To open this frame in its own Window, click here.

UNM-LANL Volcanology Program --Faculty


Faculty at the University of New Mexico


Tobias Fischer: (Program Coordinator): magmatic volatiles

Gary Smith: volcaniclastic rocks

James Papike: terrestrial and extraterrestrial volcanic rocks

Wolfgang Elston: volcanic ore deposits



Faculty at Los Alamos National Laboratory


Scott Baldridge: volcanism and extensional tectonics

Fraser Goff: magmatic volatiles and geothermal fluids

Grant Heiken: pyroclastic rocks and planetary volcanism

Lee Steck: volcano seismology

Greg Valentine: explosive volcanism

Ken Wohletz: physical volcanology and numerical solutions




** Combined Faculty Creates Largest Volcanology Program in USA **