# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/susan-kieffer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:15:30.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/susan-kieffer"
name: "Susan Kieffer"
slug: "susan-kieffer"
description: "Susan Elizabeth Werner Kieffer is an American physical geologist and planetary scientist. Kieffer is known for her work on the fluid dynamics of volcanoes, geysers, and rivers, and for her model of the thermodynamic properties of complex minerals. She has also contributed to the scientific understanding of meteorite impacts."
tagline: "American geologist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1942-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.99
  momentum:             6.794871794871796
  historical:           8.737401333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susan_Kieffer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سوزان كيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سوزان كيفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kieffer"
    title: "Susan Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kieffer"
    title: "Susan Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kieffer"
    title: "Susan Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kieffer"
    title: "Susan Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Киффер, Сьюзен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Сюзен Кіффер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kieffer"
    title: "Susan Kieffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump