{"id":28,"date":"2012-02-25T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cst.temple.edu\/~nyq\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-04-24T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:22:21","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/geophysics\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dr. Jonathan Nyquist, Professor of Geophysics, received a B.A. (1980) in physics from Macalester College, a M.S. (1982) in physics from the University of Maryland and a PhD (1986) in geophysics from the University of Wisconsin.\u00a0 After working for over a decade as a researcher the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dr. Nyquist accepted a position in 1997 at Temple University as Weeks Chair of Environmental geology, and currently serves as Chairman of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perennially active in the near-surface geophysics community, he has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (JEEG<\/a>), as president and past-president of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS<\/a>), and currently serves on the board of directors for Geoscientists Without Borders (GWB<\/a>).\u00a0 For his contributions to the profession Dr. Nyquist received the EEGS Gold Medal Award in 2007, and in 2011 the Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG<\/a>) presented him with the Harold Mooney Award “in recognition of scientific and technical excellence and innovation leading to the advancement of near-surface geophysics.”<\/p>\n

From 2018-2023, Dr. Nyquist served as Director of General Education<\/a> in Temple’s office of the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Research.<\/p>\n

Mailing Address:
\nDepartment of Earth & Enviromental Sciences
\nRm 319 Beury Hall, Temple University
\n1901 N. 13th Street
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19122-6081, USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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