Jeffrey C. Wynn
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Dr Jeffrey C. Wynn, is a research geophysicist with the US Geological Survey. He is the Team Chief Scientist for Volcano Hazards, USGS, and is based in the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA, one of the five [USGS volcano observatories in the US].
In his professional career, Jeff Wynn has served as vice president for R&D of Zonge Engineering, and in several rotational management positions in the USGS. These include Chief of the Office of Geochemistry & Geophysics, Chief of the Venezuelan Guayana & Amazonas Exploration Mission, Deputy Chief for Science of the Saudi Arabian Mission, and he currently supervises volcano research and monitoring in the US.
Jeff has done extensive work in the Venezuelan jungle, having climbed Mt. Roraima twice. He has also crossed the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia three times, mapping the Wabar Meteorite Impact Structure in its core ([Scientific American, Nov 1998 issue]).
Jeff developed a new technology for mapping sub-seafloor minerals and buried wrecks using a physical property called Induce Polarization ("IP"), and obtained two patents on the discovery. A commercial version of the dragged-streamer technology was successfully tested in the Bismarck Sea in February 2005.
Jeff has also done extensive geophysical mapping work in SE Alaska, and codeveloped an airborne electromagnetic technology to map groundwater in arid basins, successfully mapping the groundwater of the San Pedro Basin in southern Arizona and northern Mexico in three dimensions.
Jeff has published over 220 articles, books, and maps in fields as diverse as geophysics, archeology, and astronomy. He holds a 3rd degree black belt in [Budoshin Jujutsu], and has taught numerous free self-defense clinics for women in northern Virginia and Vancouver, WA. Asteroid "9564 Jeffwynn" was named for him in 1999 by the International Astronomical Union. Jeff is an Advanced Open Water diver ([PADI certification]) and a certified CPR-AED Instructor ([National Safety Council]).
Jeff married Louise Pratt in 1968 and together they have five children.