VHub Partners

Collaborative Research:  CDI-Type II Proposal. 

VHub – Cyberinfrastructure for Volcano Eruption and Hazards Modeling and Simulation

Personnel list

Participant

Contribution to VHub

Institution

email

Greg A. Valentine (PI)

Volcanic risk and multiphase CFD

University at Buffalo, Center for Geohazards Studies and Dept. of Geology

gav4@buffalo.edu

Matthew D. Jones (co-I)

Cyberinfrastructure development

University at Buffalo, Center for Computational Research

jonesm@buffalo.edu

Marcus I. Bursik (co-I)

Mass flow and tephra models, artificial intelligence applications to field data sets

University at Buffalo, Center for Geohazards Studies and Dept. of Geology

mib@buffalo.edu

Eliza S. Calder (co-I)

Field-based data sets, volcano monitoring, pyroclastic density current models

University at Buffalo, Center for Geohazards Studies and Dept. of Geology

ecalder@buffalo.edu

Steven M. Gallo (co-I)

Cyberinfrastructure software engineering

University at Buffalo, Center for Computational Research

smgallo@buffalo.edu

Deborah Moore-Russo (senior personnel)

VHub self-assessment and impact studies

University at Buffalo,
Department of Learning & Instruction

dam29@buffalo.edu

Chris Renschler (senior personnel)

GIS analysis, project tracking tools

University at Buffalo, Department of Geography

rensch@buffalo.edu

Bruce Pitman (senior personnel)

Computing and model development, educational outreach

University at Buffalo, Department of Mathematics

pitman@buffalo.edu

Michael F. Sheridan (senior personnel)

Volcanic mass flow models, outreach, workshops, and training

University at Buffalo,
Center for Geohazards Studies

mfs@geology.buffalo.edu

Charles Connor (co-I)

Volcanic plume dispersion and inverse modeling

University of South Florida

cconnor@cas.usf.edu

Simon Carn (co-I)
William Rose (senior personnel)

Remote sensing and field-based data sets

Michigan Technological University

scarn@mtu.edu, raman@mtu.edu

Warner Marzocchi
(international collaborator)

Bayesian event tree probabilistic analysis tools

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e
Vulcanologia (Rome, Italy)

warner.marzocchi@ingv.it

Antonio Costa
(international collaborator)

Volcanic mass flow and conduit flow models

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e
Vulcanologia (Vesuvius Observatory, Italy)

costa@ov.ingv.it

Augusto Neri (international collaborator)

Multiphase CFD, plume models, and risk

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e
Vulcanologia (Pisa University, Italy)

neri@pi.ingv.it

R. Stephen J. Sparks
(international collaborator)

Volcano and laboratory experimental data sets, probabilistic hazard and risk models

University of Bristol (United Kingdom)

Steve.Sparks@bristol.ac.uk

Shane J. Cronin
(international collaborator)

Volcanic mass flow models and field-based data sets

Massey University, Volcanic Risk Solutions (New Zealand)

s.j.cronin@massey.ac.nz

Shinji Takarada
(international collaborator)

Web-based geocomputing, remote sensing, mass flow models

Geological Survey of Japan

s-takarada@aist.go.jp

Joan Marti
(international collaborator)

Magma chamber fluid and solid mechanics models, field-based data sets

Institute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera'  (Spain)

j.marti@telefonica.net

Jean-Christophe Komorowski
(international collaborator)

Model application, volcanic risk models, field-based data sets

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

komorow@ipgp.jussieu.fr

Timothy H. Druitt
(international collaborator)

Mass flow models, laboratory experimental data, volcanic plume data

Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand (France

T.Druitt@opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr

Takehiro Koyaguchi (international collaborator)

3-D turbulent CFD, volcanic plumes, conduit flow

Earthquake Research Institute (Tokyo, Japan)

tak@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Jose Luis Macias
(international collaborator)

Communication with at-risk populations and field-based data sets

Instituto de Geofísica,  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City)

macias@geofisica.unam.mx

Sebastien Dartevelle
(collaborator)

Mulitphase CFD

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Geophysics Group

sdart@lanl.gov

Advisory Committee:
John Eichelberger, U.S. Geological Survey
Setsuya Nakada, Earthquake Research Institute (Tokyo) and IAVCEI President
Chiatanya Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Institute
Josef Dufek, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jennifer Barclay, University of East Anglia