Rosie Smith

Specialisation

Volcanology; rock physics

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Short curriculum vitae

Dec 2006-present - post-doctoral research assistant in MIRP and BUHRC at UCL investigating the high temperature fracture mechanics of lava domes.

Oct 2002-to Oct 2006 - PhD Student, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London. Funded by NERC. Topic: Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions from fracture mechanics. Supervisors: Dr Christopher Kilburn, Prof Peter Sammonds

Jan-Apr 2005 - Science advisor at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) on a joint NERC and POST fellowship scheme. This involved preparing a briefing for parliamentarians on early warning systems for natural disasters

1999-2002 - BSc Geophysics with Geology, University of Liverpool. Dissertation topic: A laboratory investigation of P wave propagation through fractures in granite and sandstone. Qualification: 1st class

Smith, R., Kilburn, C.R.J, Sammonds, P.R., ‘Rock Fracture as a Precursor to Lava Dome Eruptions at Mount St Helens from June 1980 to October 1986’, Bull. Volc. 69(6) pp681-693
Smith, R.; Tuffen, H.; Sammonds, P.R. (2007)

‘The high temperature fracture mechanics of silicic magma: a comparison of crystalline andesite and rhyolitic obsidian’, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-04479 (solicited)

Smith, R., Kilburn, C.R.J, Sammonds, P.R. (2007) ‘Fracturing regimes as indicators of the creation of new magmatic pathways’, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-04257

Smith, R., Tuffen, H., Sammonds, P.R., Meredith, P.G. (2007) ‘High temperature fracture mechanics of lava domes’, VMSG, January 2007, 7.2, Oxford.

Smith, R., Kilburn, C.R.J, Sammonds, P.R., Forecasting Lava Dome Eruptions from High Frequency Earthquakes, UCL Johnston-Lavis II meeting, April 2006

Smith, R., Sammonds, P.R., Kilburn, C.R.J. (2005) ‘Experimental Studies of Lava Dome fracture’, Eos Trans, AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V411-01 (solicited)