ESR projects

All 13 ESR positions had been announced on EURAXESS. All positions have been filled.

13 ESRs with host institution and most relevant work packages. For information on a specific ESR project please contact the scientist-in-charge (see Partners).

• ESR 1 project: The causes and consequences of large-scale volcanic ash aggregation
  Fellow: Sebastian Mueller
  WPs involved: 3, 4, 5
  Host institution: LMU (supervisor: Ulrich Kueppers)

• ESR 2 project: A new look into explosive volcanic eruption: integrated shock-tube experiments, field- and laboratory-based high-speed imaging and textural characterisation of pyroclasts
  Fellow: Valeria Cigala
  WPs involved: 3, 4
  Host institution: LMU (supervisor: Ulrich Kueppers)

• ESR 3 project: Airline companies and volcanic eruptions: Approaches to better combine information from different research disciplines (atmospheric measurements, modelling, engineering)
  Fellow: Chan Ka Lok
  WPs involved: 3, 6, 7
  Host institution: LMU (supervisor: Matthias Wiegner)

• ESR 4 project: Volcanic ash production during long-lasting obsidian lava eruptions
  Fellow: Pablo Forte
  WPs involved: 3, 4, 7
  Host institution: JGU (supervisor: Jonathan Castro)

• ESR 5 project: Modelling aggregation of ash particles in volcanic plumes and the effect on ash cloud dispersion
  Fellow: Matthieu Poret
  WPs involved: 3, 6, 7
  Host institution: INGV (supervisor: Antonio Costa)

• ESR 6 project: Field-based study of volcanic ash via visible and thermal high-speed imaging of explosive eruptions
  Fellow: Pierre-Yves Tournigand
  WPs involved: 3, 4
  Host institution: INGV (supervisor: Jacopo Taddeucci)

• ESR 7 project: Impact of volcanic ash deposits on soil
  Fellow: Inga Tarasenko
  WPs involved: 3, 5, 7
  Host institution: UCL (supervisor: Pierre Delmelle)

• ESR 8 project: Empirical constraints on aero-engine components tolerance following ingestion of volcanic ash
  Fellow: Andreas Vogel
  WPs involved: 5, 7
  Host institution: NILU (supervisors: Andreas Stohl, NILU, and Adam Durant, UIO)

• ESR 9 project: Environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting the respiratory toxicity of volcanic ash
  Fellow: Ines Tomasek
  WPs involved: 3, 5, 6, 7
  Host institution: UDUR (supervisor: Claire Horwell)

• ESR 10 project: Laboratory simulations of gas-pyroclast flows: Investigating the effect of particle concentration, electrification, aggregation and re-entrainment in a recirculating windtunnel
  Fellow: Stefano Alois
  WPs involved: 4, 5, 6
  Host institution: AU (supervisor: Jon Merrison)

• ESR 11 project: Numerical modelling and fractal analysis of magma fragmentation based on grain-size distributions of natural pyroclastic deposits
  Fellow: Joali Paredes
  WPs involved: 3, 4, 6
  Host institution: UNIPG (supervisor: Diego Perugini)

• ESR 12 project: High-resolution geochemical mapping of volcanic ash: constraining the effect of syneruptive magma mixing on eruptive style and ash distribution
  Fellow: Kathrin Laeger
  WPs involved: 3, 4
  Host institution: UNIPG (supervisor: Diego Perugini)

• ESR 13 project: Derivation of volcanic ash mass concentration from in-situ and groundbased aerosol measurements
  Fellow: Antonio Spanu
  WPs involved: 3, 5, 6, 7
  Host institution: UNIVIE / DLR (supervisor: Bernadett Weinzierl)