Craters as Indicators of Tectonic and Volcanic Activity in the Beta-Atla-Themis Region, Venus" preprint here. See the LPSC 33rd poster about my work with Paul Stoddard about Io, volcanoes, and instability of spin here. See work on Io, GRL publication: vol. 29(9), 10.1029/2001GL014539, 2002. "Distribution of Io's volcanoes: Possible influence on spin axis" here. TEACHING Click here for details of Teaching PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Some past talks presented in an AAPG Distinguished Lecture tour: ``Applying Cenozoic Plate Motion Models to the Proterozoic and the Paleozoic'' and ``Active Tectonics on Venus: Evidence from Coronae and Chasmata'' Click for abstracts. Department/Program Chair Undergraduate Honors Committee College/University CAR, Committee on Athletics and Recreation Faculty Associate, Communications Residential College (CRC) Member, Freshman Seminar Writing Award Committee Other recent professional activities: Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union Chrysallis Scholarship Committee, Association for Women Geoscientists Association for Women Geoscientists Download ssh