VMSG Committee

Chair [she/her]

Tamsin is a volcanologist at the University of Oxford. Her current research includes studying the environmental effects of volcanoes in the present-day and over geological time and seeking to understand their internal plumbing, behaviour and hazards using petrological, geochemical, geophysical and satellite measurements.

Secretary [he/him]

Seb is a volcanologist at the University of Birmingham. His research investigates the physical and chemical processes that control the behavior and long-term development of volcanoes. Most of this work focuses on volcanism in subduction zones.

Treasurer [he/him]

Sami wants to understand how the interior of a planet affects and controls the composition of its surface, and how volcanic degassing relates to long-term habitability. His research at the University of St Andrews combines isotopic and petrological investigations of natural samples alongside high-pressure and high-temperature experimental and theoretical geochemistry.

Social Media [he/him]

Elliot Carter is an igneous petrologist based at Trinity College Dublin, currently working to re-evaluate the geochemistry of the paleogene lavas of Northern Ireland and the wider development of the North Atlantic Igneous Province.

Awards & Bursaries [she/her]

Emma is a volcanologist at University College London. Her research combines fieldwork and remote sensing to explore the transport and emission of magmatic volatile elements, and the implications for volcanic hazard.

Newsletter [she/her]

Ailsa is a volcanologist interested in understanding how local and scientific knowledge can be integrated to understand volcanic hazards and stakeholder responses. Her research at the University of Bristol focusses on Fuego volcano in Guatemala.

Web Manager [he/him]

Ed is a first year PhD student at the University of Leicester, researching caldera forming eruptions in the English Lake District. The research primarily utilises field mapping and geochemistry. He also studies virtual volcanoes in video games.

ECR Rep [she/her]

Claire is a volcanologist currently at University College Dublin. Her research focuses on volcanic instability through combining numerical modelling with laboratory deformation.

Fieldtrips [he/him]

Pete is a volcanologist at the University of the West of England. His research focusses on exploring pyroclastic density current behaviours and deposits, and the resilience of volcanic materials to deformation and slope failure.

Outreach & Public Engagement [she/her]

Lara is a social volcanologist at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on evidence-based education and outreach for volcanic and global catastrophic risks. She is also interested in exploring the societal impacts of high-impact eruption scenarios.

Equality & Diversity [she/her]

Katie is a volcanologist at Swansea University. Her research is focused on resolving volcanic stratigraphies and eruption histories, eruption dynamics, and pre-eruptive magmatic processes, by integrating field studies with a variety of petrological, geochronological and geochemical techniques.

Student Rep [she/her]

Eilish is a first year PhD student at the University of Leeds, researching the volatile sources and interaction across the Kamchatka arc volcanoes (Russia). She is a volcanologist who primarily uses geochemistry and petrology to understand volcanic systems as an insight into the sources of eruptive activity.

Student Rep [she/her]

Kerys is a PhD student at the University of Birmingham. Her research aims to explore how magma-reservoirs evolve following edifice destruction, particularly looking at the volcanoes of Anak Krakatau and Ritter Island.