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Dr. Bin Chen recently accepted a faculty position at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at University of Hawaii. He will start in 2014. Congratulations Bin!

The Jackson Lab welcomes the new gas-loading system!

Temperatures in Earth's core are likely hotter than previous claims (APS Science Highlight)

New method for detecting melting at high-pressures
(Caltech research highlight)

New method for detecting melting at high-pressures (Seismo Lab News)

Aaron S. Wolf: Outstanding AGU Student Paper Award, Fall AGU 2012

Jackson's group presents at the American Geophysical Union 2012 Fall Meeting

Dr. Caitlin Murphy joins the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington as a Postdoctoral Fellow (Fall 2012)

Dr. YoungHee Kim joins the College of Natural Sciences faculty at Seoul National University as Assistant Professor in Solid Earth Geophysics (Fall 2012)

Dr. Lijun Liu joins the Department of Geology faculty at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, as Assistant Professor (Fall 2012)

Jennifer promoted to Full Professor (August 2012)

News of Jennifer's tenure (July 2012)

Jackson's group presents at the COMPRES/HPMPS Meeting

Congratulations Caitlin Murphy for receiving the GPS Division Teaching Assistant award (June 1, 2012)!

Congratulations Dr. Murphy! Caitlin Murphy successfully defended her thesis, "Thermoelasticty of hexagonal close-packed iron from the phonon density of states", May 18, 2012

Congratulations Dr. Bower! Daniel Bower successfully defended his thesis, "Geodynamics of Earth's deep mantle", May 1, 2012

Jennifer, Mike, and Don's Journey to the Center of the Earth (E&S Spring 2012)


Ironing out the Details of Earth's Core: Caltech researchers obtain highest-pressure vibrational spectrum of iron


Honoring Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao's 70th birthday at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting


Jackson's group presents at the American Geophysical Union 2011 Fall Meeting

Will Steinhardt: Burns Prize for demonstrating both academic excellence and great promise, GPS Division, Caltech, June 2011

Congratulations Dr. YoungHee Kim for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis, "Properties of the subduction system in Mexico"! (May 2011)

After meeting with selected high-school students in her laboratory (Junior Watson program), Jennifer Jackson gave the Ernest C. Watson Lecture on April 13, 2011 (8:00pm, Beckman Auditorium)

Jackson's group presents at the American Geophysical Union 2010 Fall Meeting

Keck Institute for Space Studies: Worskhop on Future Missions to Titan II

Caitlin A. Murphy: Young Scientists Award for the IXS Conference abstract, IUCr. Grenoble, France, 2010

Highest static pressure reached at Caltech! August 2010

June K. Wicks: Featured COMPRES article, 2010-2011

June K. Wicks: ASCIT Teaching Award; GPS Division Teaching Award, 2010

YoungHee Kim: Society of Exploration Geophysicists Scholarship, 2010

Congratulations Dr. Lijun Liu for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis! (May 2010)

Keck Institute for Space Studies: Worskhop on Future Missions to Titan

Keck Institute for Space Studies, mention in the GPS Division Newletter

Bin Chen: John C. Jamieson Award, 2010

Jennifer receives NSF Early CAREER Award, 2010

Machine Project

Jackson's group presents at the American Geophysical Union 2009 Fall Meeting

Dan J. Bower: Featured COMPRES article, 2009-2010

Bin Chen: Texaco Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, Caltech

Aaron S. Wolf: Outstanding AGU Student Paper Award, Fall AGU 2008

Jackson's group presents at the American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall Meeting

Kirill K. Zhuravlev: Pressure Record at ALS, 2008

Journey to the Center of Earth (350 MB)

In Dallas Campbell's Guide to the Impossible, British actor/comedian Dallas Campbell is given the chance to attempt the impossible. This 22 minute clip features Caltech Professors David Stevenson & Jennifer Jackson. Directed by Emily James of Actual Reality Pictures, this episode aired on Discovery Science Channel, Fall 2008 (copyright Actual Reality Pictures 2008)

Jennifer M. Jackson: MSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2008-2009

Inelastic X-ray Scattering Workshop, 2008

Caltech News Release of Jackson's Research & Lab Opening, 2007