Iliamna volcano

Iliamna volcano, July 2023 (Photo by Jimmy Finney)

I'm currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, funded by the PREEVENTS Eruption Forecasting Project. During this postdoc, I am developing and applying physics-based models of volcanic processes, such as hot gas flow through porous media in the shallow subsurface. My previous work includes Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) processing and time series analysis, as well as geodetic modelling, of volcanoes in Vanuatu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Galápagos. A main goal of my research is to discriminate between the different processes that drive volcanic ground displacement by applying analytical and numerical models to integrate satellite-based deformation data with other datasets (e.g., gas emissions). Ultimately, I hope to work towards better understanding how these models can constrain changes in subsurface magma influx rates and gas overpressure, which may trigger volcanic eruptions. 

Villarrica volcano

Villarrica volcano, January 2022