A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Indra Lamsal
CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Lecturer, Engineering Geologist
AREA OF EXPERTISE: karst investigation, geophysics, engineering, and mining geology
NAME: Ericson Bariso
CURRENT TITLE: Science Research Specialist I
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Physical Volcanology, Volcanic Hazards, Petrology and Petrography, Geochemistry, History, Field Geology, and GIS
NAME: Pete Rowley
CURRENT TITLE: Senior Lecturer in Geology
Postgraduate Research Coordinator
AREA OF EXPERTISE: I’m broadly a volcanologist, but I dabble in sedimentology, rock physics, and a few other bits and pieces. My main interests are in using experimental techniques to try and understand how explosive volcanic processes like pyroclastic density currents behave.
NAME: Dr. Geoff Lerner
CURRENT TITLE: Research Fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Physical volcanology, volcanic hazards, paleomagnetism
NAME: James A. Farrell CURRENT TITLE: PhD candidate AREA OF EXPERTISE: Structural geology and physical volcanology EDUCATION: I am currently a PhD candidate at Syracuse University studying structural geology and physical volcanology. Previously, I earned an MS at the University of…
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NAME: Dr. Jessica Ball CURRENT TITLE: Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology, science communication EDUCATION: BSc (4 years), PhD (5 years), Policy Fellow (1 year), Postdoc (3 years) WEBSITE: http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude TWITTER: @Tuff_Cookie What’s your job like? My job is…
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NAME: Dr. Chris Harrison AREA OF EXPERTISE: Social Media Geoscientist TWITTER: @DrChrisGeoSci VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzJMa0A_soDKqp-4LgmLlw/videos Hello everyone! This is a brand new format we are accepting for the A Day in the GeoLife Series! Below is a video of all the regular questions…
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NAME: Dr. Sian Proctor CURRENT TITLE: Geoscience Faculty AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geologic disasters and the environment, curriculum and instruction, and science communication. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: For the past 17 years, I have been teaching geology at South Mountain Community College…
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NAME: Dr. Mark Tingay CURRENT TITLE: Director, Critical Stress Geomechanics and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Adelaide AREA OF EXPERTISE: Petroleum geomechanics, pore pressure prediction, mud volcanoes and tectonics YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 17 EDUCATION: Completed my PhD in petroleum geomechanics in 2003, University of Adelaide….
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NAME: Kevin McAndrews CURRENT TITLE: Project Manager and Environmental Geologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Environmental consulting, contaminate remediation, hydrogeology, and vapor intrusion YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 5 years at a small environmental consulting firm EDUCATION: Bachelors of Science in Geological Sciences, Salem…
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NAME: Sam Poppe CURRENT TITLE: PhD aspirant (FWO-Flanders) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 4 (2 years of Master’s research followed by 2 years of PhD research) EDUCATION: Ongoing PhD in Volcanology (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), MSc in Geology…
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NAME: Claire Harnett CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student at the University of Leeds AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology and geomechanics YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 3 years of laboratory experience at the University of Portsmouth EDUCATION: BSc Geological Hazards at the University of Portsmouth….
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