姓名：Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe
职称：教授
研究方向：Palynology、Sedimentology、Field Geology
Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe博士在康奈尔大学获得地质学学士学位，在德克萨斯农工大学获得地质学硕士学位，在肯塔基大学获得地质学博士学位。她是国际煤与有机岩石学委员会(ICCP)认可的有机岩石学家(SCAP A&B和DOMVR)，现任Morehead State University(Morehead, United States)教授一职进行教学和科研工作。Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe在煤燃烧副产品和煤矿和煤层火灾的岩石学和化学方面进行了广泛的研究。曾担任美国地质学会能源地质分会的主席，同时还担任了孢粉学会主席，也是International Journal of Coal Geology编辑委员会的成员之一。
代表性论文：
1.Trent Garrison,Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe,Kevin R. Henke,Gregory C. Copley,Donald R. Blake,James C. Hower. Gaseous emissions from the Lotts Creek coal mine fire: Perry County, Kentucky. International Journal of Coal Geology,2017,180.
2.Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe,Erika R. Neace,Max L. Hammond,James C. Hower,Mark A. Engle,Joseph East,Nicholas J. Geboy,Ricardo A. Olea,Kevin R. Henke,Gregory C. Copley,Edward Lemley,Rachel S. Hatch Nally,Antonia E. Hansen,Allison R. Richardson,Anne B. Satterwhite,Glenn B. Stracher,Larry F. Radke,Charles Smeltzer,Christopher Romanek,Donald R. Blake,Paul A. Schroeder,Stephen D. Emsbo-Mattingly,Scott A. Stout. Gas emissions, tars, and secondary minerals at the Ruth Mullins and Tiptop coal mine fires. International Journal of Coal Geology,2018,195.
3.Michelle N. Johnston, Cortland F. Eble, Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe, Rebecca L. Freeman, James C. Hower.Petrology and palynology of the Middle Pennsylvanian Leatherwood coal bed, Eastern Kentucky: Indications for depositional environments.International Journal of Coal Geology.Volume 181,2017,Pages 23-38
4.James C. Hower, Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe, Cortland F. Eble.Mississippian (Serpukhovian; Chesterian Stage) coals from the Fluorspar District, Crittenden and Caldwell counties, Kentucky: Petrological and palynological compositions and their indications for peat-producing ecosystems.International Journal of Coal Geology.Volume 174,2017,Pages 23-30.
5.Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe, Achim Bechtel, Kimon Christanis, Shifeng Dai, William A. DiMichele, Cortland F. Eble, Joan S. Esterle, Maria Mastalerz, Anne L. Raymond, Bruno V. Valentim, Nicola J. Wagner, Colin R. Ward, James C. Hower.On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type.International Journal of Coal Geology.Volume 118,2013,Pages 58-87
研究课题：
1.Fungi as ecological indicators and agents of coal formation in Cretaceous – Holocene sediments
2.Improving palynology processing techniques
3.Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of Paleogene deposits, onshore Gulf of Mexico
4.Pollen content of regional honey samples.