Behnaz Hosseini
Email Address:
Website:
https://behnazhosseini.weebly.com/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/behnazhosseini/
Education:
2024: Ph.D. Earth Sciences, Montana State University
2017: B.A. Geology, minor in Geospatial Information Science
and Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Research Project:
The Chronicles of Okmok Volcano: Integrating Diffusion Timescales with Monitoring Data to Reveal the Pre-Eruptive Processes Behind a Wide Range of Eruption Styles
Research Summary:
My research aims to unravel the timescales of late-stage (e.g., seconds to hours prior to eruption) eruptive processes such as magma decompression and ascent. These processes and the timescales over which they occur exert a strong control on the ultimate style (e.g., explosive vs. effusive) of a volcanic eruption, and therefore have important implications for hazard monitoring, mitigation, and response. I use a combination of experimental (high P-T decompression in a cold seal pressure vessel), numerical (1D diffusion modeling), and analytical (FTIR, EPMA, LA-ICP-MS) techniques to understand decompression and ascent timescales. I primarily use the time-dependent diffusion of volatiles (H2O, CO2) and trace elements in melts and crystals (i.e., geospeedometry), applied to both explosive silicic caldera-forming systems (most destructive) and intermediate arc systems (most frequent).
Research/Professional/Volunteer Experience:
2019 – 2024: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Montana State University
2024: Science Team Member, NSF Alaska GNSS-A Deployment Campaign
2023: NSF-INTERN, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory
2017 – 2019: Guest Scientist, Geology Program, Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park
2018: Volunteer Field/Lab Assistant, U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Observatory
2015 – 2017: Undergraduate Researcher, UC Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Science
2015 – 2016: Lab Assistant, Cosmochemistry Group, UC Berkeley Space Science Laboratory
2014: Cave Guide, U.S. Forest Service, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales Island
Service Activities:
2022 – Present: Executive Committee Member, Subduction Zones for Grad Students and Graduates (SZ4Grads)
2024: Early Career Representative, Mantle Magma Supply and Imaging Workshop, Lamont Doherty
Earth
Observatory, Columbia University
2024: President, 18th Annual Earth Sciences Student Colloquium, Montana State University
2022: Organizing/Planning Committee, GeoPRISMS Volatiles from Source to Surface Workshop,
Montana State
University
Teaching Experience:
2022: Advanced Field Course, UC Berkeley
2020 – 2021: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Montana State University
2019: Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy, Montana State University
2018: Advanced Field Course, UC Berkeley
2017: The Planet Earth, UC Berkeley
2016: Field Geology and Digital Mapping, UC Berkeley
Selected Certifications/Awards/Grants
2024: Ph.D. Dissertation Completion Award, Montana State University
2023: Wilderness First Responder, National Outdoor Leadership Society (certified since 2012)
2022: Lawrence A. Taylor Research Fund in Petrology and Geochemistry, American Geophysical Union
2022: Jack Kleinman Memorial Fund for Volcano Research, Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
2022: NSF-INTERN Supplemental Funding
2022: Graduate Professional Advancement Grant, Montana State University
2022: Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Judges Choice Award, Montana State University
2022: Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship, American Geosciences Institute
2022: Earth Sciences Student Colloquium Best Graduate Oral Presentation, Montana State University
2022: Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) finalist & People’s Choice Award, Montana State University
2022: College of Letters and Science Student Research Travel Grant, Montana State University
2021: College of Letters and Science Student Research Travel Grant, Montana State University
2020: Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award, Geological Society of America
2020: Graduate Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America
2020: Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology, Mineralogical Society of America
2017, 2018, 2019: Segal AmeriCorps Education Award
2018: E-An Zen Fund for Geoscience Outreach Grant, Geological Society of America
2018: Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, UC Berkeley
2018: Emergency Medical Responder, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
2016: Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) Summer Award, UC Berkeley
Publications (First-Author Only):
Hosseini, B., Myers, M. L. (2024). Melt embayments record multi-stage magma decompression histories. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 456, 1-13.
Hosseini, B., Myers, M. L., Watkins, J. M., Saalfeld, M. A. (2023). Are we recording? Putting embayment speedometry to the test using high pressure-temperature decompression experiments. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24(6), 1-18.
Affiliations/Memberships:
2022 – Present: National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
2020 – Present: Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
2019 – Present: Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
2018 – Present: International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
2015 – Present: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2013 – Present: Geological Society of America (GSA)