Victoria University of Wellington
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Lecturer in Igneous Processes

Postdoctoral Positions

Victoria University of Wellington
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
Postdoctoral fellow / Electron microprobe
Position: Volcanological research and maintenance of electron microprobe facility.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Institute for Research on Earth's Evolution (IFREE)
Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology
Postdoctoral fellow
Project: FTIR analysis of volatiles in microcrystalline basalts.

l’Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France
Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans, CNRS
Postdoctoral fellow
Project: Investigating processes of bubble coalescence and the development of magma permeability using high-resolution X-ray microtomography.

Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
INR, Soil and Earth Sciences
Postdoctoral contract
Project: Calibration and development of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques, and production of a student-oriented handbook for FTIR sample preparation and data reduction

Education

2010 The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
PhD (Geology)
Thesis: Submarine explosive volcanism at Lo`ihi Seamount, Hawai`i Download thesis abstract PDF (66kb)

2004 The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
MSc (Geology), with distinction
Thesis: Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Pyroclastic Deposits from the ca. 1 Ma. Kidnappers and Rocky Hill Eruptions, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

2002 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BASc (Environmental/Geotechnical Engineering)
Thesis: The Catastrophic Failure of a Volcanic Dam at Mount Meager, Southwest British Columbia, 2360 BP: An Engineering Approach to Volcanic Hazards

Australian Synchrotron IMBL rendering of tuffisite vein in Chaitén obsidian bomb