Katie Preece
@katiepreece.bsky.social
Volcanologist 🌋 Senior Lecturer at Swansea University
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We’re advertising a PhD studentship for folks with good knowledge of Caribbean culture and society, with background in geography, human geography, humanities or interdisciplinary geosciences as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded ‘volcanic histories’ project
October 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
We’re advertising a PhD studentship for folks with good knowledge of Caribbean culture and society, with background in geography, human geography, humanities or interdisciplinary geosciences as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded ‘volcanic histories’ project
Very excited and grateful to be part of the Exp 502 science team, looking at petit-spot volcanism off the coast of Japan! Can't wait to meet the other scientists onboard in a few weeks time!
Learn about upcoming Exp502 from @lottieadele.bsky.social, @katiepreece.bsky.social, Jenny Lington & Chin-Yeh Chen, and hear from Karlo Liscia about his experience at the @epc-research.bsky.social
issuu.com/uk-iodp/docs/ @ecord.bsky.social Summer School:
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issuu.com/uk-iodp/docs/ @ecord.bsky.social Summer School:
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UK IODP Newsletter 2025 Issue 9 September
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September 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Very excited and grateful to be part of the Exp 502 science team, looking at petit-spot volcanism off the coast of Japan! Can't wait to meet the other scientists onboard in a few weeks time!
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Ahead of our next deadline for award nominations on the 15th September (VMSG Award, Willy Aspinall Prize & Zeiss Post-doc Award), we've updated our website with more information on past winners & their projects. We've also added more information on our Student Bursaries: vmsg.org.uk/awards/
VMSG are proud to present several awards, which may be presented up to annually. The awards are:
vmsg.org.uk
August 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Ahead of our next deadline for award nominations on the 15th September (VMSG Award, Willy Aspinall Prize & Zeiss Post-doc Award), we've updated our website with more information on past winners & their projects. We've also added more information on our Student Bursaries: vmsg.org.uk/awards/
Loved the first Welsh Crucible lab and meeting such a great bunch of people. Can't wait for Lab 2 next month!
@katiepreece.bsky.social is a volcanologist who seeks to understand past eruptions and what we might learn for today @swanseauni.bsky.social #crucible25 #crwsiblcymru
May 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Loved the first Welsh Crucible lab and meeting such a great bunch of people. Can't wait for Lab 2 next month!
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Shout out to our @vmsg.bsky.social community! With the fabulous annual meeting coming up after 🎄🎄Time to make a vmsg starter pack! Reply if you would like to join! 😊
a black and white photo of a volcano erupting with the words `` i lava you '' .
Alt: a black and white photo of a volcano erupting with the words `` i lava you '' .
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December 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Shout out to our @vmsg.bsky.social community! With the fabulous annual meeting coming up after 🎄🎄Time to make a vmsg starter pack! Reply if you would like to join! 😊
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OTD British Earthquakes: Wales’ only fatal ‘quake.
12 Dec. 1940 M4.7 Porthmadog, Northwest Wales.
Mrs Williams of Criccieth, awoken, panicked, fell down stairs and died.
John Thomas of Nefyn died of heart attack (the next day) ‘on account of the extreme loudness of the noise’.
(Musson 2003).
🧪⚒️
12 Dec. 1940 M4.7 Porthmadog, Northwest Wales.
Mrs Williams of Criccieth, awoken, panicked, fell down stairs and died.
John Thomas of Nefyn died of heart attack (the next day) ‘on account of the extreme loudness of the noise’.
(Musson 2003).
🧪⚒️
December 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
OTD British Earthquakes: Wales’ only fatal ‘quake.
12 Dec. 1940 M4.7 Porthmadog, Northwest Wales.
Mrs Williams of Criccieth, awoken, panicked, fell down stairs and died.
John Thomas of Nefyn died of heart attack (the next day) ‘on account of the extreme loudness of the noise’.
(Musson 2003).
🧪⚒️
12 Dec. 1940 M4.7 Porthmadog, Northwest Wales.
Mrs Williams of Criccieth, awoken, panicked, fell down stairs and died.
John Thomas of Nefyn died of heart attack (the next day) ‘on account of the extreme loudness of the noise’.
(Musson 2003).
🧪⚒️
🌋NERC competition-funded #PhD opportunity 🌋
Interested in understanding pre-eruptive processes and timescales at Merapi volcano, Indonesia?
Based at Swansea, with co-supervision from @rgertisser.bsky.social (Keele) and Chiara Petrone (NHM)
Full details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested in understanding pre-eruptive processes and timescales at Merapi volcano, Indonesia?
Based at Swansea, with co-supervision from @rgertisser.bsky.social (Keele) and Chiara Petrone (NHM)
Full details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
🌋NERC competition-funded #PhD opportunity 🌋
Interested in understanding pre-eruptive processes and timescales at Merapi volcano, Indonesia?
Based at Swansea, with co-supervision from @rgertisser.bsky.social (Keele) and Chiara Petrone (NHM)
Full details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested in understanding pre-eruptive processes and timescales at Merapi volcano, Indonesia?
Based at Swansea, with co-supervision from @rgertisser.bsky.social (Keele) and Chiara Petrone (NHM)
Full details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We've compiled our annual list of VMSG-related PhD & MSc by Research projects, viewable below & on our website. We continue to keep this list updated, so please get in touch if you have any new UK-base or international opportunities you would like adding: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
VMSG PhD and related projects list 2025
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November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM
We've compiled our annual list of VMSG-related PhD & MSc by Research projects, viewable below & on our website. We continue to keep this list updated, so please get in touch if you have any new UK-base or international opportunities you would like adding: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The @vmsg.bsky.social Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 is now available here: doi.org/10.31223/X54...
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the survey!
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the survey!
Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024
doi.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:30 PM
The @vmsg.bsky.social Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 is now available here: doi.org/10.31223/X54...
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the survey!
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the survey!