Education
- Ph.D. Geology (2021) University of Exeter, UK
- Thesis: Viscoelastic Controls on Volcanic Ground Deformation and Reservoir Failure
- M.Sci Geophysics (2017) University of Southampton, UK
- Thesis: Separating the Electromagnetic Responses Owing to Magma Beneath the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, and the Surrounding Ocean Bathymetry
Awards and Honors
2023 - Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) Willy Aspinall Award
2017 - British Geophysical Association Graduation Award
Recent Publications
Hickey, J., Pascal, K., Head, M., Gottsmann, J., Fournier, N., Hreinsdottir, S., Syers, R. (2022) Magma pressurization sustains ongoing eruptive episode at dome-building Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G50239.1
Head, M., Hickey, J., Thompson, J., Gottsmann, J., & Fournier, N. (2022). Rheological Controls on Magma Reservoir Failure in a Thermo-Viscoelastic Crust. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023439. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023439
Head, M., Hickey, J., Gottsmann, J., & Fournier, N. (2021). Exploring the Impact of Thermally Controlled Crustal Viscosity on Volcanic Ground Deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020724
Yeomans, C. M., Head, M., & Lindsay, J. J. (2021). Application of the tilt derivative transform to bathymetric data for structural lineament mapping. Journal of Structural Geology, 146(February), 104301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104301
Head, M., Hickey, J., Gottsmann, J., & Fournier, N. (2019). The Influence of Viscoelastic Crustal Rheologies on Volcanic Ground Deformation: Insights From Models of Pressure and Volume Change. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(8), 8127–8146. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017832