Jack Norbeck

Jack Norbeck is the Co-Founder and CTO of Fervo Energy, a position they have held for 4 years and 4 months. Prior to that, they were a Research Affiliate with the Energy Technologies Area at Berkeley Lab for 4 years and 4 months. Jack also spent 2 years and 1 month as an Activate Fellow. Theirprevious positions include Research Petroleum Engineer and Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford University, Visiting Research Scholar at The University of Auckland, Computational Geophysicist at Idaho National Laboratory, and Geothermal Reservoir Engineer at Calpine. Jack has also served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Colorado School of Mines, where they worked on shale gas R&D for 1 year and 10 months. Jack has a wealth of experience in the energy industry, with a focus on earthquake hazard analysis and risk assessment, reservoir geomechanics, well testing, and computational modeling.

Jack Norbeck attended Stanford University, Colorado School of Mines, and University of Colorado Boulder. Jack earned their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Stanford University in 2016, their Master of Science from Colorado School of Mines in 2011, and their Bachelor of Science from University of Colorado Boulder.