Costanza Bonadonna (born 1971) is an Italian earth scientist who is a Full Professor of volcanology and geological risk at the University of Geneva.[2][3][4] She currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Geneva, President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), and past President of the Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP) section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Costanza Bonadonna became interested in science and nature as a child.[1] In fact, she was raised in Pisa (Italy) and she became aware at an early age about the impact of natural risks.[1] When she was at high school Prof. Franco Barberi came to deliver a lecture in which he discussed the science of risk reduction during volcanic eruptions.[1] She realised that whilst volcanic eruptions can be devastating for communities, they can bring benefits, including fertilisation of soils.[1] She appreciated, therefore, the importance of developing strategies for sustainable development of communities exposed to natural risks. She earned her laurea in geology at the University of Pisa.[5] She moved to the University of Bristol for her PhD,[6] where her research investigated models for the dispersal of tephra.
Bonadonna research focuses on the modeling of particle sedimentation from volcanic plumes (so-called tephra or pyroclastic sediments), the development of new methodologies for the characterisation of tephra-fallout deposits as well as the development of probabilistic strategies to assess the hazard of tephra-fallout deposits.[10] She is also active in the linkage between model development and risk assessment and mitigation in the effort of bridging the gap between scientists and non-scientists (e.g. emergency management planners, government officials). She has been involved in many international projects for the assessment and quantification of volcanic hazard and risk.[10] She was named President-Elect of Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology section at the American Geophysical Union in 2020.[11]
↑ Bonadonna, Costanza (1996). I depositi di tephra fallout nello studio delle eruzioni pliniane: importanza dei modelli empirici e teorici: tesi di laurea (Laurea thesis) (in Italian). Pisa: Università di Pisa. OCLC886825517.
↑ Bonadonna, C.; Ernst, G. G. J.; Sparks, R. S. J. (1998). "Thickness variations and volume estimates of tephra fall deposits: the importance of particle Reynolds number". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 81 (3): 173–187. Bibcode:1998JVGR...81..173B. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00007-9. ISSN0377-0273.
↑ Druitt, T. H.; Young, S. R.; Baptie, B.; Bonadonna, C.; Calder, E. S.; Clarke, A. B.; Cole, P. D.; Harford, C. L.; Herd, R. A.; Luckett, R.; Ryan, G. (2002). "Episodes of cyclic Vulcanian explosive activity with fountain collapse at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat". Geological Society, London, Memoirs. 21 (1): 281–306. doi:10.1144/gsl.mem.2002.021.01.13. ISSN0435-4052. S2CID128495315.
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