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Brittany Brand
Brittany Brand is a volcanologist at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research focuses on the processes and products of explosive volcanism, such as ash fall and pyroclastic flows. Brittany has studied magma-water interaction, which often results in one of the most explosive styles of volcanism, as well as explosive eruptions from large stratovolcanoes like Mount St Helens. She has just begun a detailed study of the pyroclastic flow deposits from the May 18, 1980 eruption and will be actively conducting research on the Pumice Plain for the next three years. Brand graduated with a PhD from Arizona State University in 2008.
