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Research Associate Professor, Geology & Geophysics
Professional Service
- European Geophysical Union.
Role: Co-Convenor of Poster Session with Paraskevi Nomikou, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson.
Volcanic Islands: Eruptions, Stability, Hazards, Glass, Minerals, and Microbial Life .
05/04/2020 - 05/08/2020
- American Ceramic Society.
Role: Vice-Chair.
Art, Architecture and Conservation Science Division.
05/01/2019 - present
- European Geophysical Union.
Role: Co-Convener of Oral and Poster Sessions with Paraskevi Nomikou, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, Steffen Leth Jørgensen .
Submarine Volcanic Activity and Associated Hazards: Recent and ancient perspectives
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/session/32569.
04/10/2019 - 04/10/2019
Honors & Awards
- Fellow.
American Ceramic Society,
03/26/2020
- Science Brief: Advanced Light Source
Phillipsite and Al-tobermorite mineral cements produced through low-temperature water-rock reactions in Roman marine concrete
https://als.lbl.gov/ancient-roman-secret-self-healing-concrete/ .
Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories,
07/24/2017
- Notable Article: Jackson, M. D., S. R. Chae, S. R. Mulcahy, C. Meral, R. Taylor, P. Li, J. Moon, S. Yoon, A.-H. Emwas, G. Vola, H.-R. Wenk, P. J. M. Monteiro, 2013, Unlocking the secrets of Al-tobermorite in Roman seawater concrete: American Mineralogist, 98, 1669-1687. American Mineralogist, 05/2013.
American Mineralogist,
07/24/2017
- Science Highlight: Advanced Light Source
Unlocking the Secrets of Al-tobermorite in Ancient Roman Marine Concrete
https://als.lbl.gov/concrete-industry-benefits-from-ancient-romans-and-the-als/
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Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories,
10/2013
- Highlights and Breakthroughs Article:
Jackson, M. D., S. R. Chae, S. R. Mulcahy, C. Meral, R. Taylor, P. Li, J. Moon, S. Yoon, A.-H. Emwas, G. Vola, H.-R. Wenk, P. J. M. Monteiro, 2013, Unlocking the secrets of Al-tobermorite in Roman seawater concrete: American Mineralogist, 98, 1669-1687.
American Mineralogist,
05/2013
- Featured article:
Jackson, M. D., J. Moon, E. Gotti, R. Taylor, S. R. Chae, M. Kunz, A.-H. Emwas, C. Meral, P. Guttmann, P. Levitz, H.-R. Wenk, P. J. M. Monteiro, 2013, Material and elastic properties of Al-tobermorite in ancient Roman seawater concrete: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 96[8], 2598-2606.
Elsen, J., O. Cozer, R. Snellings, 2013, Lessons from a lost technology: The secrets of Roman concrete, American Mineralogist, 98, 1917-1918.
American Ceramic Society,
04/2013
- Award, 25 best articles in 25 years,
Jackson, M. D., D. Deocampo, F. Marra, and B. E. Scheetz, 2010, Mid-Pleistocene volcanic ash in ancient Roman concretes, Geoarchaeology, 25, 36-74.
Geoarchaeology Journal,
09/2010
- Acknowledgement,Open Spaces Commission: Commisioner 2003-2009, Chair 2003
Contributions towards acquisition of $8 million of lands at Picture Canyon, Observatory Mesa, and the Flagstaff Urban Trail System.
City of Flagstaff,
03/2009
- Graduate Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University.
ARCS, Washington D. C. Chapter,
06/1980
- Field Camp Award, University of Wyoming .
National Geology Teachers ,
09/1975
Outreach
- Materialism Podcast, Episode 11. The Ultimate Construction Material: How we are reinventing concrete with inspiration from ancient Rome.
10/29/2019 - present
- Lecture to Nakama, University of Utah;
How Ancient Roman Concrete Still Stands
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03/02/2018 - 03/02/2018
- Lecture to the Central Utah Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE);
Roman Marine Harbor Concretes: Volcanic Ash, Cementitious Binder, and Material Characteristics
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01/18/2018 - 01/18/2018
- Lecture to Utah Geological Survey;
Volcanic Glass Reactions and Cementitious Mineral Cycling
in Roman Marine Concrete
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01/08/2018 - 01/08/2018
- https://surtsey50years.utah.edu/, Blogspace.
08/01/2017 - present
In the Media