Joseph L. Kirschvink (born 1953) is an American geologist and geophysicist.
He is the Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology at Caltech,[1] known for contributions to paleomagnetism[2] and biomagnetism[3] (discovery of the first magnetofossils) and the Snowball Earth hypothesis.
In 1988, Kirschvink was recognized as a "Rising Star" in Southern California by the Los Angeles Times.
[5] In 2021, Caltech settled with the Department of the Interior to pay $25,465 for damages to petroglyph sites in Volcanic Tablelands after they were damaged by Dr. Kirschvink on Earth Day 2017.
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