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A random walk beteen the Earth sciences

I studied physics in Germany, then worked about a year in atmospheric optics/laser remote sensing, then did a PhD in France in marine seismic imaging (i.e. applied geophysics), then went to work in a volcanology group in Italy& Manchester UK for a postdoc developing a new kind of lidar to measure volcanic gases. When the…

Short tale CV of an environmental physicist

Inspired by a blog from John Stevenson, a British Volcanologist, that wrote about his experience in academia and how he left it a bit frustrated, I want to share my experience. It is a good time to do this now as I have made a big decision. After 14 years of life as an ex-pat…