Earth Sciences Professor recognised with Thermo Fisher Scientific VMSG award

Congratulations to Professor David Pyle, Department of Earth Sciences and Fellow of St Anne’s College, on being awarded the Thermo Fisher Scientific VMSG 2020 Award.

The award is bestowed annually by the UK Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London on an individual who has ‘made a significant contribution to our current understanding of volcanic and magmatic processes’.

Prof. Pyle received the award at the annual VMSG Conference on 7th January 2020 where he went on to deliver the keynote lecture: ‘Living with volcanoes: past, present and future.‘

David’s active research topics include: using historical sources to extend our knowledge of past eruptions and their societal impacts; understanding the response of volcanoes in once-glaciated regions to the end of the last glaciation; and piecing together records of past volcanism, and understanding contemporary volcanic risk, in the Ethiopian Rift Valley.