Volcanology Staff
The University of Bristol Volcanology Research Group is comprised of a team of dedicated permanent academic staff, research and administrative staff, postdoctoral researchers, postgraduate researchers, undergraduate thesis students, and honorary academic researchers; all working together to understand and share more about the world of volcanoes. To contact any of our group, please select their profile.
PhD research students
- Hannah EllisProject title: Building a picture of magmatic-hydrothermal systems from rock and mush fragments brought to the surface via explosive, silicic eruptions (Supervisor: Alison Rust)
- Frankie HaywoodProject title: Exploring the controls behind explosive-effusive eruptions at pantellerite volcanoes. (Supervisor: Richard Brooker)
- Ryan HillProject title: Investigating paired volcanic systems in Guatemala (Supervisor: Alison Rust)
- Ben IrelandProject title: Identifying Analogue Volcanoes from Satellite Monitoring Data (Supervisor: Juliet Biggs)
- Lottie RobinsonProject title: Crunchy with Crystals: unravelling the eruptive pathways of the domes and flows of the Morne Plat Plays volcanic complex, Dominica (Supervisor: Jenni Barclay)
- Lin WayProject title: Monitoring past and ongoing volcanic activity with high resolution satellite data (Supervisor: Juliet Biggs )
- Tianyuan ZhuProject title: Monitoring volcanic deformation using satellite-based InSAR (Supervisor: Juliet Biggs)
MScR (Masters by Research) students
- Alyssa CawkillProject title: Velocity controls on erosion in analogue pyroclastic density currents (Supervisor: Peter Rowley)
- Rachel ClarkProject title: Bringing Together Scientific and Community Knowledge to Improve Lahar Impact Assessment in St. Vincent. (Supervisor: Jeremy Phillips)
- Ash HardenProject title: Understanding the Risks that Tephra Rafts Pose to Shipping and Marine Infrastructure (Supervisor: Peter Rowley)
- Beth KenureProject title: Microlites, vesicles, and the role they play in interpreting eruptive transitions in the 1979 Soufriere St Vincent eruption. (Supervisor: Jenni Barclay)
- Clémence Korwin-SzymanowskaProject title: Investigating the 2021 La Soufrière, St Vincent, effusive-to-explosive eruption transition (Supervisor: Jenni Barclay)
- Kevin RajProject title: Understanding controls on magma ascent through comparison of PDC and fallout samples (Supervisor: Alison Rust)
- Eleanor BeswickProject title: Controls on Degassing Structures in Volcanic Sediments (Supervisor: Peter Rowley)
- Faith BowaterProject title: Fragmentation of crystal-rich mafic magmas during explosive eruptions (La Soufrière, St Vincent, 1902–03). (Supervisor: Alison Rust)