Rate My Professor Edward Llewellin

Professor Edward Llewellin is Professor of Volcanology and Director of Research in the Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University. He earned his PhD from the University of Bristol in 2002 with a thesis titled ‘The rheology of bubbly magmas.’ His academic career began as Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol from 2002 to 2003. He then held NERC Research Fellow and NERC Blue Skies Research Fellow positions at the BP Institute, University of Cambridge, with a transfer to Durham University in 2005, before joining Durham as Lecturer in Volcanology in 2007. He was promoted to Professor of Volcanology and serves as Director of Research in the department.

Professor Llewellin’s research focuses on quantifying the physical controls on volcanic eruptive style, with particular emphasis on magmatic processes at the mesoscopic scale involving bubbles and crystals and their influence on eruptive behaviour. His work includes laboratory and numerical investigations into the rheology of bubble- and particle-bearing magma, the flow of volcanic gases through permeable magma, and the dynamics of Strombolian eruptions. He is the founder and director of the Action on Natural Disasters Doctoral Training Centre at Durham University and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. He has received the Thermo-Fisher Scientific VMSG Award in 2021 and the British Society of Rheology Annual Award in 2016.