Owen McCluskey is a Ph.D. student of the Earth Science Department at the University of Pisa and Early Stage Researcher on the EU funded, Marie Curie-Sklodowska IMPROVE (Innovative Multi-disciplinary European Research training network on VolcanoEs) training project. His research project will focus on generating numerical simulations of magma and rock dynamics at Mount Etna, as well as, defining ground deformation and gravity patterns diagnostic of deep magmatic movements.
Particular attention will be trained on deformation across various time scales, from seconds to ultra-long period events. Time-dependent 2D/3D models of magma and rock dynamics during multicomponent magma convection and mixing in geometrically complex magma chamber-dyke systems will allow for the generation of a synthetic space-time series of gravity anomalies and ground deformation. Analysis of these synthetic signals, in comparison with experimental and real signals, can identify sets of geophysical signals diagnostic of magma movements at depth.
Previous academic experiences include a BSc. (Hons) in Geography at Queen’s University Belfast where he primarily studied GIS and the glacial geomorphology of Northern Ireland, as well as, studying a MSc. In Geological and Environmental Hazards at the University of Portsmouth, where his fascination in applied Volcanology, numerical hazard modelling and environmental risk assessments began.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Geohazards
- Numerical Modelling
- Geomorphology
- Risk Assessment
Research project: Numerical simulations of magma and rock dynamics and definition of ground deformation and gravity patterns diagnostic of deep magmatic movements at Mount Etna.
Supervisors:
Dr Paolo Pagale (INGV Pisa)
Professor Carolina Pagli (DST-UNIPI)
Owen McCluskey
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Pisa
Via Santa Maria 53
56126 Pisa
Italia