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Janine Krippner
NationalityNew Zealander
Alma mater
Known for
  • Volcanology
  • Science communication
Scientific career
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Janine Krippner is a physical volcanologist from New Zealand who uses remote sensing to study pyroclastic flows and is a popular science communicator.

Early life and education

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Krippner was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. She completed her Bachelors (2006) and Masters (2009) at the University of Waikato under the supervision of Roger Briggs. For this work she studied Mount Ngauruhoe, an active basaltic andesite-to-andesite composite cone volcano.[1] She worked for Shell Australia between 2010 and 2012 as a graduate geoscientist.[2] She completed her PhD on "Large dome collapse driven block-and-ash flows on Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka, and pyroclastic flows on Mount St. Helens", at the University of Pittsburgh in 2017, funded by NASA.[3] Whilst a PhD student she was listed by Wired as one of the top scientists to follow on Twitter.[4] Krippner was appointed a Phipps Science Communication Fellow in 2015.[5]

Research and career

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Krippner joined Concord University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2018, where she continued her PhD research on pyroclastic density currents.[6] She was part of a volcanic tephra project THROUGHPUT: Standards and Services for Community Curated Repositories, looking at Cascades Range volcanic deposits.[7][8] The project, funded by the National Science Foundation EarthCube program, looks to report research in earth sciences using online tools, social media, and publicly accessible databases.[9]

Between 2019 and 2020 Krippner worked as a Contract Scientist for the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP)[10] writing volcanic activity reports for their Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, and later as an Image Collection and Outreach Specialist to update photo captions, revise volcanic hazard galleries in coordination with the VolFilms project,[11] and expand the GVP image collection, as well as continuing to write volcano reports.

Krippner is best known for her active presence on social media,[12] sharing stories about volcanic eruptions.[13][14] Krippner followed the activity of Mount Agung from Pittsburgh using social media and official monitoring information, providing clear explanations for the technical language and directing people to reliable sources.[15][16] She used Twitter to provide information about the volcano's activity in English, helping tourists on-site.[17][18][19][16] Due to her efforts during the Agung eruption, she was given the Geosciences in the Media Award for 2020 by the AAPG.[20]

Krippner keeps a popular science blog In the Company of Volcanoes with Alison Graettinger.[21] She has served as an editor of the open-access journal Volcanica.[22] Along with Erik Klemetti, in 2019 she began hosting the Popular Volcanics podcast.[23]

References

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  1. ^ Krippner, Janine (2009). Ngauruhoe inner crater volcanic processes of the 1954-1955 and 1974-1975 eruptions (Masters thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/2760.
  2. ^ "Experience". Janine B. Krippner. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Mapping explosive volcanic deposits". GitHub. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Wired List of Scientist – PhD Student Janine Krippner". Department of Geology and Environmental Science | University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Interview with a Scientist: Justin Coughlin, Janine Krippner and Natasha Smith". Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. ^ Krippner, Janine; Belousov, Alexander; G. Belousova, Marina; S. Ramsey, Michael (1 February 2018). "Parametric analysis of lava dome-collapse events and pyroclastic deposits at Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka, using visible and infrared satellite data". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 354: 115–129. Bibcode:2018JVGR..354..115K. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.01.027.
  7. ^ "Geology Makes the Mayon Volcano Visually Spectacular—And Dangerously Explosive". Maya Wei-Haas. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  8. ^ "It's all for you, girl! A message to girls everywhere from the women in volcanology". In the Company of Volcanoes. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  9. ^ Reporter, Jordan Nelson Register-Herald. "Concord partners on grant, hires volcanologist". Beckley Register-Herald. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Global Volcanism Program | Contact Us". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. ^ "The VolFilm project". Global Volcano Model. Archived from the original on 9 June 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  12. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/janinekrippner. Retrieved 21 March 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ Crew, Bec. "New Zealand's Earthquake Was So Intense, It Lifted The Sea Bed 2 Metres Above Ground". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Violent blasts from Indonesia's Sinabung volcano | EarthSky.org". earthsky.org. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Mount Agung: Bali braces for 'violent eruption' as Jetstar and Virgin cancel Sunday rescue flights". Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  16. ^ a b "The Kiwi volcanologist keeping a close eye on Mount Agung from the US". ABC News. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  17. ^ Barnes, Joe (1 December 2017). "Bali volcano news update: INCREDIBLE Mount Agung time-lapse – ERUPTION to STRENGTHEN". Daily Express. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Ring of Fire is active – but that's normal". BBC News. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Bali's Mount Agung erupts". NewsComAu. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Announcing the New AAPG Honorees". American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  21. ^ "In the Company of Volcanoes". In the Company of Volcanoes. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  22. ^ "Editorial Team Volcanica". Volcanica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Popular Volcanics Podcast". popularvolcanics.weebly.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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