Diana C. Roman
Earth and Planets Laboratory droman@carnegiescience.edu
Carnegie Institution for Science Tel: +1 202 478-8834
5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W. Fax: +1 202 478-8821
Washington, D.C. 20015 USA
Current Appointment
2021- Harry Oscar Wood Chair of Seismology, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science
2011- present: Staff Scientist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (now Division of Earth and Planets), Carnegie Institution for Science
Previous Academic Appointment
2006-2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of South Florida
Education and Postdoctoral Training
2004-2006: NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds, U.K.
2001-2004: Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
1999-2001: M.S. in Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
1994-1997: B.S. in Applied Economics, Cornell University
Awards
2008: George Walker Award, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
2007: University of South Florida Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Professional Service
2020-present: SZ4D Executive Committee
2019-present: co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2019-2020: CONVERSE Volcano Seismology lead
2018-2019: CIDER 2019 Steering Committee
2018- present: SZ4D Steering Committee (and Executive Committee 2020-present)
2017-present: Member, UNAVCO Geodetic Infrastructure Advisory Committee
2017: Guest Editor (with Kazutaka Mannen, Graham Leonard, Stephanie Prejean, and Mitsuhiro Nakagawa), Earth, Planets, and Space special issue on phreatic eruption precursors
2016: Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Improving Understanding of Volcanic Eruptions
2015-2017: IAVCEI 2017 General Assembly Scientific Program Committee
2015-2016: Subduction Zone Observatory (SZO) Workshop Organizing and Report Writing Committees
2015-2017: IRIS Data Services Standing Committee
2011: Guest editor (with co-editors Seth Moran, Chris Newhall), Bulletin of Volcanology special volume on “failed” eruptions.
2010-2013: Webmaster, AGU VGP section
2007-2016: Editorial Board, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2003-present: Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Czech Academy of Sciences, USGS, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Bulletin of Volcanology, Tectonophysics, Geology, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Earth Planets Space, Nature, Science, Scientific Reports
Manuscripts In Review/Revision (* denotes student first author)
69. Song Z*, Tan YJ, Roman DC. Deep long-period earthquakes at Akutan Volcano are more directly related to magmatic processes than volcano-tectonic earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters, in review. https://www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.1002/essoar.10512843.1
68. Yang X, Roman DC, Haney M, Kupres CA. Double reservoirs imaged below Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska, explain the migration of volcanic seismicity. Geophysical Research Letters, in review. https://www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.22541/essoar.167058972.23950272
67. Jimenez-Rodriguez S*, Quade J, Levin NE, Campisano CJ, Stinchcomb GE, Roman DC, Bedaso Z. Environmental controls on the hydrogen isotopic composition of volcanic glass from the Southern Afar rift, eastern Ethiopia. Chemical Geology, in review.
66. Krippner JB, Venzke E, Poland MP, Farias C, Behncke B, McBride SK, Ball J, Roman DC, Handley H, Horwell C, Edwards B, Vanderkluysen L, Stewart C, Liu EJ, Juman A, Martinez-Villegas MM, Terbush B, Klemetti E, Poppe S, Scarlett JP, Williams R, Finlayson V, Bennis K, Pierson T, Syahbana DK, Soldati A. Getting the story straight: Common misconceptions around volcanoes and eruptions with case studies of recent events. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, in review.
Peer-Reviewed Publications (* denotes student first author)
65. Kettlety T, Kendall J-M, Roman DC (2022). Self‐similarity of seismic moment release to volume change scaling for volcanoes: A Comparison With Injection‐Induced Seismicity. Geophysical Research Letters 49(23), e2022GL099369.
64. McKee KF, Roman DC, Fee D, Waite GP. (2022). Silent VLPs at Stromboli Volcano, Italy. Geophysical Research Letters 49(23), e2022GL100735.
63. Hilley GE (ed), Brodsky EE, Roman DC, Shillington DJ, Brudzinski M, Behn M, Tobin H and the SZ4D RCN (2022). SZ4D Implementation Plan. Stanford Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.25740/hy589fc7561
62. Matoza RS, Roman DC (2022). One-hundred-year advances in volcano seismology and acoustics. Bulletin of Volcanology, in press.
61. Lanza F, Roman DC, Power JA, Thurber CH, Hudson T (2022). Complex magmatic-tectonic interactions during the 2020 Makushin Volcano, Alaska, earthquake swarm. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 587, 117538.
60. Zhan Y, Roman DC, Le Mével H, Power JA (2022). Earthquakes Indicated Stress Field Change during the 2006 unrest of Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL097958.
59. Zhan Y, Le Mével H, Roman DC, Girona T, Gregg PM (2022). Modeling deformation, seismicity, and thermal anomalies driven by degassing during the 2005-2006 pre-eruptive unrest of Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 585, 117524.
58. Arora B, Currin A, Dwivedi D, Fru MI, Kumar N, McLeod CL, Roman DC (2022). Volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology perspectives on integrated, coordinated, open, networked (ICON) science. Earth and Space Science, 9(4), e2021EA002120.
57. Rasmussen DJ*, Plank TA, Roman DC, Zimmer MM (2022) Magmatic water content controls the pre-eruptive depth of arc magmas. Science, 375(6585), 1169-1172.
56. Manley GF*, Mather TA, Pyle DM, Clifton DA, Rodgers M, Thompson G, Roman DC (2021). Machine learning approaches to identifying changes in eruptive state using multi‐parameter datasets from the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2021JB022323.
55. McKee K, Smith CM, Reath K, Snee E, Maher S, Matoza RS, Carn S, Roman DC, Mastin L, Anderson K, Damby D (2021) Evaluating the state-of-the-art in remote volcanic eruption characterization part II: Ulawun volcano, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 420, p.107381.
54. McKee KF, Smith CM, Reath K, Snee E, Maher S, Matoza RS, Carn S, Mastin L, Anderson K, Damby D, Roman DC, Degterev A, Rybin A, Chibisova M, Assink JD, de Negri Leiva R, Perttu A (2021). Evaluating the state-of-the-art in remote volcanic eruption characterization Part I: Raikoke volcano, Kuril Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 419 (2021): 107354.
53. Fischer T, Moran S, Cooper K, Roman DC, LaFemina P (2021). Making the most of volcanic eruption responses. Eos 102.
52. Reath K, Pritchard M, Roman DC, Lopez T, Carn S, Fischer T, Lu Z, Poland M, Vaughn R, Wessels R, Wike L, Tran H (2021) Quantifying Seismicity, Deformation, Degassing, and Thermal Emissions at Volcanoes in the United States During 1978-2020. Journal of Geophysical Research, 126(6), e2021JB021684
51. Roman DC, Soldati A, Dingwell DB, Houghton BF, Shiro B (2021) Earthquakes indicated magma viscosity during Kīlauea’s 2018 eruption. Nature 592, 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03400-x. (View-only public version: https://t.co/JqY6id4tSq?amp=1)
50. Burgess MK, Roman DC (2021) Ongoing (2015-) Magma Surge in the Upper Mantle Beneath the Island of Hawaiʻi. Geophysical Research Letters, in press.
49. Power JA, Roman DC, Lyons JJ, Haney MM, Rasmussen DJ, Plank T, Nicolaysen K, Izbekov P, Werner C, Kaufman AM. Volcanic seismicity beneath Chuginadak Island, Alaska (Cleveland and Tana volcanoes): Implications for magma dynamics and eruption forecasting. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 412 (2021): 107182.
48. Portner, D, Wagner LS, Janiszewski H, Roman DC, Power JA (2020). Ps-P tomography of a mid-crustal magma reservoir beneath Cleveland Volcano, Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters 47, e2020GL090406
47. Werner C, Rasmussen DJ, Plank T, Kelly PJ, Kern C, Lopez T, Gliss J, Power J, Roman DC, Izbekov P, Lyons J. (2020) Linking Subsurface to Surface using Gas Emission and Melt Inclusion data at Mount Cleveland volcano, Alaska In press, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008882
46. Manley G*, Pyle D, Mather T, Rodgers M, Clifton DA, Stokell BG, Thompson G, Londono J, Roman DC . Understanding the timing of eruption end using a machine learning approach to classification of seismic time series. In press, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 401, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106917
45. Janiszewski H, Wagner LS, Roman DC (2020) Aseismic mid-crustal magma reservoir at Cleveland Volcano imaged through novel receiver function analyses. Scientific Reports 10, 1-9
44. Alemseged Z, Wynn J, Geraads D, Reed D, Barr W, Bobe McPherron S, Deino A, Alene M, Sier M, Roman D, Mohan J (2020). Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins. Nature Communications 11, 2480 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16060-8
43. DeGrandpre K*, Pesicek J, Lu Z, DeShon H, Roman DC (2019). Anomalously high rates of inflation during a non-eruptive episode of seismic unrest at Semisopochnoi Volcano, Alaska in 2014-2015. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20, 6163-6186
42. Golden S, Wagner LS, Schleigh B, Power D, Roman DC, Sacks SI, Janiszewski H (2020) Digitization of the Carnegie analogue broadband instruments tape records (1965-1996). Seismological Research Letters 91 (3), 1441-1451
41. Lapins S*, Roman DC, Rougier J, De Angelis S, Cashman KV, Kendall J-M (2019) An Examination of the Continuous Wavelet Transform for Volcano-Seismic Spectral Analysis. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 389, 106728
40. Mannen K, Roman DC, Leonard G, Prejean S, Nakagawa M (2019) Special issue “Towards forecasting phreatic eruptions: examples from Hakone volcano and some global equivalents. Earth, Planets, Space 71(91), doi: 10.1186/s40623-019-1068-9
39. Roman DC, LaFemina PC, Bussard R, Stephens K, Wauthier C, Higgins, M, Feineman M, Arellano S, de Moor JM, Avard G, Martinez Cruz M, Burton M, Varnam M, Saballos A, Ibarra M, Strauch W, Tenorio V (2019). Mechanisms of unrest and eruption at persistently restless volcanoes: Insights from the 2015 eruption of Telica Volcano, Nicaragua. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008450
38. Wauthier C, Roman DC, Poland MP (2019). Modulation of seismic activity in Kīlauea’s Upper East Rift Zone by summit pressurization. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G46000.1
37. Roman DC, Cashman KV (2018) Top-down precursory volcanic seismicity: Implications for ‘stealth’ magma ascent and long-term eruption forecasting. Frontiers in Earth Sciences 6, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00124
36. Cameron CE, Prejean SG, Coombs ML, Wallace KL, Power JA, Roman DC (2018) Alaska Volcano Observatory Alert and Forecasting Timeliness: 1989–2017. Frontiers in Earth Sciences 6, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00086.
35. Kim W-Y, Gold M, Ramsay J, Meltzer A, Wunsch D, Baxter S, Lekic V, Goodling P, Pearson K, Wagner L, Roman DC (2018) The M w 4.2 Delaware Earthquake of 30 November 2017. Seismological Research Letters 89(6), 2447-2460.
34. Rasmussen DJ*, Plank TA, Roman DC, Power JA, Bodnar RJ, Hauri EH (2018) When does eruption run-up begin? Multidisciplinary insight from the 1999 eruption of Shishaldin Volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 486, 1-14.
33. Manga M, Carn SA, Cashman KV, Clarke AB, Connor CB, Cooper KM, Fischer T, Houghton B, Johnson JB, Plank TA, Roman DC, Segall P (2017). Volcanic Eruptions, and their Unrest, Repose, Precurors, and Timing. National Academies Press.
32. Roman DC (2017) Automated detection and characterization of harmonic tremor in continuous seismic data. Geophys Res Lett 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL073715
31. Wauthier C, Roman DC, Poland MP (2016). Joint modeling of InSAR and earthquake FPS data to constrain magmatic sources: A case study from Kilauea Volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 455: 38-48.
30. Roman DC, Rodgers MJ, Geirsson H, LaFemina PC , Tenorio V (2016). Assessing the likelihood and magnitude of volcanic explosions based on seismic quiescence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 450: 20-28.
29. McNutt SR, Roman DC (2015). Volcanic Seismicity. Sigurardsson et al. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, 2nd Edition.
28. Rodgers MJ*, Rodgers S, Roman DC (2015). 'PeakMatch': A Java program for multiplet analysis of large seismic datasets. Seismological Research Letters 86: doi: 10.1785/0220140160.
27. Johnson JH, Swanson, DA, Roman DC, Poland MP, Thelen W (2015). Crustal stress and structure at Kilauea Volcano inferred from seismic anisotropy. In: Carey R, Poland MP, Cayol V, Weis D (Eds.) Hawaiian Volcanoes: From Source to Surface, AGU Geophysical Monograph, 251-268.
26. Rodgers MJ*, Roman DC, Geirsson H, LaFemina P, McNutt SR, Muñoz A, Tenorio V. (2015) Stable and unstable phases of elevated seismic activity at the persistently restless Telica Volcano, Nicaragua. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 290: 63-74.
25. Geirsson, H*, Rodgers MJ, LaFemina P, Witter M, Roman DC, Munoz A, Tenorio V, Alvarez J, Conde Jacobo V, Nilsson D, Galle B, Feineman MD, Furman T, Morales A (2014). Multidisciplinary observations of the 2011 explosive eruption of Telica volcano, Nicaragua: Implications for the dynamics of low-explosivity ash eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 271: 55-69.
24. Wauthier C, Roman DC, Poland MP (2013) Moderate-magnitude earthquakes induced by magma reservoir inflation at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i. Geophysical Research Letters 40: 5366-5370.
23. Bercovici, D, Jellinek AM, Michaut C, Roman DC, Morse R (2013) Volcanic tremors and magma wagging: Gas flux interactions and forcing mechanism. Geophysical Journal International 195(2): 1001-1022.
22. Roman DC, Gardine MD (2013) Seismological evidence for long-term and rapidly accelerating magma pressurization preceding the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 371: 226-234.
21. Lehto HL*, Roman DC, Moran SC (2013) Source processes of persistent shallow seismicity during times of eruption and non-eruption between 1981 and 2010 at Mount St. Helens, Washington. Journal of Volcanology and Geophysical Research 256: 1-15.
20. Buurman H*, West ME, Roman DC (2013). Tracking a closing volcanic system using repeating earthquakes. Geology 41: 511-514.
19. Rodgers M*, Roman DC, Geirsson H, LaFemina P, Munoz A, Guzman C, Tenorio V (2013) Seismicity accompanying the 1999 eruptive episodes at Telica Volcano, Nicaragua. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 265: 39-51.
18. O'Brien J*, Roman DC, Dixon J, Power JA, Arnold R. (2012) Source processes and cause of the 2006 seismic swarm at Mt. Martin, Katmai Volcanic Cluster, Alaska. Journal of Volcanology and Geophysical Research 229-230: 13-22
17. Kilgore WW*, Roman DC, Biggs J, Hansen R. (2011) Seismic and geodetic investigation of the 1996-1998 earthquake swarm at Strandline Lake, Alaska. Geophysical Journal International 186: 1365-1379
16. Roman DC, Savage MK, Arnold R, Latchman JL, De Angelis S (2011). Analysis and forward modeling of seismic anisotropy during the ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (1996-2007). Journal of Geophysical Research 116: B03201
15. Roman DC, Power JA (2011) Mechanism of the 1996-97 non-eruptive VT earthquake swarm at Iliamna Volcano, Alaska. Bulletin of Volcanology 73: 143-153.
14. Moran SC, Newhall C, Roman DC (2011) Failed magmatic eruptions: Late-stage cessation of magma ascent. Bulletin of Volcanology 73: 115-122
13. Lehto HL*, Roman DC, Moran SC (2010) Temporal changes in stress preceding the 2004-2008 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington. Journal of Volcanology and Geophysical Research 198: 129-142
12. Roman DC, DeAngelis S, Latchman J, White RA (2008) Patterns of volcanotectonic seismicity and stress during the ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (1995-2007). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 173: 230-244
11. Roman DC, Campisano C, Quade J, DiMaggio E, Arrowsmith R, Feibel C (2008) Composite tephrostratigraphy of the Dikika, Gona, Hadar, and Ledi-Geraru Project Areas, Northern Awash, Ethiopia. In: "The Geology of Early Humans in the Horn of Africa" Geological Society of America Special Paper 446: 119-134.
10. Wynn JG, Roman DC, Alemseged Z, Reed D, Geraads D, Munro S (2008) Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and basin structure of the Hadar and Busidima Formations at Dikika. In: The Geology of Early Humans in the Horn of Africa (Quade J., Wynn JG, Eds.) Geological Society of America Special Paper 446: 10-42.
9. Roman DC, Heron P (2007) Effect of regional tectonic setting on local stress field response to magmatic activity. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L13310, doi: 10.1029/2007GL030222
8. Roman DC, Neuberg J, Luckett RR (2006) Assessing the likelihood of eruption through analysis of VT earthquake fault-plane solutions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 248: 229-237
7. Wynn JG, Alemseged Z, Bobe R, Geraads D, Reed D, Roman D (2006) Geology and paleontology of the Pliocene hominin locality at Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature 443: 332-336
6. Roman DC, Cashman KV (2006) The origin of volcanotectonic earthquake swarms. Geology 34: 457-460
5. Roman DC, Cashman KV, Gardner CA, Wallace PJ, Donovan JJ (2006) Storage and interaction of compositionally heterogeneous magmas from the 1986 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Bulletin of Volcanology 68: 240-254
4. Roman DC (2005) Numerical models of volcanotectonic earthquake triggering on non-ideally oriented faults. Geophysical Research Letters 32: L02304, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021549
3. Roman DC, Moran SC, Power JA, Cashman KV (2004) Temporal and spatial variation of local stress fields during the 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak vent, Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 94: 2366-2379
2. Geraads D, Alemseged Z, Reed D, Wynn J, Roman D (2004) The Pleistocene fauna from Asbole, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Géobios 37: 697-718
1. Roman DC, Power JA, Moran SC, Cashman KV, Doukas MP, Neal CA, Gerlach TM (2004) Evidence for dike emplacement at Iliamna Volcano, Alaska in 1996. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 130: 265-284
Other Publications
Roman DC, Power JA (2014) Grand Challenges in U.S. Volcano Seismology. White paper, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5 pp. IAVCEI newsletter 2014 no. 3-4.
Roman DC (2004) Changes in local stress field orientation in response to magmatic activity. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon, 188 pp.
Roman DC (2001) The 1986 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: Magma storage and ascent. M.S. Thesis, University of Oregon, 129 pp.
Recent Conference Abstracts (past three years; * denotes student first author)
(Invited) Roman DC, Matoza R (2019) 100-yr advances in volcano seismology and acoustics. IUGG General Assembly. Montreal, Canada
Roman DC, Degrandpre K (2019) Local stress field reorientations preceding the 2018 eruption of Semisopochnoi Volcano, Alaska. IUGG General Assembly. Montreal, Canada
(Invited) Roman DC, Cashman KV (2019) Top–Down Precursory Volcanic Seismicity: Implications for ‘Stealth’ Magma Ascent and Long-Term Eruption Forecasting. EGU General Assembly, Vienna Austria
McKee KF, Fee D, Waite G, Roman DC, Ripepe M, Aiuppa A, Carn S, Le Mevel H, Delle Donne D, Bitetto M, Lacanna G, Sealing C, Cigala V, Tamburello G (2019) Explosion volume flux comparison using seismically derived tilt, infrasound, and gas data at Stromboli Volcano, Italy. EGU General Assembly, Vienna Austria
Manley G, Pyle DM, Mather TA, Rodgers M, Stokell BG, Clifton DA, Pimentel MAF, Thompson G, Londono JM, Roman DC (2019) Investigating the end of volcanic eruptions using machine learning analysis of time series data VMSG 2019 Meeting, Saint Andrews, Scotland.
Roman DC, Wauthier C, Poland MP (2018) Modulation of seismic activity in Kilauea’s East Rift Zone by summit inflation and deflation. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
(Invited) Roman DC (2018) Current challenges and opportunities in eruption forecasting. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
Rasmussen DJ, Plank TA, Roman DC, Hauri E, Janiszewski HA, Lev E, Nicolayson K, Izbekov PE (2018) How Slab Depth is Reflected in Aleutian Arc Magmas. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
(Invited) Rasmussen DJ, Plank TA, Roman DC, Zimmer MM (2018) Magmatic Water Content Controls Magma Storage Depth. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
Janiszewski HA, Wagner LS, Roman DC (2018) Receiver function imaging of magmatic- and subduction-related structures beneath arc volcanoes: A case study at Cleveland Volcano, Alaska, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
McKee KF, Fee D, Waite GP, Roman DC, Ripepe M, Aiuppa A, Carn SA, Le Mevel H, Delle Donne D, Bitetto M, Lacanna G, Sealing CR, Cigala V, Tamburello G (2018) Explosion volume flux comparison using seismically derived tilt, infrasound, and gas data at Stromboli Volcano, Italy. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
Le Mevel H, McKee KF, Roman DC (2018) Analysis of Seismo-Gravity Signals Associated with Volcanic Explosions Recorded at Stromboli, Italy in May 2018AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
Golden S, Wagner L, Roman DC (2018) Digitization of Carnegie Analog Broadband Seismograph Tapes. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC
Cameron C, Prejean S, Coombs M, Wallace K, Power JA, Roman DC (2018) Alaska Volcano Observatory: Analyzing forecasting success from 1988-2017. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy.
Manley GF*, Pyle DM, Mather TA, Rodgers M, Stukell B, Clifton DA, Pimentel MA, Thompson G, Londoño JM, Roman DC (2018) Investigating large-scale change in seismic time-series data using machine learning analysis. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy.
La Femina PC, Roman DC, Geirsson H, Rodgers M, Feineman M, Wauthier C, Hanagan C, Bach W, de Moor M, Saballos A (2018) Multidisciplinary investigations of phreatic explosions at Telica Volcano, Nicaragua. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy.
Rasmussen DJ*, Plank T, Roman DC, Zimmer M (2018) The link between magmatic water content and geophysically determined magma storage depth. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy.
Rodgers M, Hastings M, Thompson G, Roman DC (2018) Locations of families of repeating events at Telica Volcano, Nicaragua. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy.
Roman DC, Wagner LS, Bartholomew T, Golden S, Schleigh B (2017) The Carnegie Quick Deploy Box (QDB) for use with broadband and intermediate period sensors. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA
(invited) Rasmussen, DJ*, Plank T, Roman DC (2017) The Run-up to Volcanic Eruption Unveiled by Forensic Petrology and Geophysical Observations. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Garello D*, Roman DC, Deino, AL, Campisano C, Arrowsmith JR (2017) Geochemical characterization and correlations of upper Hadar Formation core and outcrop tephra: Northern Awash site, Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP). GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle WA
Roman DC (2017) Automated detection and characterization of harmonic tremor at Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico. IAVCEI 2017 General Assembly, Portland OR.
Power JA, Roman DC, Lyons JJ, Haney MM (2017) Seismic Observations of Mount Cleveland, Alaska, a Frequently Active Volcano in the Central Aleutian Arc. IAVCEI 2017 General Assembly, Portland OR.
Plank TA, Rasmussen DJ, Buff L, Lev E, Roman DC, Hauri E, Nicolaysen K, Izbekov P. (2017) The role of slab depth in the magma input to volcanic arcs. IAVCEI 2017 General Assembly, Portland OR.
Rasmussen DJ*, Plank TA, Roman DC, Izbekov P (2017) Multidisciplinary insight into petrologic indicators of eruption run-up. IAVCEI 2017 General Assembly, Portland OR.
Lachowycz, S, Roman DC, Cosma I, Rodgers M, Pyle D, Mather T, Varley N (2017) Investigating temporal variations in volcanic activity by statistical analysis of observation time-series. IAVCEI 2017 General Assembly, Portland OR.
Stokell, BG*, Rodgers M, Clifton DA, Mather TA, Pimentel MAF, Pyle DM, Roman DC, Londono J (2017) Dante's maximum likelihood: Exploring a machine-learning approach to detecting changes in volcanic activity. Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group 2017 meeting, Liverpool, U.K.
Grants in Support of Research
2018: National Science Foundation Petrology and Geochemistry Program, “Workshops on Volcanoes II: Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua” $49,993
2018: The Brinson Foundation, “Development of a next-generation quick-deploy seismic monitoring system” $55,000
2017 :The Brinson Foundation, “Development of a next-generation quick-deploy seismic monitoring system” $55,000
2016: The Brinson Foundation, “Development of a next-generation quick-deploy seismic monitoring system” $55,000
2015: National Science Foundation RAPID, “Geochemical and Geophysical Observations of the 2015 Eruption of Volcan Momotombo, Nicaragua” $40,432
2015: The Brinson Foundation, “Development of a next-generation quick-deploy seismic monitoring system” $55,000
2015: National Science Foundation GeoPRISMS Program, “From the Slab to the Surface: Origin, Storage, Ascent, and Eruption of Volatile-Bearing Magmas” $212,081 (plus helicopter/ship time funded by not included in proposal budget)
2014: The Brinson Foundation, “Development and field-testing of the BENTO box: A new satellite-linked data collection system for volcano monitoring” $50,000
2014: National Science Foundation Geophysics Program, “2014 U.S. Volcano Seismology Workshop” $3,000
2013: Carnegie Institution of Canada, “Seismic Tremors and Wagging Magma: A key field test of a potentially powerful eruption forecasting tool” $17,000
2013: The Brinson Foundation, “Development and field-testing of the BENTO box: A new satellite-linked data collection system for volcano monitoring” $50,000
2012: Richard Lounsbery Foundation, “ Development and field-testing of the BENTO box: A new satellite-linked data collection system for volcano monitoring” $84,862
2009: United States Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program, “Development of an interpretive framework and computational tools for stress field monitoring at Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, and other Aleutian volcanoes” $159,781
2009: National Science Foundation Geophysics Program, “Collaborative Research: Toward an Understanding of Magmatic and Seismogenic Processes Beneath Quiescently Active Volcanoes” $168,202
2008: National Science Foundation Geophysics Program, “Development of a new method for determining the proximal cause of cryptovolcanic earthquake swarms” $83,584
2007: ACS Petroleum Research Fund Type G Grant, “Shear-wave splitting analysis of stress field perturbations around an active magmatic conduit” $40,000
2007: University of South Florida New Researcher Grant, “Exploratory analog models of stress and strain during the early stages of volcanic conduit development” $7,600
2005: Nuffield Foundation (UK) in support of undergraduate research, “The effect of regional tectonic setting on local stress field response to episodes of magmatic activity” £1,350
2004: NERC (UK) Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant, “Development of a new volcano monitoring technique: The relationship of stress field orientation to magmatic processes at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat” £87,030
Student and Postdoctoral Advisees
Yan Zhan - current Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kathleen McKee - NSF/Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, now at NASA Goddard
Helen Janiszewski – Postdoctoral Fellow, now Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai’i
Stefan Lachowycz - Fulbright (UK) postdoctoral fellow, now at Nature Geoscience
Helene Le Mevel – Postdoctoral Fellow, now Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science
Amanda Lough - Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Now Assistant Professor at Drexel University
Christelle Wauthier - Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Now Associate Professor at Penn State University
Mel Rodgers - Ph.D., University of South Florida. Now Research Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida
Heather Lehto - Ph.D., University of South Florida. Now Associate Professor at Angelo State University
Matt Gardine - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Florida. Now operations seismologist at Alaska Earthquake Center (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Wayne Kilgore - M.S., University of South Florida, defended April 2010. Now an officer in the U.S. Navy
Philip Heron - MGeophys (honors), University of Leeds, graduated 2006. Now Marie Curie fellow at Durham University (UK)
Student Committee Membership
Diego Lobos (Ph.D. student, Cornell University)
Federica Lanza (Ph.D. candidate, Michigan Tech, defended November 2016)
Kathi Unglert (Ph.D. candidate, University of British Colombia, defended July 2016)
Joel Brann (M.S. student, Western Washington University, defended June 2016)
Mike Callahan (Ph.D. candidate, University of South Florida, defended October 2011)
Zelalem Bedaso (Ph.D. candidate, University of South Florida, defended April 2011)
Sophie Pearson (Ph.D. candidate, University of South Florida, defended May 2010)
Stuart Bancroft (M.S. student, University of South Florida, defended April 2010)
Meghan Lindsey (M.S. student, University of South Florida, defended October 2009)
Amanda Hintz (M.S. student, University of South Florida, defended July 2008)
Heather Lehto (M.S. student, University of South Florida, defended July 2007)
John Petriello (M.S. student, University of South Florida, defended July 2007)
Alain Volentik (Ph.D. candidate, University of South Florida, defended May 2009)
Invited Department Seminars
2022 McGill University (Canada)
2022 Caltech, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
2022: University of Maryland, Department of Geology
2021: Cambridge University (UK)
2021: University of Oxford (UK)
2021: University of Bristol (UK)
2019: Smithsonian Institution
2019: USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
2018: The Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Geosciences
2018: University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2017: Rice University, Department of Earth Science
2017: University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences
2016: University of Wisconsin, Department of Geosciences
2016: Cornell INSTOC symposium
2015: University of Maryland, Department of Geology
2015: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
2015: University of Bristol (UK) Department of Earth Sciences
2015: The Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Geosciences
2014: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
2013: University of British Colombia, School of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
2013: UNC Chapel Hill, Department of Geology
2013: IRIS Webinar Series
2012: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
2012: Smithsonian Institution
2012: Cornell University, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2011: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
2011: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2010: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
2009: University of Miami, Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
2008: Michigan Technological University
2008: University of Oregon
2008: USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory
2008: University of Colima (Mexico)
2007: USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
2006: University of South Florida Department of Geology
2006: University of Leeds (UK) School of Earth and Environment
2006: Observatoire Volcanologique Piton de la Fournaise (La Reunion)
2006: University of Bristol (UK) Department of Earth Sciences
2006: Cambridge University (UK) Bullard Seismological Labs
2005: University of Edinburgh (UK) School of Geosciences
2005: University of St. Andrews (UK) School of Geography and Geosciences
2005: British Geological Survey, Edinburgh (UK)
2005: INGV Catania (Italy)
2004: Montserrat Volcano Observatory (Montserrat)
2004: University of Leeds (UK) School of Earth and Environment
2004: USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
2003: USGS Menlo Park
2001: University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
Professional Memberships
2007-present: International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth's Interior
2006-present: Seismological Society of America
1999-present: American Geophysical Union
Previous Employment
2002-2004: Graduate Research Fellow, University of Oregon, Department of Geological Sciences
1999-2002: Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon, Department of Geological Sciences
2002-2003: Physical Science Technician (summers). United States Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory
1997-1999: Financial Analyst, Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
1996-1997: Research Assistant, Cornell University, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
1996-1997: Teaching Assistant,Cornell University, Dept. of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics
1995-1996: Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management