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Jerry X. Mitrovica

Jerry X. Mitrovica

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Earth Science
USA
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
94
Citations
34819
World Ranking
194
National Ranking
99

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2015 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2000 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Jerry X. Mitrovica is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology. Their research topics prominently include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, earthquake and tectonic studies, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Geological formations and processes.

Their recent notable publications cover various aspects of sea-level change, ice dynamics, and postglacial rebound. These include:

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Oceanic forcing of penultimate deglacial and last interglacial sea-level rise, 2020, Nature
  • Antarctic ice dynamics amplified by Northern Hemisphere sea-level forcing, 2020, Nature
  • Rapid postglacial rebound amplifies global sea level rise following West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, 2021, Science Advances
  • Sea level fingerprinting of the Bering Strait flooding history detects the source of the Younger Dryas climate event, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors in their work include Konstantin Latychev, Evelyn Powell, Mark Hoggard, Sophie Coulson, and Natalya Gomez. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts across geoscience and climate-related research.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Journal International, Quaternary Science Reviews, Abstracts with programs of the Geological Society of America, and Science Advances.

Throughout their career, Jerry X. Mitrovica has been recognized with several awards. These distinctions include being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2019, receiving the Arthur L. Day Medal from The Geological Society of America in 2015, and being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada with recognition from the Academy of Science in 2014. Among other honors are fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2007), the American Geophysical Union (2005), and the Geological Society of America. Earlier in their career, they were awarded the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics from the Royal Society of Canada in 2000.

Best Publications

  • The Last Glacial Maximum.

    Peter U. Clark;Arthur S. Dyke;Jeremy D. Shakun;Anders E. Carlson

  • Probabilistic 21st and 22nd Century Sea-Level Projections at a Global Network of Tide-Gauge Sites

    Robert E. Kopp;Radley M. Horton;Christopher M. Little;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Estimates of the Regional Distribution of Sea Level Rise over the 1950–2000 Period

    John A. Church;Neil J. White;Richard Coleman;Kurt Lambeck

  • Probabilistic assessment of sea level during the last interglacial stage

    Robert E. Kopp;Frederik J. Simons;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Adam C. Maloof

  • A new inference of mantle viscosity based upon joint inversion of convection and glacial isostatic adjustment data

    J.X. Mitrovica;A.M. Forte

  • Probabilistic reanalysis of twentieth-century sea-level rise

    Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay;Eric Morrow;Eric Morrow;Robert Evans Kopp;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Recent mass balance of polar ice sheets inferred from patterns of global sea-level change

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Mark E. Tamisiea;James L. Davis;Glenn A. Milne

  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Meltwater Pulse 1A from Antarctica as a Trigger of the Bølling-Allerød Warm Interval

    Andrew J. Weaver;Oleg A. Saenko;Peter U. Clark;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Tilting of continental interiors by the dynamical effects of subduction

    J. X. Mitrovica;C. Beaumont;G. T. Jarvis

  • Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era

    Robert Evans Kopp;Andrew C. Kemp;Klaus Bittermann;Benjamin Horton

  • On postglacial geoid subsidence over the equatorial oceans

    J. X. Mitrovica;W. R. Peltier

  • On post-glacial sea level – II. Numerical formulation and comparative results on spherically symmetric models

    Roblyn A. Kendall;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Glenn A. Milne

  • Space-Geodetic Constraints on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Fennoscandia

    Glenn A. Milne;James L. Davis;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Hans-Georg Scherneck

  • On post-glacial sea level: I. General theory

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Glenn A. Milne

  • On the origin of late Holocene sea-level highstands within equatorial ocean basins

    J.X. Mitrovica;G.A. Milne

  • Haskell [1935] revisited

    Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Deep-mantle high-viscosity flow and thermochemical structure inferred from seismic and geodynamic data

    Alessandro M. Forte;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Sea-Level Fingerprinting as a Direct Test for the Source of Global Meltwater Pulse IA

    P. U. Clark;J. X. Mitrovica;G. A. Milne;M. E. Tamisiea

  • Radial profile of mantle viscosity: Results from the joint inversion of convection and postglacial rebound observables

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Alessandro M. Forte

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro M. Forte
Alessandro M. Forte University of Florida
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Glenn A. Milne
Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa
Robert E. Kopp
Robert E. Kopp Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter U. Clark
Peter U. Clark Oregon State University
Peter John Huybers
Peter John Huybers Harvard University
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
Stephen P. Grand
Stephen P. Grand The University of Texas at Austin
Jeroen Tromp
Jeroen Tromp Princeton University

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