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PhD Positions Available

Two fully funded PhD positions are available and currently open for applications at the Volcanic Risk Solutions Group of Massey University, New Zealand...(more)


Royal Society Elects Professor Vince Neall as a Companion

The Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand has elected Professor Vincent Neall from the Volcanic Risk Solutions group as a Companion...(more)

VRS Researchers Win Two Marsden Grants

Volcanic Risk Solutions researchers have been awarded over $1 million in funding from the Marsden Fund over the next 3 years....(more)

Volcanic Risk Solutions win Massey Research Medal

The Volcanic Risk Solutions team have been awarded the Massey University Research Medal – Team for 2009... (more)

Team wins funding for new collaborative project with Korea

An NZ team, led by researchers from the Volcanic Risk Solutions group, have been awarded $966k from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology to work with scientists from South Korea...(more)

New PhD completions

The Volcanic Risk Solutions group boasts two more PhD completions after a recent graduation ceremony...(more)

Results from September 2007 Mt Ruapehu eruption

Instrumentation developed and installed for the March 2007 Crater Lake break-out lahar successfully detected lahars from Mt Ruapehu caused by the September 2007 eruption... (more)

All Hands on Deck for Ruapehu lahar

Within 90 minutes of the first alarm triggered by the oncoming lahar from Mt Ruapehu, three teams of Massey volcanologists and students were dispatched to catch the phenomenon in action.
At the peak of the torrent they collected sediment samples, measured the speed and density of the flow, and hoped that instruments installed along the Whangaehu River would survive the tumult of boulders and trees... (more)

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