Jess Phoenix

Jess Phoenix is a volcanologist, natural hazards expert, nonprofit founder, and author—and she has played them all on TV. She is the Science Ambassador of the Union of Concerned Scientists and she ran as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is also the co-host of the Discovery series Hunting Atlantis and her latest book Ms. Adventures: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life, explores her scientific work and daring adventures and her efforts to make science more inclusive and accessible. Jess holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Smith College and a master's degree in geology from California State University, Los Angeles, with a thesis titled Lava Flow Morphologies and Structural Features Along the Axis of the South Rift Zone of Loihi Seamount, Hawaii.