This list has been updated in May 2020 for the 40th anniversary of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network is hosting a virtual event on Monday, May 18.
| Name | Expertise |
|---|---|
| George Bergantz | Volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. Numerical modeling, lab experiments and field studies. |
| Slow slip and tremor; imaging of Earth鈥檚 mantle; a lead investigator on the Imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) project. | |
| Jerry Franklin | Ecosystem recovery, including how surviving plants and animals helped the mountain recover much more quickly than expected. Franklin was among the first scientists on the scene at Mount St. Helens after the 1980 blast. |
| Thomas Hinckley | Long-term research at Mount St. Helens, ecological lessons learned, pre- and post-1980 mountain, lessons learned on risks associated with volcanoes |
| Steve Malone | Regional earthquake and volcanic hazards; helped to monitor and study the first major modern eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. |
| Harold Tobin | Subduction zones, Cascadia Subduction Zone, earthquakes, 鈥淪hakeAlert鈥� earthquake early warning system |
From the 91探花News archive
Additional resources
Harry Truman’s Mount St. Helens lodge photograph collection, 1940-1950
William Ward Miller slides of Washington state, 1947-1955
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Collection of Mount St. Helens Photographs, 1980
Easterbrook Geological Photograph Collection