About Steve Sparks (volcanologist)
Sir Robert Stephen John Sparks, is Chaning Wills Professor of Geology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He is one of the world's leading volcanologists and has been widely recognised his pioneering research into the physics of eruptions, volcanic geology, igneous petrology, volcanic hazards and risk assessment, and wider services to the science community. Sparks attended university at Imperial College, where he first completed a B.Sc. (1971), and then a PhD (1974) under the supervision of George P.
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