{"id":1568,"date":"2022-10-17T08:11:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2022-10-17T08:11:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:11:40","slug":"michele-paulatto-research-fellow-earth-science-and-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/2022\/10\/17\/michele-paulatto-research-fellow-earth-science-and-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Michele Paulatto, Research Fellow, Earth Science and Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1569 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/files\/2022\/10\/Twitter_Socials-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW55721036 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeDeleteHighlight SCXW55721036 BCX0\">&#8220;I have been working with an illustrator to produce a series of artistic but scientifically accurate drawings of the roots of active volcanoes.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I started my university career as a Physics student in Italy. During my undergraduate degree, I spent a year abroad at the University of Manchester and this experience opened the door for me to British academia. I switched from Physics to Geophysics and was offered a PhD scholarship at the University of Southampton to study the Soufri\u00e8re Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since then, my main research focus at Imperial has been to image the plumbing systems of active volcanoes to better understand how magma is transported to the surface before and during an eruption. The volcanoes I study are usually submarine volcanoes or island volcanoes, and they are best studied using marine geophysics. These are the same field techniques that are used by the oil industry to image and monitor hydrocarbon reservoirs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">My research often involves long periods of data collection on research ships.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> A research cruise can last from a couple of weeks to a couple of months. During this time, we work in shifts so that the ship can function and collect data 24\/7. It is hard but rewarding work and a rare opportunity to focus on a single task as a team together with other scientists, technicians, and the ship\u2019s crew.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The principle is comparable to an ultrasound of a part of the body. We place seismometers (similar to very sensitive sound recorders) on the sea bottom over our survey area. We then generate loud bangs using large compressed-air guns that are towed in the water behind the ship. The signals from the airguns are recorded by the seismometers and, if processed correctly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> allow us to generate an image of the rock layers under the seabed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recently <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I have been working with an illustrator to produce a series of artistic but scientifically accurate drawings of the roots of active volcanoes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> based on my research \u2013 look out for the upcoming VolcanoRoots project. 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