Dr Andrea Verolino is a volcanologist who is currently working on volcano hazard-related aspects in Southeast Asia at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, where he is a Research Fellow. His research interests span from physical volcanology to planetary geology, but his main focus is on subaqueous volcanoes, particularly he tries to understand how the magma-water interactions shape volcanic styles, and how these in turn can affect people and their activities.
Andrea studied Earth Sciences at the University of Rome La Sapienza, where he also obtained his Master’s degree in Exploration Geology in 2014. Andrea was awarded a highly competitive doctoral scholarship to conduct his PhD at the University of Otago, where he worked on phreatomagmatic volcanic systems (2015-2019).
At present, Andrea is working on volcanic tsunami hazard that may affect Singapore, under the National Sea Level Programme (NSLP), financed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore, and tephra hazard from Indonesian volcanoes, under the InVEST program.
Besides his academic commitment, Andrea is also largely involved in outreach initiatives, for example he has been a member of the program “skype a scientists”, where he regularly talks to primary school children and teachers about volcanoes.
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