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Jake Horner

Jake Horner

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 371-7237

Biography

Jake Horner is the Field Operations Manager for the Radiation Portal Monitor Project (DHS), providing leadership and oversight for the deployment of engineered systems for nuclear material detection and interdiction at US Ports of Entry. Prior to this role, Jake supported a number of geological investigations focused on the demonstration of environmental remediation technologies, geological carbon sequestration, geothermal resource characterization, compressed air energy storage and production of natural gas from hydrate bearing geologic media.

Before coming to PNNL in 2008, Jake was a well site geologist at GRAM Inc., where he provided characterization and construction oversight for wells drilled at the U.S. DOE Hanford site.

Research Interests

  • Geologic Controls on Contaminant Transport
  • Site Characterization Technology
  • Site Remediation Technology
  • Geothermal Resource Exploration
  • Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide

Education and Credentials

  • M.S. Geology, Central Washington University, 2006
  • B.S., Geology, University of Oregon, 2002

PNNL Publications

2022

  • Depp C.T., Q. Miller, J. Crum, J.A. Horner, and H.T. Schaef. 2022. "Pore-scale Microenvironments Control Anthropogenic Carbon Mineralization Outcomes in Basalt." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 6, no. 12:836-2847. PNNL-SA-173493. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00165
  • Polites E.G., H.T. Schaef, J.A. Horner, A.T. Owen, J.E. Holliman, B.P. McGrail, and Q. Miller. 2022. "Exotic Carbonate Mineralization Recovered from a Deep Basalt Carbon Storage Demonstration." Environmental Science & Technology 56, no. 20:14713-14722. PNNL-SA-172801. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c03269

2020

  • White S.K., F.A. Spane, H.T. Schaef, Q. Miller, M.D. White, J.A. Horner, and B.P. McGrail. 2020. "Quantification of CO2 Mineralization at the Wallula Basalt Pilot Project." Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 22:14609-14616. PNNL-SA-151577. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c05142

2019

  • Bowers G.M., H.T. Schaef, Q. Miller, E.D. Walter, S.D. Burton, D.W. Hoyt, and J.A. Horner, et al. 2019. "13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in a Natural Shale." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3, no. 3:324-328. PNNL-SA-140683. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00214
  • Fernandez C.A., V. Gupta, G.L. Dai, A.P. Kuprat, A.H. Bonneville, D. Appriou, and J.A. Horner, et al. 2019. "Insights into a Greener Stimuli-Responsive Fracturing Fluid for Geothermal Applications." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7, no. 14:19660-19668. PNNL-SA-144518. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04802

2018

  • Xiong W., R. Wells, J.A. Horner, H.T. Schaef, P. Skemer, and D.E. Giammar. 2018. "CO2 Mineral Sequestration in Naturally Porous Basalt." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 5, no. 3:142-147. PNNL-SA-133317. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00047

2017

  • Davidson C.L., D.J. Heldebrant, M.D. Bearden, J.A. Horner, and C.J. Freeman. 2017. "Enabling CCS via low-temperature geothermal energy integration for fossil-fired power generation." Energy Procedia 114. PNNL-SA-126701. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1781
  • McGrail B.P., H.T. Schaef, F.A. Spane, J.A. Horner, A.T. Owen, J.B. Cliff, and O. Qafoku, et al. 2017. "Wallula Basalt Pilot Demonstration Project: Post-Injection Results and Conclusions." Energy Procedia 114. PNNL-SA-121381. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1716
  • McGrail B.P., H.T. Schaef, F.A. Spane, J.B. Cliff, O. Qafoku, J.A. Horner, and C.J. Thompson, et al. 2017. "Field Validation of Supercritical CO2 Reactivity with Basalts." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 4, no. 1:6-10. PNNL-SA-119127. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00387
  • Szecsody J.E., M.J. Truex, B.D. Lee, C.E. Strickland, J.J. Moran, M. Snyder, and C.T. Resch, et al. 2017. Geochemical, Microbial, and Physical Characterization of 200-DV-1 Operable Unit Cores from Boreholes C9552, C9487, and C9488, Hanford Site Central Plateau. PNNL-26266. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
  • Truex M.J., J.E. Szecsody, N. Qafoku, C.E. Strickland, J.J. Moran, B.D. Lee, and M. Snyder, et al. 2017. Contaminant Attenuation and Transport Characterization of 200-DV-1 Operable Unit Sediment Samples. PNNL-26208. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1368134.Contaminant Attenuation and Transport Characterization of 200-DV-1 Operable Unit Sediment Samples

2016

  • Gilmore T.J., A.H. Bonneville, E.C. Sullivan, M.E. Kelley, D. Appriou, V.R. Vermeul, and S.K. White, et al. 2016. "Characterization and Design of the FutureGen 2.0 Carbon Storage Site." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 53. PNNL-SA-116762. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.07.022
  • Yonkofski C., J.A. Horner, and M.D. White. 2016. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Hydrate-guest Molecule Exchange Kinetics." Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 35, no. B:1480-1489. PNNL-SA-115437. doi:10.1016/j.jngse.2016.03.080

2015

  • Truex M.J., V.R. Vermeul, D. Adamson, M. Oostrom, L. Zhong, R.D. Mackley, and B.G. Fritz, et al. 2015. "Field Test of Enhanced Remedial Amendment Delivery Using a Shear-Thinning Fluid." Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation 35, no. 3:34-45. PNNL-SA-101736. doi:10.1111/gwmr.12101

2014

  • Schaef H.T., J.A. Horner, A.T. Owen, C.J. Thompson, J.S. Loring, and B.P. McGrail. 2014. "Mineralization of Basalts in the CO2-H2O-SO2-O2 System." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 9:5298-5305. PNNL-SA-98605. doi:10.1021/es404964j
  • Williams M.D., V.R. Vermeul, M. Oostrom, S.L. Porse, P.D. Thorne, J.E. Szecsody, and J.A. Horner, et al. 2014. "Design Support of an above Cap-rock Early Detection Monitoring System using Simulated Leakage Scenarios at the FutureGen2.0 Site." Energy Procedia 63. PNWD-SA-10398. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.439

2013

  • Bonneville A., T.J. Gilmore, E.C. Sullivan, V.R. Vermeul, M.E. Kelley, S.K. White, and D. Appriou, et al. 2013. "Evaluating the Suitability for CO2 Storage at the FutureGen 2.0 Site, Morgan County, Illinois, USA." Energy Procedia 37. PNNL-SA-91308. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.541
  • Freedman V.L., R.D. Mackley, S.R. Waichler, and J.A. Horner. 2013. "Evaluation of Analytical and Numerical Techniques for Defining the Radius of Influence for an Open-Loop Ground Source Heat Pump System." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 18, no. 9:1170-1179. PNNL-SA-84739. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000720

2012

  • Freedman V.L., S.R. Waichler, R.D. Mackley, and J.A. Horner. 2012. "Assessing the Thermal Environmental Impacts of an Groundwater Heat Pump in Southeastern Washington State." Geothermics 42. PNNL-SA-76515. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2011.10.004

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