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: Simon Halliwell CURRENT TITLE: Seeking opportunity CONTACT INFORMATION: [email protected] AREA OF INTEREST: Volcanology and Geological Hazards EDUCATION: MSc Volcanology and Geological Hazards Graduate, Lancaster University, United Kingdom What’s your interest? As you may have guessed by my degree, I…
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NAME: Charlie Barrington CURRENT TITLE: Volcanologist, Department of Volcanology, Instituto Geofisico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito, Ecuador AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanic degassing, Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) YEARS EXPERIENCE: ~1 (including placements at the Centre for Exchange and Research in Volcanology,…
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NAME: Mike Cassidy CURRENT TITLE: UPDATE! Now, NERC Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Previously, at the time of this guest blog, Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Mainz, Germany. EXPERTISE: Volcanology, petrology and geochemistry YEARS EXPERIENCE: ~7.5 years…
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NAME: Kathi Unglert CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (since 2011) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcano seismology, other volcano geophysics, machine learning YEARS EXPERIENCE: 5 EDUCATION: After graduating with a combined BSc in geosciences from Ludwig-Maximilians-University/Technical…
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NAME: Dr. Rebecca Williams CURRENT TITLE: Lecturer in Geology (Volcanology) at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, since February 2013. AREA OF EXPERTISE: I’m a volcanologist who specialises in hazardous volcanic flows, igneous petrology and geochemistry. YEARS EXPERIENCE: 9 years of education, and 5…
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NAME: Elaine Smid CURRENT TITLE: Research Scientist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanic Hazards YEARS EXPERIENCE: 6 EDUCATION: B.A. Environmental Science, University of Virginia (2000); M.S. Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai’i at Manoa (2004); PhD in progress, University of Auckland WEBSITE:…
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NAME: David Pyle CURRENT TITLE: Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK. AREA OF EXPERTISE: My research is mainly in the area of volcanology, igneous petrology and geochemistry – unravelling the stories of past volcanic eruptions, and…
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NAME: Tom Pering CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology (Remote Sensing and Modelling) YEARS EXPERIENCE: 4 EDUCATION: BSc Physical Geography at the University of Reading and MSc Volcanology and Geological Hazards at Lancaster University WEBSITE: http://www.volcano-blog.com/ What’s your…
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