Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
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Physical volcanology; Ash dispersal and sedimentation; Volcanic hazard; Volcanic risk
My research focuses on various aspects of explosive volcanism and volcanic risk based on the integration of field, experimental and numerical approaches.
Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award, Univ. of South Florida (USA), 2005
Research Rising Star, University of South Florida (USA), 2005
Outstanding Woman in Science Award, Geological Society of America (USA), 2004
Outstanding Recent Graduate Award (George Walker Award), International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), 2004
Position in the SOEST Young Investigator Program of the University of Hawaii (USA), 2001, for the period between Sept. 2002 and Aug. 2004
President's Award, Geological Society of London (UK), 2001
Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2001
Marie Curie Fellow (European Commission), 1998 – 2000
English, French, Italian, Spanish
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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