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Sophie Butcher

COMET Associate: Volcanoes
British Geological Survey

Areas of Expertise: Volcano seismology

Sophie Butcher is a volcanologist at the British Geological Survey (BGS). Butcher uses seismic monitoring data from volcanoes to understand patterns of unrest in space and time, and ultimately better understand eruption processes. Butcher has been an Associate Member of COMET since joining BGS in 2023.

Butcher completed her MSci Geophysics at Imperial College London in 2017 and her PhD at University of Edinburgh in 2021, where she subsequently held a postdoctoral research position.

Email: [email protected]

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2237-835X

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