Prof. Costanza Bonadonna

• 1997
  Degree, Geology, University of Pisa (Italy)
  
  

• 1997 – 1998
  Research assistant University of Bristol (UK)
  
  

• 1997
  Ash monitoring team leader, Montserrat Volcano Observatory (WI)
  
  

• 1998 – 2001
  PhD, Physical volcanology, University of Bristol (UK) (Marie Curie Fellow)
  
  

• 1998
  Member of scientific team, Montserrat Volcano Observatory (WI)
  
  

• 2001 – 2002
  Research Associate, University of Bristol (UK)
  
  

• 2002 – 2004
  SOEST Young Investigator, University of Hawaii, Manoa (USA)
  
  

• 2004 – 2006
  Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa (USA)
  
  

• Since 2006
  Associate Professor, University of Geneva (Switzerland)
  
  

• Since 2007
  Director of the CERG-C (Specialisation certificate for the assessment and management of geological and climate related risk), University of Geneva, Switzerland
  
  

• Since 2007
  Development and Direction of the Master in Geology (Orientation Geological Risk), University of Geneva (ELSTE), Switzerland
  
  

• Bonadonna, C., Biass, S. and Costa, A. (2015). Physical characterization of explosive volcanic eruptions based on tephra deposits: propagation of uncertainties and sensitivity analysis. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

• Manzella, I., Bonadonna, C., Phillips, J.C. and Monnard, H. (2015). The role of gravitational instabilities in deposition of volcanic ash. Geology, doi:10.1130/G36252.1

• Scaini C, Biass S, Galderisi A, Bonadonna C, Folch A, Smith K, Höskuldsson A (2014). A multi-scale risk assessment for tephra fallout and airborne concentration from multiple Icelandic volcanoes – Part II: vulnerability and impact, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2289-2312, doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2289-2014

• Biass S, Scaini C, Bonadonna C, Folch A, Smith K, Höskuldsson A (2014). A multi-scale risk assessment for tephra fallout and airborne concentration from multiple Icelandic volcanoes – Part I: hazard assessment, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2265-2287, doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2265-2014

• Bonadonna C., Costa A. (2012). Estimating the volume of tephra deposits: A new simple strategy, Geology, 40 (5), 415–418, doi:10.1130/G32769.1

• Degruyter W, Bonadonna C (2012). Improving on mass flow rate estimates of volcanic eruptions, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2012GL052566

• Bonadonna C, Folch A., Loughlin S, Puempel H, (2011). Future developments in modelling and monitoring of volcanic ash clouds: outcomes from the first IAVCEI-WMO workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation (Geneva, Switzerland, 18-20 October 2010), Short Scientific Communication, Bulletin of Volcanology

• Bonadonna C (2006). Probabilistic modelling of tephra dispersal. In: Mader H, Cole S, Connor CB (eds) Statistics in Volcanology. IAVCEI Series Volume 1, Geological Society of London, pp 243-259

• Bonadonna C, Houghton BF (2005). Total grain-size distribution and volume of tephra-fall deposits. Bull Volcanol 67:441-456

• Bonadonna C, Ernst GGJ, Sparks RSJ (1998). Thickness variations and volume estimates of tephra fall deposits: the importance of particle Reynolds number. J Volcanol Geotherm Res 81:173-187

• 2015: SNSF, "A new integrative multi-hazard volcanic risk assessment combining multi-temporal and multi-spatial scales", 2015 – 2018

• 2014: SNSF, "Experimental and field investigations of particle aggregation", 2014 – 2017

• 2014: PASC – Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing, "Optimal deployment of multiscale applications on a HPC Infrastructure", 2014 – 2016

• 2012: European Commission (7th FP), "FUTUREVOLC – A European volcanological supersite in Iceland: a monitoring system and network for the future", 2012 – 2016

• 2011: European Commission (Marie Curie Initial Training Networks), "NEMOH Numerical, Experimental and stochastic Modelling of volcanic processes and Hazard: an Initial Training Network for the next generation of European volcanologists", 2012 – 2016

• 2008: European Commission (7th Framework Programme), "ENSURE—Enhancing resilience of communities and territories facing natural and na-tech hazards", 2008 – 2011

• Associate Editor of Bulletin of Volcanology, since 2014

• Leader of the IAVCEI Commission on Tephra Hazard Modelling, 2003 – 2011

• Member of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior

• Member of the Commission Consultative de la Solidarité Internationale (CCSI; Etat de Genève), since 2014

• Member of the Steering Committee of Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH), since 2012

• Member of the Steering Committee of the ESF-funded Network Program MeMoVolc – Measuring and modelling of volcano eruption dynamics, 2011 – 2016

• University representative for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), since 2010

• Hilfe für Piloten: Vulkanasche besser erkennen (SRF), 22 November 2013

• Wenn Vulkanasche den Flugverkehr lahmlegt (SRF), 23 November 2013

• 19:30 le journal (RTS), 13 November 2013

• Des avions et des cendres, le journal de l’UNIGE, 7 – 21 November 2013

• Revoir le critère de la tolérance zéro, Horizons – Le magazine suisse de la recherche scientifique no 98, September 2013

• Un volcan, une île, ses habitants: comment minimiser les risques, le journal de l’UNIGE, 25 April – 9 May 2013

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