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Molly Urquhart

Molly Urquhart

Supervisor: Prof Carina Fearnley and Dr Sarah Dryhurst
Funding: Self-funded
Email: molly.urquhart.24@ucl.ac.uk

Volcanic Wisdom: Strengthening Global Resilience Through Enhanced Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Alert Level Systems

This research aims to strengthen global readiness for compounding natural hazards by learning from how scientists monitor and communicate volcanic risks. By studying established early warning and alert systems, specifically volcanic alert level systems (VALSs), it seeks to develop more robust early warning systems and alert level systems to help communities prepare for a wide range of multiple natural hazards occurring across different geographies and temporal scales.

Publications

  • Kalacska, M., Arroyo-Mora, J. P., Lucanus, O., Stix, J., de Moor M., Campos Vargas, C.A.,
    and Urquhart, M. 2022. Borealis. RPAS-Based 3D Reconstruction of The Eastern Sector of the Poás Volcano Crater, Costa Rica. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/BRJ6XU

Qualifications

  • Master of Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences. McGill University, Quebec, Canada
  • Bachelor of Science Honours, Environmental Science. Queen's University, Ontario, Canada

Teaching experience

  • Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (UCL): Introduction to History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science module and Warnings For All
  • Teaching assistant (McGill): Natural Disasters module, Earth Systems module, and Understanding Planet Earth