The Commission is looking for new leaders!

Published October 20, 2022

As you know, we look forward to the upcoming IAVCEI General Assembly in New Zealand in Jan-Feb 2023, during which we would like to step down as commission leaders as we have been in place since the last General Assembly in Portland, Oregon (2017) and we would like to see a transfer of leadership well in advance of the next IAVCEI meeting.

Bearing in mind that we ideally would like to see some diversity in terms of field/modeling focus, geographic representation, and website/social media experience from both senior and early career scientists, we are evaluating the received expressions of interest.

Since its creation in 2003, the IAVCEI Commission on Tephra Hazard Modeling has worked on key issues in tephra hazard research and applications. We bring together scientists with different specializations (e.g., field-based physical volcanologists, petrologists, and modelers) to expand the understanding of hazardous processes and improve tephra-related models. The commission is open to anyone interested in tephra hazards who would like to contribute to activities, working groups, or to simply stay in the loop. As you may have seen in our website (https://thm.iavceivolcano.org/), the commission’s activities over the past few years mostly addressed co-organization of international schools, thematic sessions at international conferences, management of social media (website and Twitter account), and organization of workshops (the main event that we organized in Santorini was unfortunately canceled due to Covid pandemic).

This is what is requested to Commission leaders: if interested, we would like to ask a brief presentation of your expertise as well as a few lines in which you express your formal interest in leading the commission by sending an email to thm@iavceivolcano.org

Hope to hear from you soon!

Alexa, Marco and Sara