OUR PEOPLE Hazard Perception Specialist
Austin, TX 78767-1287USA
866 283 8253 (Volcan fax)
Education & Affiliations
Sonoma State University
University of Eastern Tennessee
Professional Experience
Volcanologist and Hazard Perceptions Specialist
Volcan, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Founding Board Member, Volcanologist and Hazard Perceptions Specialist of Volcan, Inc., a non-profit corporation working in indigenous communities to help reduce risk from threat of volcanic hazards.
Staff Geologist
Miller Pacific Engineering, Novato, California, USA
M.S. student: Research on public perceptions of natural hazards.
Field Assistant
USGS, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Field Assistant for USGS in Mariana Islands and Saipan: Organised and conducted bathymetric surveys and core sampling of remote inner island lakes on Pagan Island, developed method and performed core sampling of recent ash deposits on Anatahan volcano, collected charcoal samples for carbon dating lava flows, assisted in field mapping and sample collection.
M.S. Thesis Research
Teaching Assistant
Sonoma State University, Geology Department
Intern
USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory, Volcano, Hawaii, USA
Internship: Developed and conducted a gravity survey on Mauna Loa volcano, mapped explosive debris fans at Mauna Loa summit.
Intern
Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes/USGS, Hawaii, USA
Internship: Assisted in GPS surveys on Hualalai volcano and at Mauna Loa caldera, GIS training.
Field Assistant
Center for Study of Active Volcanoes, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA
Internship: Assisted in GPS surveys on Hualalai volcano and at Mauna Loa caldera, GIS training.
Collaborators
Chong, R.: EMO Saipan (Perceptions of Natural Hazards in Saipan), Gregg, C.: University of Eastern Tennessee (Social Science in natural hazards publication in progress: Public Perceptions of Natural Hazards in the Northern Mariana Islands), Koyanagi, B.: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (Training in seismology and portable seismic instrumentation, Kilauea volcano), Kauahikaua, J.: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (Gravity Mapping in the Ninole Hills, Hawaii), Lockwood, J.: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (Charcoal collection on Mauna Loa Volcano, cinder cone morphology research), McGimsey, G.: USGS, Alaska Volcano Observatory (Field mapping on Pagan volcano), Phillips, D.: University of Hawaii (Training in GPS surveys on Kilauea volcano), Sako, M.: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (GPS surveys at Hualalai volcano), Trusdell, F.: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (Mapping and core sampling at Pagan and Anatahan volcanoes, social science research in Saipan, gravity survey and mapping on Mauna Loa volcano, GIS training), Thomas, D.: Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (Field training in Gas Geochemistry of volcanoes).
Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Walt Vennum, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
USGS Internship Mentor: Frank Trusdell, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Volcano, Hawaii
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Chris Gregg, University of Eastern Tennessee, Johnson City, Tennessee