Meet the current ECR-Net Working Group

Co-representative · Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)

Biography: Jacqueline is a third-year student from Malta reading for a PhD in Geology at the Victoria University of Wellington. Her research aims to reconstruct the explosive eruptive histories of New Zealand’s nearshore volcanoes (i.e., Tūhua/Mayor Island and Whakaari/White Island) using marine sediment cores.

Co-representative · Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (MX)

Biography: Geoff is an assistant professor at the Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. His research focuses on the study of volcanic deposits using paleomagnetism to understand their processes and their hazards.

Early Career Member of the IAVCEI Executive Committee · Uni. of Auckland (NZ)

Biography: Joali, a proud Venezuelan, graduated as a Geological Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes in Mérida in 2010. She got my Ph.D. degree from the University of Perugia in Italy in 2018, transitioning from research on fine soils to fine volcanic particles.

EDI Officer · Earthquake Research Center, ADEP (JP)

Biography: Bantidi is working at the Earthquake Research Center as part of the Association for the Development of Earthquake Prediction, in Japan. He is primarily interested in researching the triggering and occurrence probabilities of Earthquakes at volcanoes.

EDI & External Relations Officer · The University of Manchester (UK)

Biography: Barbara is an experimental petrologist and volcanologist passionate about uncovering pre- and syn-eruptive magmatic and volcanic processes to improve hazard assessment and risk mitigation. In her current work, she uses cutting-edge in situ X-ray tomography to study magma dynamics under storage and ascent conditions.

EDI Officer · University at Buffalo (US)

Biography: Catheryn is a postdoctoral associate at the University at Buffalo, currently studying glaciovolcanism as a paleoclimate proxy on both Earth and Mars using experimental techniques and fieldwork. They love living out their “mad scientist” dreams by making lava in the lab to pour into ice.

Social Media Officer · University of Houston (US)

Biography: Nicole is currently in her last year as a PhD candidate at the University of Houston in the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) lab. Her research focuses on monitoring vegetation health on the flanks of volcanoes through remote sensing. Nicole loves to take any opportunity to do field work and has completed internships with Denali National Park and the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory.

Social Media Officer · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)

Biography: Julia is a PhD student in Experimental Volcanology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where she focuses on the evolution of permeability in volcanic deposits and its influence on volcanic outgassing and eruptive behavior.

Social Media Officer · The University of Adelaide (AU)

Biography: Francisca is a PhD candidate at University of Adelaide, South Australia, working on isotopic and crystal constraints in modern active arcs (Southern Chilean volcanoes) and ancient inactive arcs (South Australian intrusive rocks). She is passionate about volcanoes, and has been working on Chilean active volcanoes since 2018.

External Relations Officer & Webmaster · Eötvös Loránd University (HU)

Biography: Naomi is a Filipina geoscientist who works at the interface between the natural and social sciences to explore volcanic landscape and its associated hazards, nature conservation, and public geoeducation. She’s a PhD candidate at Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) working on developing the concept of Volcanic Geodiversity by integrating frameworks of sustainable development and vulnerability-centered volcanic risk reduction in geodiversity research for volcanic regions.

Webmaster · University College London (UK)

Biography: Eric is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University College London, currently in his second year working on the FEVER project (Forecasting Eruptions at Volcanoes after Extended Repose). His research focuses on the precursory processes that occur as long-dormant volcanoes reawaken, using principles of fracture mechanics and brittle failure.

Ordinary Member · Rice University (US)

Biography: Eason is an experimental petrologist working on interior evolution and volcanic processes in rocky planetary bodies.