Professor Herbert Huppert ScD FRS

Professor of Theoretical Geophysics and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics

Mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics with an interest in volcanology, prediction, hazard assessment and influence of volatiles,carbon dioxide sequestration, and natural ventilation.

Research Summary

General fluid mechanics, in particular as applied to the Earth Sciences. Current areas of active research include: phase changes between fluid and solids (solidification and melting); formation of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic; propagation of gravity currents; particle-driven flows; turbidites and pyroclastic flows; flow of granular media; volcanic eruption dynamics;natural ventilation; slow viscous motions; flow in porous media and carbon dioxide sequestration..

Research Groups

Institute of Theoretical Geophysics

Selected Biography

1989- Professor of Theoretical Geophysics and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge
2002- Chairman of Royal Society Working Group on bioterrorism,
1987 - Fellow of Royal Society

Other Professional Activities

2002 - present: Chairman of Royal Society Working Group on Bioterrorism
1989 - present: Professor of Theoretical Geophysics and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge
2001 - 2003: Member of the Council of the Royal Society

Keywords

volcanoes, volcanology, fluid mechanics, theoretical modelling.

Professor Herbert Huppert ScD FRS
Institute of Theoretical Geophysics
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
University of Cambridge
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Wilberforce Road
Cambridge
CB3 0WA

+44 1223 765000

heh1@esc.cam.ac.uk

Available for consultancy: Yes

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