Research Expertise and Interest
igneous petrology, geochemistry, volcanology
Research Description
Penny Wieser is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science. She is an igneous petrologist and volcanologist using erupted melts, crystals, gases and volcanic aerosols to understand volcanic systems. Her main research focus at present is evaluating and developing methods to calculate magma storage depths beneath active volcanoes (e.g. Mauna Loa, Kilauea, Cascades etc). She does this by integrating analytical methods such as raman spectroscopy and e-beam techniques with open-source python codes allowing full error propagation.
In the News
Nine Young Faculty Members Receive Prized Sloan Research Fellowships
The largest number of awardees from any institution may be a sign of the University of California, Berkeley's ability to attract the most promising early-career researchers.
New Tools to Visualize the Insides of Volcanos
Penny Wieser, a 2022 Rose Hills Innovator, is developing a new approach to study the magma stored deep beneath a volcano.
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