Dr. Danilo Di Genova from the Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI) at the University of Bayreuth has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council. His NANOVOLC project will receive funding of around two million euros over the next five years. It investigates magma viscosity, which is of great relevance for assessing hazards that may emerge from active volcanoes around the world.
The research focuses on nano-crystals called "nanolites" in molten magma. They can have a strong influence on the explosiveness of volcanoes’ eruption and thus on the production of volcanic ash. ...
