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SPIDER Network Members
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Jenni Barclay
J.Barclay@uea.ac.uk
UEA |
| Lecturer
in School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia,
Jenni Barclay is a volcanologist with diverse research interests
which range from the storage and ascent of magma to the transport
and deposition of volcanic sediment. Recent collaborative work
on risk communication in volcanology has focussed on the Caribbean
and assessing the efficacy of volcanic hazard maps in Italy.
Her particular interest in volcanic risk reduction then lies
within risk communication. At the moment this lies in testing
and adapting existing communication strategies to increase community
adaptiveness and resilience in the event of the uncertain and
changing circumstances that consitute most volcanic eruptions.
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Paul Cole
p.cole@coventry.ac.uk
Coventry University |
| With extensive research experience
of volcanoes in Italy, Azores, Caribbean and Central America
my interests lie in all aspects of explosive volcanism. Research
has focused on pyroclastic density currents; their origin and
emplacement mechanisms, including associated effects and hazards.
Studies have included larger volume prehistoric examples and
also smaller recent events such as Soufrière Hills, Montserrat.
Current interests also include hazard mapping and the use of
Geographic information systems in hazard and risk applications.
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Sian Crosweller
S.Crosweller@uea.ac.uk
UEA |
| PhD student at UEA with BSc in Geology
& Physical Geography (University of Liverpool), & MRes in Environmental
Science (Lancaster University) . Masters project research project
focussed on predicting lava flow paths. ESRC-NERC funded PhD
research project focusses on volcanic risk communication, using
two contrasting volcanoes in the Caribbean. This will use a
'mental models' approach, used in other risk communication fields,
but as yet not in relation to volcanoes. This will help gain
an appreciation of both expert & lay ideas of the associated
hazards. The ultimate goal of this program is to design and
test risk communcation programs with a greater effectiveness
using this knowledge. |
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Chris Kilburn
c.kilburn@ucl.ac.uk
Benfield Hazard Research Centre, UCL |
| Principal Research Fellow in the
Department of Earth Sciences at University College London. After
five years in Naples, at the University of Naples and the Osservatorio
Vesuviano, and a year at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California,
he returned to London to pursue his primary research interests
in physical volcanology and landslide dynamics in the Benfield
Hazard Research Centre at UCL. Recent publications include analyses
of sturzstrom emplacement, slow rock failure as an eruption
precursor (applied to the recent activity in Montserrat, where
he served as Senior Scientist with the Montserrat Volcano Observatory),
and the dynamics of basaltic lava flows. |
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Tom Mitchell
T.Mitchell@ids.ac.uk
Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies |
| Geographer working on climate change, disaster
management, participatory
processes and governance. Practical experience includes conducting
deliberative processes for improving disaster resilience and
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with small island developing states to assess disaster policy.
Other
interests include volcanoes, livelihoods, education and social
vulnerability. Extensive experience in the Caribbean and shorter
assignments in the Indian Ocean. |
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Clive Oppenheimer clive.oppenheimer@geog.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge University |
| Oppenheimer's research has developed
broadly around the elaboration and application of novel remote
sensing techniques (ground-based, airborne and spaceborne) to
volcanology. Several of these methodologies are now being used
by volcano observatories for routine surveillance, contributing
both to hazard assessment, and a deeper understanding of volcanic
processes. His current work focuses on the application of spectroscopy
to field measurements of the composition, flux and atmospheric
chemistry of volcanic gases, in order to interpret magmatic
and hydrothermal processes, and to understand the environmental
and health impacts of volcanic pollution. Field sites include
Mt. Erebus volcano in Antarctica. He is also involved in projects
examining the human impacts of major historic and prehistoric
eruptions, and some non-vocalnological applications of atmospheric
spectroscopy including studies of reactive nitrogen oxide emissions
from airports and biomass burning. |
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Eleanor Parker
cbx113@coventry.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer, Coventry University Centre for Disaster Management |
| A Geologist by background and qualified
trainer, researching and teaching the applied aspects of natural
hazards in disaster management. Recent research projects have
included perception studies: natural hazards in the tourism
sector in Vanuatu; adoption of government imposed risk reduction
strategies in the Windward Islands; also assessment of adaptive
capacity in the UK fire service in the context of climate change.
Specific areas of interest are the "warning and informing"
processes public awareness and education pertaining to risks
posed by natural hazards and training of disaster management
practitioners in risk communication. |
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David Pyle
dmp11@esc.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge University |
| Volcanologist with
active research interests in quantifying the scale and impact
of explosive volcanic eruptions, and in investigating the links
between volcanism and external forcings on scales from sub-annual
(the hydrological cycle) to millennial timescales (climate and
tectonics). Current projects also include measurements of the
release of toxic volatile trace metals (such as mercury) from
volcanoes, and their impact on the environment; and the reconstruction
of past volcanic eruptions from their far-flung tephra deposits.
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Carmen Solana
carmen.solana@port.ac.uk
Portsmouth University |
| A volcanologist
specialising in hazards from effusive volcanism, she studied
Geology in the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain and
specialised in volcanic hazards during her PhD in The Spanish
National Research Centre. Her main interest is the reduction
of the impact of Natural Disasters on the population, which
led her to obtain the UN Diploma on the Analysis and Management
of Natural Risks (Univ. of Geneva & Univ. of the West Indies,
1996). She has had experience on a variety of subjects, from
monitoring active volcanoes to evaluating environmental impact
of a landfill. |
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Richard Teeuw
richard.teeuw@port.ac.uk
Portsmouth University |
| Lecturer in applied geomorphology
and remote sensing, in the School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences at Portsmouth University. Extensive experience of mapping
geohazards and natural resources in Africa, working as a consultant
and trainer for the overseas development agencies of Canada
(CIDA), Germany (GTZ) and Japan (JICA) Current interests focus
on technology transfer and capacity building, especially low-cost
approaches to mapping geohazards and vulnerability using satellite
imagery. Ongoing research projects in SE Spain, Turkey and Costa
Rica. |
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John Twigg
j.twigg@ucl.ac.uk
Benfield Hazard Research Centre, UCL |
| I am an independent researcher and
consultant, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow of University
College London. My main interest is disaster risk reduction
and its relationship to sustainable development, especially
socio-economic vulnerability, institutional aspects of development
and disaster management, public education and communications,
and early warnings. |
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