Joseph L. Kirschvink (b. 1954) is a professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. His interests focus on geomagnetic reversals, geomagnetic sensitivity in animals, the biological effects of electromagnetic fields and biomineralization of ferromagnetic materials.
Discovered on 4-11-1988 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M.