Costanza Bonadonna

Prof. Costanza Bonadonna
Dépt. des sciences de la Terre
Université de Genève
rue des Maraîchers 13
CH-1205 Genève
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 22 379 30 55
Phone2: +41 (0) 22 379 66 19
Fax: +41 (0) 22 379 32 10
E-mail: costanza.bonadonna(at)unige.ch
URL Institution: https://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/en/
Personal URL: link

in which Costanza Bonadonna holds an official function.

Additional functions:
Dean of the Faculty of Science

Director of the CERG-C program (Specialisation certificate for the assessment and management of geological and climate related risk: www.unige.ch/hazards/; UNIGE)

President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)

President of the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology (VGP) section of the American Geophysical Union (https://connect.agu.org/vgp/)

IUGG expert of the WMO Aviation Advisory Group on Volcanic Science for Applications (https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/sercom/sc-avi)



Key Publications of Costanza Bonadonna (up to ten) :
Bonadonna, C., Pistolesi, M., Biass, S., Voloschina, M., Romero, J., Coppola, D., Folch, A., D’Auria, L., Martín-Lorenzo, A., Domínguez, L., Pastore, C., Reyes Hardy MP., & Rodríguez, F. (2022) Physical Characterization of Long-Lasting Hybrid Eruptions: The 2021 Tajogaite Eruption of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma, Canary Islands), Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

Pollastri S, Rossi E, Bonadonna C (2022) First field evidence of the electrical multipolar nature of volcanic aggregates, Science Advances

Bonadonna C, Biass S, Menoni S, Chris EG (2020) Assessment of risk associated with tephra-related hazards, In: Forecasting and planning for volcanic hazards, risks, and disasters, Elsevier Book

Bonadonna C., Costa A. (2012) Estimating the volume of tephra deposits: A new simple strategy, Geology, 40 (5), 415–418, doi:10.1130/G32769.1

Bonadonna C, Genco R, Gouhier M, Pistolesi M, Cioni R, Alfano F, Hoskuldsson A, and Ripepe M. (2011) Tephra sedimentation during the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption (Iceland) from deposit, radar, and satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B12202, doi:10.1029/2011JB008462.

Bonadonna C, Folch A., Loughlin S, Puempel H, (2011) Future developments in modelling and monitoring of volcanic ash clouds: outcomes from the first IAVCEI-WMO workshop on Ash Dispersal Forecast and Civil Aviation (Geneva, Switzerland, 18-20 October 2010), Short Scientific Communication, Bulletin of Volcanology (http://www.springerlink.com/content/h01x16460482134w/)

Bonadonna, C. (2006) Probabilistic modelling of tephra dispersal. In: Mader, H, Cole, S & Connor, CB (eds) Statistics in Volcanology. IAVCEI Series Volume 1, Geological Society of London

Bonadonna, C and Houghton, BF. (2005) Total grainsize distribution and volume of tephra-fall deposits, Bulletin of Volcanology, 67, 441-456

Bonadonna C, Phillips JC (2003) Sedimentation from strong volcanic plumes. J Geophys Res 108(B72340) doi:10.1029/2002JB002034
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Bonadonna, C, Ernst, GGJ, Sparks RSJ, (1998) Thickness variations and volume estimates of tephra fall deposits: the importance of particle Reynolds number, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 81, 173-187


Expertise of Costanza Bonadonna:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Time Frame	Recent / Today
Statistical Focus	Extreme Events
	Mean Change / Trends
Methods	Data Collection - Measurement
	Data Analysis
	Modeling

Specialties of Costanza Bonadonna:
Characterization and modeling of explosive volcanism and volcanic hazards and risk

Last update: 11/19/23
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