Modelling the dispersion of volcanic ash in the atmosphere

Dr Benjamin Devenish (Met Office).

Small Lecture Theatre (SLT), Department of Geography .

Wednesday 28 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

The curious incident of the cristobalite in the Mount St Helens dome

Professor Claire Horwell (Durham University).

Small Lecture Theatre (SLT), Department of Geography .

Monday 12 May 2025, 13:00-14:00

Volcanoes, Rhinoceros and Cabbage

Professor Matthew Watson (University of Bristol).

Tilley Lecture Theatre, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Monday 03 March 2025, 13:00-14:00

Tracking the behaviour of sulfur in oxidised magmas using sulfur isotopes

Zoltán Taracsák (University of Cambridge).

Harker 1, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Monday 11 November 2024, 13:00-14:00

The formation of co-genetic silica-undersaturated and silica-oversaturated igneous rocks: pressure, fractional crystallisation and crustal assimilation

Carrie Soderman (University of Cambridge).

Harker 1, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Monday 28 October 2024, 13:00-14:00

Exploring changes in exposure to glaciovolcanic hazard

Max Van Wyk De Vries (University of Cambridge).

Harker 1, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Monday 14 October 2024, 13:00-14:00

Building global resilience to volcanic eruptions

Lara Mani (University of Cambridge).

Harker 1, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Monday 13 May 2024, 13:00-14:00

How can social sciences be used to explore how communities think and feel about volcanic risk and to better inform disaster risk management?

Blaise Mafuko Myandwi (University of Goma, DRC) and Amy Donovan (University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 May 2024, 17:00-18:30

A Peculiar Haze, a Sulphuric Smell, and Bloodred Sunsets: The Effects of the 1783-1784 Laki Eruption on Europe

Dr Katrin Kleemann, German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History.

Department of Geography, Small Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Storms, surf, & swells: Bedrock breakdown and the geodynamic demise of volcanic ocean islands

Kim Huppert - GFZ Postdam.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 17 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Crystallisation temperatures as a proxy for mantle temperature; and the 2021 eruption in Reykjanes

Simon Matthews - University of Iceland.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 27 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

2018 Eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano – Use of Social Media and the U.S. Department of Interior Strategic Sciences Group

Aleeza Wilkins and Alice Pennaz (USGS).

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 18 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Refined eruptive history of Mount Pelée volcano and implications for tephra fallout hazard in Martinique

Dr Audrey Michaud-Dubuy, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 04 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Looking Through the Sunda Arc: An Overview of Java’s Magmatism

Dr Esti Handini, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 18 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Exploring volcanoes in Central Iceland as Analogs for Planetary Environments

Jacob Richardson, NASA/GSFC.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 19 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

A Caribbean Vacay: Sun, Sand, Sea and Volcanoes?! An introduction into volcanic outreach in the Eastern Caribbean

Alia Juman, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 05 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Modeling volcano-tectonic interactions in a youthful continental rift: the East African Rift System

Joshua Jones (Virginia Tech).

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 22 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Integrating social and institutional vulnerabilities into volcanic risk scenarios: A case study at Nevado Cayambe, Ecuador

Dr Julie Morin, Department of Geography.

Zoom webinar - link to follow.

Thursday 08 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Snapshot of a magmatic system immediately prior to an explosive eruption: Tenerife 289 ka

Emma Horn, University of Southampton.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Thursday 18 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

Exploring controls on the distribution of sulfur-loving elements in Icelandic magmas

Callum Reekie, Earth Sciences Department, University of Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Thursday 11 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

Volcanic activity along the enigmatic South Sandwich arc

Dr Emma Liu, University College London.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Thursday 04 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Assessing hazards in distributed volcanic fields

Lis Gallant (University of Cambridge).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Thursday 28 May 2020, 13:00-14:00

Initiation of a composite volcano: The complex beginnings of the long-lived Dunedin Volcano, New Zealand

Rachael Baxter, Earth Sciences Department, University of Cambridge.

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Thursday 21 May 2020, 09:00-10:00

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Experimental insights on volcanic ash as a reactive agent in the environment

Dr Elena Maters (University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry).

Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow.

Thursday 14 May 2020, 13:00-14:00

Implications of Holocene cryptotephra records in North America

Lauren Davies, University of Alberta.

Department of Earth Sciences - Harker II.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Daly Lecture Preview

Marie Edmonds.

Department of Earth Sciences - Harker II.

Monday 02 December 2019, 12:30-13:00

Tracking sulfur and its chalcophile allies at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: A story of sulfide saturation, sulfide resorption and magmatic degassing

Cambridge University.

Department of Earth Sciences - Harker II.

Monday 02 December 2019, 12:00-12:30

Unusual techniques for an unusual volcano: monitoring at Ol Doinyo Lengai

Kate Laxton, University College London.

Department of Earth Sciences - Harker II.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

The magmatic and eruptive evolution of the 1883 explosive, caldera-forming eruption of Krakatau, Indonesia

Amber Madden-Nadeau, University of Oxford.

Department of Earth Sciences - Harker II.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Unravelling the Echo Canyon deposit: Explosive-effusive transitional volcanism, Ascension Island, South Atlantic - Insights from the field and the lab

Bridie Davies, University of East Anglia.

Department of Earth Sciences - Harker II.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 12:00-13:00

How volcanism controls the interiors of lava-worlds

Dan Spencer, University of Oxford.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 12:00-13:00

New PhD students introductions - Cambridge Volcanology

Speaker to be confirmed.

Department of Earth Sciences, Tilley Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 16 October 2019, 12:00-13:00

Tracking chalcophile elements from source to vent at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Penny Wieser, University of Cambridge.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 12:10-13:00

Masterclass: An introduction to distal tephrochronology and cryptotephra methods

Professor Christine Lane, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 01 May 2019, 12:00-13:00

Will climate-volcano interactions be modulated by ongoing climate change? Perspective from explosive eruption column rise.

Thomas J. Aubry, University of British Columbia.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 05 December 2018, 12:00-13:00

Lithium, rhyolites, and the green revolution

Ben Ellis, ETH Zurich.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Measuring gas emissions at the 2018 Leilani Estates eruption, Kilauea

Penny Wieser, Emily Mason; University of Cambridge.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Phosphorous pathways in Deep Time / Atmospheric Fingerprints of Volcanism

Craig Walton, Pip Liggins; University of Cambridge.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

tbc // Sulfur isotopes as tracers for stratospheric volcanic sulfur loading

Nick Barber, Johnny Staunton-Sykes; University of Cambridge.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Globally Significant CO2 Emissions From Katla, a Subglacial Volcano in Iceland

Evgenia Ilyinskaya, University of Leeds.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Volcanic applications for understanding the evolution of human behavior in East Africa

Nick Blegen, University of Cambridge.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

An unusual patient: quantifying 3D deformation around analogue magma intrusions by using X-ray Computed Tomography

Sam Poppe, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Harker 2, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Cultures of Forecasting on Mt. Merapi

Adam Bobbette (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 14 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Masterclass: Crystal growth kinetics

Marian Holness (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 24 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Masterclass: The health impacts of volcanic gases

Peter Baxter (University of Cambridge).

Large Lecture Theatre, Geography Department, Downing Site.

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Plume sampling with UAVs on Guatemalan volcanoes

Emma Liu (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The 2011 Nabro eruption

Amy Donovan (UCL).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 08 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Sedgwick Club talks

Lessons from a restless caldera: multi-parameter studies to understand the past, present and future of volcanic activity at Santorini volcano, Greece

Tamsin Mather, Oxford.

Harker Room 1, Department of Earth Sciences.

Monday 06 March 2017, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Masterclass: Non-traditional stable isotopes

Helen Williams (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 22 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Bullard Laboratories Wednesday Seminars

Seismic velocity structure of volcanic rift zones in Iceland

Dr Rob Green, Bullard Labs.

Marine/Wolfson Building lecture hall, Bullard Labs..

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Department of Earth Sciences Seminars (downtown)

Assessing volatile heterogeneity in the Icelandic mantle and transport of volatiles from mantle to surface

Saemundur Halldorsson, University of Iceland.

Tilley Lecture Theatre, Department of Earth Sciences.

Tuesday 14 February 2017, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Masterclass: Calculating P-T-t paths in basalts

John Maclennan (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphies from East African lakes

Christine Lane, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Latimer Room (Old Court), Clare College, Trinity Lane.

Thursday 26 January 2017, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The 1257 Samalas eruption

Celine Vidal (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 25 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

TBA

Freysteinn Sigmundsson (Nordic Volcanological Centre, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Bullard .

Wednesday 18 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

TBA

Freysteinn Sigmundsson (Nordic Volcanological Centre, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland).

Tilley Lecture Theatre, Earth Sciences Department.

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 12:00-13:00

Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science Seminars

Rethinking volcanism from a trans-crustal perspective

Kathy Cashman (University of Bristol).

MR5, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 28 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The importance of compaction in the formation of adcumulates in the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland

Zoja Vukmanovic (University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Monday 14 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Crystal settling and convection: perspectives from the Totternish Sill Complex & Komatiite Lava flow

Gautier Nicoli (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Monday 14 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Saksunarvatn melts

Dr. David Neave.

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Tuesday 10 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The propagation of gigantic volcanic eruption clouds through the atmosphere

Prof. Herbert Huppert.

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Gas Monitoring at Holhraun

Nahum Clements, Dept of Earth Sciences.

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Thursday 19 February 2015, 14:15-15:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The Siđa Formation of SE Iceland: Emplacement Processes and Depositional Environment

Dr. Ian Skilling.

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Thursday 20 February 2014, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Periodicity in gas emissions from Erebus lava lake

Tehnuka Ilanko, Geography Department.

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Thursday 06 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Combining field observations and the volcanic plume model ATHAM to examine "dirty thunderstorm" dynamics of ancient and modern eruptions

Dr Alexa Van Eaton (U.S Geological Survey, Vancouver).

Seminar Room, Main Geography Department Building, Downing Place.

Friday 22 November 2013, 15:00-16:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Fire, Ice and Non-Linear Time Series Analysis: Cycles in Motion of the Erebus Lava Lake

Nial Peters (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Thursday 24 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The Mt. Paektu Geoscientific Experiment: Tales from Fieldwork in North Korea

Kayla Iacovino (University of Cambridge).

Harker 2, Earth Sciences Department.

Monday 21 October 2013, 18:00-18:30

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Unlocking the secrets of melt inclusions at Kilauea Volcano

Marie Edmonds.

Tilley Lecture Theatre, Earth Sciences Department.

Tuesday 11 June 2013, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Thermal models of dyke intrusion during development of Continent-Ocean Transition

Katherine Daniels.

Harker II, Geology Department.

Thursday 23 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Eruption en tu boca! Chile 2012 Volcanic monitoring at Villarrica, Puyehue and Lascar volcanoes

Nial Peters and Yves Moussallam.

Harker II, Geology Department.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 17:30-18:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Volcanic Caves

Organised by Cambridge University Caving Club

Yves Moussallam and Nial Peters.

ALB, Clare Hall, Herschel Road.

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 19:30-20:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Santorini and CVG field trip to the Etna & the Aeolian

Brendan McCormick and Lois Salem.

Harker II, Geology Department.

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The volcanic activity of Stromboli volcano: magma dynamics of a steady-state volcano

Dr Chiara Maria Petrone (University of Cambridge).

Harker II, Geology Department.

Friday 07 September 2012, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

The Record of Deep Magmatic Processes in the AD 1783 Laki Fires Eruption, Iceland.

David Neave & Margaret Hartley.

Tilley Lecture Theatre, Earth Sciences Department.

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Rifting of a Continent: the North Tanzanian Divergence Zone, East African Rift System

Sara Mana (Rutgers University).

Harker II, Geology Department.

Thursday 24 May 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Microwave remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds.

This talk is part of the Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars series

Dr Mario Montopoli, Dept. Geography, University of Cambridge,.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 May 2012, 14:15-15:30

Cambridge Volcanology (old list)

Volcanoes on borders

Clive Oppenheimer.

Seminar room, Departement of Geography main building, Downing Site.

Friday 18 May 2012, 13:00-14:00