Valerie Wasser, PhD
University of Alaska Fairbanks
vkwasser@alaska.edu
vkwasser@alaska.edu
My research focuses on combining volcanic gas studies with petrology to gain a better understanding of the magmatic system. Volatiles have a large effect on eruption trigger, eruption style, and how monitoring data are interpreted; therefore, the study of volatiles are invaluable to volcano observatories. My research aims at getting a better understanding of the amount and composition of the dissolved and exsolved volatile phase in magma reservoirs. Current research projects include a melt inclusion study at Pavlof Volcano, Alaska, USA and a study quantifying pressure changes caused by mafic recharge using dissolution surfaces in crystal clots at Augustine Volcano, Alaska, USA.
Measuring gas emission at Shrub mud volcano in Alaska, USA with my PhD advisor Taryn Lopez.
My Labrador retriever Bubbles isn't just my companion or walking buddy, but is also a great research assistant! He was named after my research about exsolved volatile bubbles in magma.