Dr. Jonathan Snow, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, Petrology, Tectonics

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics , Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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• Areas of expertise

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change
  • Autonomous Drone System for Detecting Fugitive Methane Leaks 
  • Controls on Ozone in Southern Texas
  • Impact of Saharan Dust on Air Quality in Southern Texas
  • Sources and Cycling of Atmospheric Mercury
  • Green Sustainable Urban Areas

• Awards

  • 2015 Elected to Phi Kappa Phi national honor society.
  • 2003 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Fellowship
  • 2000 Heisenberg Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
  • 2000  Liste des professeurs des universités, French Ministry of Education
  • 1996  Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
  • 1994 Max­Planck Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, Germany
  • 1993  Poste Rouge Fellowship, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
  • 1991  WHOI Ocean Ventures Fund Grant  "Osmium Isotopes in Abyssal Peridotites."
  • 1984  US National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
  • 1983 Indiana University Field Camp Merit Scholarship; 1st prize, Grace Martin German Essay Contest. 

   

• Publications

  • Gillis, K., Snow, J., Klaus, A. and Leg 345 Shipboard Scientific Party (2014) Primitive Layered Gabbros from FastSpreading Lower Oceanic Crust, Nature 505, 200-207
  • Snow, JE, E. Hellebrand, A. von der Handt, F. Nauret, Y. Gao, H.-W. Schencke (2011) " Oblique nonvolcanic seafloor spreading in Lena Trough, Arctic Ocean ", Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems doi:10.1029/2011GC003768
  • *Liu, C., J. Snow, E. Hellebrand, G. Bruegmann, A. von der Handt, A. Buechl, A. W. Hofmann (2008) Ancient, Highly Heterogeneous Mantle beneath Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Nature 452:311-316. (Article).
  • Snow, J. and petrology group ARK XX-2 (2007) Petrology of Lena Trough and Gakkel Ridge in: G. Budéus and P. Lemke (2007). The Expeditions ARKTIS-XX/1 and XX/2 of the Research Vessel “Polarstern” in 2004. Reports on Polar and Marine Research 544:153-208.
  • *Hellebrand, E. and J. Snow (2003) Deep melting underneath the highly oblique-spreading Lena Trough (Arctic Ocean) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 216:283-299.
  • Michael, P. C. Langmuir, H. Dick, J. Snow, S. Goldstein, D. Graham, K. Lehnert, G. Kurras, R. Mühe and H. Edmonds (2003) Magmatic and amagmatic seafloor spreading at the slowest mid-ocean ridge: Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Nature 423:956-961.
  • Jokat, W., O. Ritzmann, M. Schmidt-Aursch, S. Drachev, S. Gauger, J. Snow (2003) Geophysical evidence for reduced melt production on the super-slow Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean), Nature 423:962-965.
  • Edmonds, H., P.J. Michael, E.T. Baker, J.E. Snow, C. Langmuir, H.J.B. Dick, and D. Graham (2003) Abundant hydrothermal venting on the ultra-slow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Nature 421:252-256
  • Snow, J. E. and Petrology Group, ARK VXII-2 (2002) ARK XVII/2 Petrology cruise report: Petrogenesis of magmatic and amagmatic crust along the world’s slowest spreading mid-ocean ridge. In: Thiede, J. (ed) (2002) Cruise report, ARK XVII/2, Reports on Polar and Marine Research 421:118-164.

  For more publications, see CV below, or visit google scholar profie here.

• Patents

  • None available.

• Grants and Funded Research

  • $405,858 NSF grant for "Death of a Backarc Rift: A Petrologic Site Survey of Godzilla Mullion". PI. 2010-2016.
  • $269,658 NSF grant for "Acquisition of a Multiple-Collector Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer". Co-PI. 2008-2011.

  For more research information, visit researchgate profile, here.

• Curriculum Vitae

  • Jonathan Snow CV

• Contact information

  Science and Research 1, Room 236

  Phone: 713-743-3298 |

  jesnow@uh.edu