We’re a group of graduate volcanology students who are keen to share our experiences of working on volcanoes – the science, the fieldwork, and what our ordinary life is like in some of the extraordinary locations that we go to.
Kayla Iacovino
Lab Geek, Experimental Petrologist
Primary field area: Mt. Erebus
Also works at: Villarrica, Puyehue-Cordòn Caulle & Lascar, Chile; Turrialba, Costa Rica; Paektu, North Korea; ISTO lab at Orléans, France; Experimental Petrology lab in Camerino, Italy
Tehnuka Ilanko
Gas Girl, Gas Geochemist
Primary field area: Mt. Erebus
Also works at: Villarrica & Lascar, Chile
Yves Moussallam
Jacques of All Trades, Lava Lake Petrologist
Primary field area: Mt. Erebus
Also works at: Villarrica & Lascar, Chile; Turrialba, Costa Rica; ISTO lab at Orléans, France
Nial Peters
Mr. Fix-it, Magmatic Physical Dynamicist
Primary field area: Mt. Erebus
Also works at: Villarrica & Lascar, Chile; Turrialba, Costa Rica; BP Institute at University of Cambridge
Kelby Hicks
Survivorman, Field Volcanologist
Primary field area: Colima del Fuego
Also works at: Villarrica, Chile