Amanda Lindoo
EDUCATION
2017 Ph.D., Geology
Concentration: Volcanology
Dissertation title: What controls mafic eruption style? The causes and consequences of coupled
vesiculation and crystallization kinetics in ascending magmas.
Department of Geosciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Advisor: Jessica Larsen
2011 Bachelor of Arts, Geology
Thesis title: High-Pressure Crystal Chemistry of Norbergite
Department of Geosciences
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Advisor: Michael Wolf
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 – Present EarthScope National Office Social Media Director
2013 – Present Research Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2012 – 2013 Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2010 Summer Scholar, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Geophysical Laboratory
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
INVITED SPEAKER
• University of Bristol (Bristol, England, UK) School of Earth Sciences HotStuff Seminar,
October 2015, title “The Affect of Pre and Syn-Ascent Crystallization on Permeability
Development in Low Viscosity Magmas.”
• University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Honolulu, HI, USA) School of Ocean and Earth
Sciences and Technology, April 2015, title “Permeability development in crystal-free
melts”.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (2010) Carnegie Institution of
Washington, D.C. Geophysical Laboratory. Used single-crystal x-ray diffraction to
observe the compression behavior of humite group minerals using a diamond-anvil cell.
Powder and single crystal diffraction on 16-ID-B and 16-BM-B (HPCAT) at the Argonne
National Lab Advanced Photon Source.
• Student Teaching Assistant (2008, 2009, 2011), Augustana College Introduction to
Physical Geology (GEOL-101), Instructor: Jeffrey C. Strasser and Michael Wolf
• Undergraduate Educator (2010), Augustana College “Let’s Rock” Program Program
Director: Susan Wolf, Augustana College
PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS
Lindoo, A., Larsen, J.F., Cashman, K.V., Oppenheimer, J., (2017) The effect of
syn-ascent crystallization on vesiculation and permeability development in low viscosity
magmas, Geology 45(9):831-834, DOI: 10.1130/G39157.1.
Lindoo, A., Neil, O.K., Larsen, J.F., Tasa, K., (In prep.) Permeability control on eruption
dynamics of the 2008 eruption of Kasatochi Volcano, AK
Shea, T., Leonhardi, T., Giachetti, T., Lindoo, A., Larsen, J., Sinton, J., & Parsons, E., 2017.
Dynamics of an unusual cone-building trachyte eruption at Pu ‘u Wa ‘awa ‘a, Hualālai volcano,
Hawai ‘i. Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 79, 26.
DeGraffenreid, R., Larsen, J.F., Lindoo, A., 2016. The Influence of Phenocrysts on Magma
Degassing in Rhyolitic Systems. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
California, Abstracts.
Lindoo, A., Larsen, J.F., Cashman, K.V., Dunn, A.L., Neill, O.K., 2016. An experimental study
of permeability development as a function of crystal-free melt viscosity, Earth and Planetary
Science Letters, vol. 435, 9.
Lindoo, A., Larsen, J.F., Cashman, K.V., 2015. The Effect of Pre and Syn-Ascent
Crystallization on Vesiculation Kinetics and Permeability Development in Low Viscosity
Magmas. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, Abstracts. Oral
presentation.
Lindoo, A., Larsen, J.F., Cashman, K.V., 2014, Permeability development as a function of
crystal-free melt viscosity. Cities on Volcanoes 8, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, oral presentation.
Lindoo, A., Larsen, J.F., 2013, An experimental study of permeability development as a function
of crystal-free melt viscosity. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
California, Abstracts.