Nicole Williamson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Pacific Centre for Isotope and Geochemical Research in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, University of British Columbia. Her current research involves the geochemistry of shield stage lavas from the northernmost Hawaiian island of Kauai. Those who have had the immense privilege to work in […]
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Ultra-temperature metamorphism in Madagascar with Catherine Wheller
Catherine Wheller is at the pointy end of her PhD at The University of Melbourne, Australia (excepted completion early 2017). Her research involves using phase equilibria modelling of mineral assemblages to investigate the formation conditions of high-grade metamorphic rocks. She produced a new thermodynamic model for sapphirine and is applying this model to rocks collected […]
Reflections on Tibet with Jess Kapp
Jess Kapp is a senior lecturer and the associate department head in the department of geosciences at the University of Arizona. In addition to teaching geology, she writes fiction and non fiction, and is currently finishing a memoir about her high altitude field adventures in Tibet. You can find her at http://jesskapp.com, on Twitter @jess_kapp, […]
The Sarajevo-Zenica Basin in Bosnia & Herzegovina with Karin Sant
Karin Sant is a PhD student at Utrecht University focused on understanding of paleogeographic changes that occurred in the West and Central Paratethys during the Miocene. You can read more about her research here. It is a very sunny autumn day and we are driving in our Lada Niva 4×4 on a muddy road in […]
Volcanic supereruptions with Ayla Pamukcu
Ayla Pamukcu is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University. As a volcanic petrologist, she is a wide array of tools to investigate how, when, where, and why volcanic eruptions occur with particular interest in supereruptions. You can read more about her research here. I study volcanoes, but I haven’t seen too many live ones. […]