Announcing the 2017 Kleinman Grants for Volcano Research
The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington announces that the following students have been awarded 2017 Kleinman Grants for Volcano Research. Jack Kleinman was a USGS employee at the David. A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) who died in a kayaking accident in 1994. By supporting field-oriented research projects in volcanology, the Kleinman Grants memorialize Jack’s exuberance for fieldwork, volcanoes, and the natural world. During the past 22 years, the program has helped dozens of aspiring volcanologists who seek to learn more about volcanoes and how they work.
Molly Ellowitz is a M.Sc. student at Portland State University whose research is focused on the dynamics of magma recharge at Mount Hood, Oregon. She plans to study enclaves in Mount Hood lavas—solidified blobs of texturally distinct material entrained into host magma that provide constraints on pre-eruptive magma recharge and mixing. Molly will use a combination of field observations, sampling, and laboratory studies to support numerical modeling of enclave formation and deformation. Working with Drs. Martin Streck and Maxwell Rudolph at PSU, and with Drs. Cynthia Gardner, Willie Scott, and Carl Thornber at CVO, Molly hopes to develop a better understanding of Mount Hood’s magmatic system and the dynamics of magma mixing.
Shuangyu Ge is a Ph.D. student at the University of Miami. Working with his adviser, Guoqing Lin, and with USGS scientists Paul Okubo and Don Swanson at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Shuangyu will analyze seismic and geodetic data from the June 2012 Koae fault system earthquake sequence at Kilauea Volcano. By mapping surface features that formed during the earthquake sequence, determining precise locations for all of the seismic events, and modeling ground deformation that accompanied the sequence, he plans to constrain the geometry of the active fault and its relationship to the rest of the Koae fault system. The ultimate goal is better understanding of the role played by the Koae in the structural evolution of Kilauea.
Kathy Lipschultz is a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Giachetti at the University of Oregon. Kathy’s project is focused on the Big Obsidian Flow at Newberry Volcano, Oregon, in an attempt to understand the transition between explosive and effusive eruptive styles for silicic magmas. Her project will consist of a field campaign to map tephra sections and collect samples of pyroclastic obsidians and pumiceous pyroclasts, laboratory analyses, and numerical modeling. A two-dimensional flow model will be used to test whether a range of conditions exists in which silicic eruptions can be either effusive or explosive. The work has implications for volcanic hazards assessments at Newberry and elsewhere.
Kellie Wall is a Ph.D. student at Oregon State University whose research is focused on the extinct Goat Rocks Volcano in southwest Washington, located between and east of Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens. Working with her research adviser, Dr. Anita Grunder, and with USGS scientists Judy Fierstein and Don Swanson, Kellie plans to reconstruct the eruptive history of Goat Rocks through targeted fieldwork, geochronology, and geochemistry. The terrain is rugged as a result of deep glacial dissection, which provides a rare sampling opportunity at a Cascade volcano. Kellie’s work has implications for understanding the most structurally complex and compositionally diverse segment of the Cascades volcanic arc.
Congratulations to this year’s Kleinman Grant recipients. We look forward to hearing about your results at scientific meetings and reading about them in the research literature.
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