Tamsin Mather
Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
I am a professor of volcanology. Drawing on expertise in volcanology and magmatism, atmospheric chemistry and paleoclimatology-stratigraphy, my work investigates volcanic behavior across multiple timescales. I am a 2010 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner. My motivation is to understand volcanoes as a key planetary scale process throughout geological time, vital for maintaining habitability as well as driving environmental change, analyse natural hazards and geothermal developments.
EXPs by Tamsin Mather
One thing that really inspires me about volcanoes is how important they have also been for the development and maintenance of our beautiful, habitable planet.
There is a sense of looking to volcanoes and their power and recognising our own power as well, and with that power comes a great sense of responsibility.
We don't really understand how life got going on our planet. There are various candidates for where the first molecules of life might have evolved, and some of those candidates are deeply volcanic.