volcanologist

American  

[vahl-kuh-nahl-uhj-ist] / ˌvɑl kəˈnɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

1. an expert in volcanology; a scientist who studies volcanoes.

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Example Sentences

“Iceland is essentially one of the best places in the world to study this … because we have both volcanism and glaciers,” volcanologist Michelle Parks of the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Reuters.

From Salon

Patterson signed on and started doing his own research, with the help of a volcanologist.

From Los Angeles Times

"A cool thing about these eruptions is that there were a bunch of them in sequence that were remarkably similar; that's relatively unusual," said Leif Karlstrom, a volcanologist at the UO.

From Science Daily

"This link is very rare," said Joe Dufek, a volcanologist at the UO.

From Science Daily

Volcanic stomp-rockets may happen at other volcanoes as well, although they’re likely rare says Michael Manga, a volcanologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

From Science Magazine