Catherine Lowe

Specialisation

Volcanology and Geographical Information Systems.

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Short curriculum vitae

2005 – 2006: MSc Geographical Information Science, University College London. Research Project – Mapping Vulnerability, Exposure and Risk to Volcanic Hazards on St. Vincent, West Indies, using GIS.

2004 – 2005: Volunteer work experience at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, West Indies and Universidad de Colima, Mexico.

2000 – 2004: BSc Environmental Sciences with a year in North America. University of East Anglia, UK and University of Oregon, USA (Geological Sciences Department). Dissertation – Modelling Lahars on Mount Hood, Oregon, using GIS.

Barclay, J., Haynes, K., Mitchell, T., Solana, C., Teeuw, R., Darnell, A., Crosweller, H. S., Cole, P., Pyle, D., Lowe, C. J., Fearnley, C. & Kelman, I. (in press) Framing volcanic risk communication within disaster risk reduction: finding ways for the social and physical sciences to work together. Special publication for Journal of the Geological Society (London)

Lowe, C.J., Haklay, M., Longley, P., McGuire, W.J., Robertson, R.E.A., Increasing preparedness through volcanic vulnerability and risk mapping, Cities on Volcanoes 5, Shimabara, Japan, 2007 (oral presentation)

Duncan, M., Lowe, C.J., Robertson, R.E.A., Mitchell, T., Pre-eruption volcanic hazard communication in the Caribbean:  a case study of St Vincent, Cities on Volcanoes 5, Shimabara, Japan, 2007 (poster presentation)

Lowe, C.J., Haklay, M., Longley, P., McGuire, W.J., Understanding Disaster Risk on Volcanic Islands:  a Research Agenda, GISRUK, Maynooth, Ireland, 2007 (oral presentation)

Lowe, C.J., Haklay, M., Longley, P., McGuire, W.J., Robertson, R.E.A., A GIS-based decision support tool for vulnerability and risk assessment of volcanic islands, VMSG Winter Meeting, Oxford, England, 2007 (poster presentation)

Lowe, C.J., Haklay, M., McGuire, W.J., Robertson, R.E.A., Mapping Vulnerability, Exposure and Risk to Volcanic Hazards with GIS:  A Study of St. Vincent, West Indies, UK SPIDER Network Meeting, Norwich, England, 2006 (poster presentation)