Jayne Belnap (an haife ta a ranar 2 ga watan Fabrairu, shekara ta 1952) masanin ilimin ƙasa ne na Amurka. Ta gwaninta qarya a hamada ecologies da makiyayar da al'amarin . A cikin shekara ta 2008, Kungiyar Ilimin coasa ta Amurka ta amince da ita a matsayin ɗayan fitattun masanan ilimin kimiyyar ƙasa a Amurka . A shekara ta 2010 da kuma shekara ta 2013, ta samu lambobin yabo daga Ma’aikatar Cikin Gida ta Amurka a matsayin daya daga cikin fitattun mata a fannin kimiyya. A shekara ta 2015, an zabe ta a matsayin 'yar uwanta Kungiyar Kimiyyar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Amurka . Belnap ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu (a ilmin halitta da tarihin halitta ) a Jami'ar California, Santa Cruz a shekara ta 1980; digiri na biyu a cikin ilimin kimiyyar halittu daga Jami'ar Stanford a shekara ta 1983; da kuma digirin digirgir a fannin ilimin tsirrai daga jami’ar Brigham Young a shekara ta 1991. Bayan ta kammala digirinta na farko da digirgir, sai ta zama kwararriyar masana ilimin tsirrai a filin shakatawa na Canyonlands National Park .