Victoria Smith

Thanks to #VMSG and the Local Organising Committee for a great start to 2026! We had a great time 🌋

📣 Our recent paper, led by researchers at INGV, provides detail of the magmatic system that extends below the Campi Flegrei caldera, Naples, Italy. These data provide new insights into magma storage and ascent pathways beneath this restless and active caldera: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌋 PhD and MSc students in Earth Sciences 🌋 Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the International Summer School on Geohazards in Volcanic Islands, held in Ponta Delgada, Azores from 28 May to 4 June. Please check ivar.uac.pt/summer-course/ Deadline for application is approaching, 30 April.

The Radiocarbon Dating Process - the Journey of a Sample YouTube video by University of Oxford

📢The School of Archaeology proudly presents: the #radiocarbon dating process - 🎞️⭐: Dr Rachel Wood, Jamie Cameron, Gary Lai, Shutong Jin, Silvia Tardaguila Giacomozzi & Nikta Sarie. #archaeologicalscience #womeninstem #lablife @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @graduate.ox.ac.uk youtu.be/xQka8ohWLFo?...

Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...

Registration for the Radiocarbon Short Course will close 28/02. Come along if you would like to learn a bit more about radiocarbon as a dating technique or as a tracer, or you would like some training on OxCal; conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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Some tephra-tastic news for February! New glass geochemistry of visible tephra layers from Lake Van are finally published!!! 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The volcanoes of Nemrut and Süphan take a bow! 🌋🧪

Curious about doing a PhD? Looking to gain some laboratory experience?

Applications are now OPEN for 2025 UNIQ+ postgraduate research internships at Oxford University. Our lab has two fantastic tephra projects available! Application closing date is 19 February.

www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

Hear from our UNIQ + Research Interns

Read more about how past UNIQ+ students have found the scheme and working in our lab here: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/hear-from-ou...

If you are interested in coming to do doctoral research in the #tephra group, apply for this fully funded doctoral program. bsky.app/profile/iles...
We have various research projects in a range of interesting locations and happy to discuss these so please get in touch if you are interested! 🌋🔬🥼🧑‍🔬