Kevin Jones
U.S. Department of Energy, GTO
EGS Program Manager
Kevin Jones is the Program Manager for the Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) subprogram at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO). He joined GTO in 2021 as the DOE Manager and Strategy Lead for the flagship EGS demonstration project, the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE). Prior to his time at GTO, Kevin worked for ExxonMobil where he gained experience in every phase of the oil and gas asset life cycle, from research and exploration, through development, to late field life production. His industry experience includes research on geochemical indicators of hydrocarbon migration, disposal well permitting and modeling, geologic model construction, reservoir simulation, well placement and infrastructure optimization, well planning and execution, and more. Kevin graduated with a BS in geology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a MA and PhD in Geochemistry from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.