Christopher G. Newhall

Christopher G. Newhall is a world renowned volcanologist, formerly with the U.S. Geological Survey ^[1] and since 2008 at the Earth Observatory of Singapore. He is the co-creator of the Volcanic explosivity index and is considered among the worlds leading experts in volcanic prediction.^[2]

Life

A native Californian and son of an engineer, Newhall went to the Philippines in 1970 under the United States Peace Corps program. For his academic training, Newhall first attended the University of California-Davis (MS degree 1977) and later Dartmouth College, Hanover (PhD 1980) under the supervision of the late Professor Richard Stoiber. He is since 1971 married to his wife Glenda, with whom he has two children. After retiring from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program after nearly three decades in 2006, he retreated with his wife to his home on the Philippines. In 2008 he moved to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to take on the position of senior volcanology group leader at the newly formed Earth Observatory of Singapore.

Publications

• Newhall, C. and Punongbayan, R., eds.Fire and Mud: Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines (1997) ISBN 0-295-97585-7 - a heavily cited collection of Volcanology reference material
• Benefits of volcano monitoring far outweigh costs - the case of Mount Pinatubo (1997)
• Natural hazards map of the Circum-Pacific region (1990)
• Historical unrest at large calderas of the world (1988)
• Semi-quantitative assessment of changing volcanic risk at Mount St. Helens, Washington (1984)
• A method for estimating intermediate and long-term risks from volcanic activity, with an example from Mount St. Helens, Washington (1982)

See also

• Volcanic explosivity index
• Mount Pinatubo

References

1. ^ Tom Paulson (2005-08-05). "Moving on: A volcano scientist to the core". SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCE. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/235332_volcanoguy05.html. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 
2. ^ Christopher G. Newhall; Steve Self (1982). "The volcanic explosivity index (VEI): An estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism". Journal of Geophysical Research (87): 1231–1238. doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. 

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