Mitigating risk
Many millions of people around the world live in the shadow of an active volcano, at risk of sudden death. Scottish physicist Andrew McGonigle is developing a reliable way to predict eruptions, using an unmanned, small-scale helicopter to measure gases that escape from the volcanic vent.
"I wanted first to understand how the universe worked … my real passion is to use that understanding to come up with simple, elegant solutions … ”
His combination of science and advanced technology has the potential to save thousands of lives.
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Andrew McGonigle continues to invent and perfect early-warning technology to protect hundreds of thousands of people living in the shadow of volcanoes
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Dr Andrew McGonigle
Department of Geography
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, Yorkshire S10 2TN
United KingdomTel: + 44 114 222 7961
a.mcgonigle@sheffield.ac.uk
