Dr Mike Cassidy MSc, PhD In 'People' Academic staffHonorary staffDoctoral researchersPostdoctoral researchersHead of School Back to 'School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences' School of Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesAssociate Professor Contact details Telephone0121 414 6167Emailm.cassidy.1@bham.ac.ukTwitter@mikevolc View my research portal Mike is a volcanologist and petrologist, his research focuses on the physio-chemical controls of volcanic explosivity, how to improve eruptive style forecasting and how we can best understand and minimise the impacts from large magnitude explosive eruptions. https://sites.google.com/site/drmikecassidyvolcanoscientist/home Qualifications 2012 – PhD, University of Southampton 2008 – MSc Volcanology, University of Lancaster 2006 – BSc Geology, University of Bristol Biography 2022 - Associate Professor of Volcanology, University of Birmingham (Visiting Fellow at University of Oxford) (Visiting fellow, University of Oxford & Research affiliate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge) 2017 – 2022: NERC Independent Research Fellow, University of Oxford 2014 – 2016: Humboldt Research Fellow, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany 2013 – 2014: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Plymouth University 2012 – 2014: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Southampton 2012: Research Assistant, University of Cambridge Teaching LI: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Postgraduate supervision Annika Voight (Oxford) Anna Brookfield (Oxford) Kyra Cutler (Oxford) Kerys Meredew (Birmingham) Those interested in postgraduate research are encouraged to contact Dr Cassidy via email to discuss potential projects and opportunities. Other activities 2021 – present: Editorial board for Scientists for Labour Lobbying for key scientific issues to the Labour Lords and MPs 2020- present: NERC Peer review college member 2018- 2020: Editorial Review Board Member for Frontiers in Earth Science (Petrology section) 2021- present: Editorial board of Geology journal for ITB Bandung, Indonesia. 2018 – 2020: Co-led the successful campaign for Oxford University to abolish their graduate application fee, removing a financial barrier to >35,000 applicants each year 2018 – present: Set up MOU with ITB Bandung University for long term collaboration with Indonesian scientists 2018 – 2021: Volcanic Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) Elected Committee Member, Social media and ECR representative, founded the VMSG postdoctoral keynote award, and helped organise virtual VMSG conference 2021. 2018 – 2020: Research staff representative at Earth Sciences Department Oxford Publications Cassidy, M., Mani L. ‘Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare’ Nature 608 (7923), 469-471 (2022) A Voigt, M Cassidy, JM Castro, DM Pyle, TA Mather, C Helo, M Abdurrachman, IA Kurniawan “Experimental Investigation of Trachydacite Magma Storage prior to the 1257 Eruption of Mt Samalas” Journal of Petrology, (2022) Cassidy, M., Iveson, A., Humphreys, M.C.S., Mather, T.A., Helo, C., Castro, J.M., Ruprecht, P, Pyle, D.M., EIMF “Experimentally-derived F, Cl and Br fluid/melt partitioning of intermediate to silicic melts in magmatic systems” American Mineralogist (2022) Cutler, Watt, Cassidy, Madden-Nadeau, Engwell, Abdurrachman, Nurshal, Tappin, Carey, Novellino, Hayer, Hunt, Day, Grilli, Kurniawan ‘Downward-propagating eruption following vent unloading implies no direct magmatic trigger for the 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2022) ST Grilli, C Zhang, JT Kirby, AR Grilli, DR Tappin, SFL Watt, JE Hunt, A Novellino, S Engwell, MEM Nurshal, M Abdurrachman, M Cassidy, AL Madden-Nadeau, S Day (2021) “Modeling of the Dec. 22nd 2018 Anak Krakatau volcano lateral collapse and tsunami based on recent field surveys: Comparison with observed tsunami impact” Marine Geology 440 JE Hunt, DR Tappin, SFL Watt, S Susilohadi, A Novellino, SK Ebmeier, M Cassidy, SL Engwell, ST Grilli, M Hanif, WS Priyanto, MA Clare, M Abdurrachman, U Udrekh, (2021) “Submarine landslide megablocks show half of Anak Krakatau island failed on December 22nd, 2018” Nature Communications, 12, 1-5 Madden-Nadeau, A.L., Cassidy, M., Pyle, D.M., Mather, T.A., Watt, S.F.L., Engwell, S.L., Abdurrachman, M., Nurshal, MNM, Tappin, T., Ismail, T. 2021 ‘The magmatic and eruptive evolution of the 1883 caldera-forming eruption of Krakatau: Integrating field-to crystal-scale observation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 107176 View all publications in research portal
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesAssociate Professor Contact details Telephone0121 414 6167Emailm.cassidy.1@bham.ac.ukTwitter@mikevolc View my research portal Mike is a volcanologist and petrologist, his research focuses on the physio-chemical controls of volcanic explosivity, how to improve eruptive style forecasting and how we can best understand and minimise the impacts from large magnitude explosive eruptions. https://sites.google.com/site/drmikecassidyvolcanoscientist/home Qualifications 2012 – PhD, University of Southampton 2008 – MSc Volcanology, University of Lancaster 2006 – BSc Geology, University of Bristol Biography 2022 - Associate Professor of Volcanology, University of Birmingham (Visiting Fellow at University of Oxford) (Visiting fellow, University of Oxford & Research affiliate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge) 2017 – 2022: NERC Independent Research Fellow, University of Oxford 2014 – 2016: Humboldt Research Fellow, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany 2013 – 2014: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Plymouth University 2012 – 2014: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Southampton 2012: Research Assistant, University of Cambridge Teaching LI: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Postgraduate supervision Annika Voight (Oxford) Anna Brookfield (Oxford) Kyra Cutler (Oxford) Kerys Meredew (Birmingham) Those interested in postgraduate research are encouraged to contact Dr Cassidy via email to discuss potential projects and opportunities. Other activities 2021 – present: Editorial board for Scientists for Labour Lobbying for key scientific issues to the Labour Lords and MPs 2020- present: NERC Peer review college member 2018- 2020: Editorial Review Board Member for Frontiers in Earth Science (Petrology section) 2021- present: Editorial board of Geology journal for ITB Bandung, Indonesia. 2018 – 2020: Co-led the successful campaign for Oxford University to abolish their graduate application fee, removing a financial barrier to >35,000 applicants each year 2018 – present: Set up MOU with ITB Bandung University for long term collaboration with Indonesian scientists 2018 – 2021: Volcanic Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) Elected Committee Member, Social media and ECR representative, founded the VMSG postdoctoral keynote award, and helped organise virtual VMSG conference 2021. 2018 – 2020: Research staff representative at Earth Sciences Department Oxford Publications Cassidy, M., Mani L. ‘Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare’ Nature 608 (7923), 469-471 (2022) A Voigt, M Cassidy, JM Castro, DM Pyle, TA Mather, C Helo, M Abdurrachman, IA Kurniawan “Experimental Investigation of Trachydacite Magma Storage prior to the 1257 Eruption of Mt Samalas” Journal of Petrology, (2022) Cassidy, M., Iveson, A., Humphreys, M.C.S., Mather, T.A., Helo, C., Castro, J.M., Ruprecht, P, Pyle, D.M., EIMF “Experimentally-derived F, Cl and Br fluid/melt partitioning of intermediate to silicic melts in magmatic systems” American Mineralogist (2022) Cutler, Watt, Cassidy, Madden-Nadeau, Engwell, Abdurrachman, Nurshal, Tappin, Carey, Novellino, Hayer, Hunt, Day, Grilli, Kurniawan ‘Downward-propagating eruption following vent unloading implies no direct magmatic trigger for the 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2022) ST Grilli, C Zhang, JT Kirby, AR Grilli, DR Tappin, SFL Watt, JE Hunt, A Novellino, S Engwell, MEM Nurshal, M Abdurrachman, M Cassidy, AL Madden-Nadeau, S Day (2021) “Modeling of the Dec. 22nd 2018 Anak Krakatau volcano lateral collapse and tsunami based on recent field surveys: Comparison with observed tsunami impact” Marine Geology 440 JE Hunt, DR Tappin, SFL Watt, S Susilohadi, A Novellino, SK Ebmeier, M Cassidy, SL Engwell, ST Grilli, M Hanif, WS Priyanto, MA Clare, M Abdurrachman, U Udrekh, (2021) “Submarine landslide megablocks show half of Anak Krakatau island failed on December 22nd, 2018” Nature Communications, 12, 1-5 Madden-Nadeau, A.L., Cassidy, M., Pyle, D.M., Mather, T.A., Watt, S.F.L., Engwell, S.L., Abdurrachman, M., Nurshal, MNM, Tappin, T., Ismail, T. 2021 ‘The magmatic and eruptive evolution of the 1883 caldera-forming eruption of Krakatau: Integrating field-to crystal-scale observation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 107176 View all publications in research portal