Behnaz Hosseini behnazhosseini@montana.

edu
Curriculum Vitae

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Experimental petrology & geochemistry; magma decompression & ascent timescales; diffusion modeling

EDUCATION

2019 – Present MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Bozeman, MT

Ph.D. Earth Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Madison Myers
Dissertation: From the cold seal to the Cook Inlet: Interrogating crystals and melts for timescales of
magma decompression and ascent in explosive volcanic eruptions

2014 – 2017 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA

B.A. Geology (Earth & Planetary Science)
Minor: Geospatial Information Science & Technology (Environmental Science, Policy & Management)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – 2019 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Guest Scientist, GS-05 equivalent, AmeriCorps/Geoscientists-in-the-Parks
Supervisor: Dr. Jefferson Hungerford

■ Developed long-term plan for inventorying and monitoring hydrothermal features

■ Mapped >1500 hydrothermal features in the Norris and Upper Geyser Basins
■ Deployed and maintained monitoring instrumentation in hydrothermal areas
■ Assisted visiting researchers with instrument deployment and maintenance and data collection
■ Prepared fieldwork summary reports (e.g., geotechnical projects, etc.)
■ Maintained inventory of and conducted routine maintenance of field and lab instruments

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2019 – Present MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE, Bozeman, MT

Graduate Research Assistant, Magmatic Onset, Storage, Triggering, & Eruption Research Lab
Advisor: Dr. Madison Myers

■ Operate, maintain, and train (internal and external) users on FTIR spectrometer
■ Maintain laboratory workspace, and order supplies and equipment
■ Write protocols and manuals for common procedures

2016 – 2017 UC BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE, Berkeley, CA

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Geomorphology
Advisors: Dr. Kristen Fauria and Dr. William Dietrich

■ Drafted stratigraphic sections of Great Valley Sequence exposures in the Northern Coast Range
■ Assisted with deploying equipment for and conducting seismic refraction surveys
■ Crushed and ground rock and cleaned and sieved sediment for quartz separation
■ Isolated quartz using HCl/H2O2 and HF/HNO3 leaching solutions for 10Be and 26Al measurements
1
2015 – 2016 UC BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE, Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Volcanology
Advisors: Dr. Kristen Fauria and Dr. Michael Manga

■ Photographed pumice collected from the 2012 submarine eruption of Havre caldera volcano
■ Created a workflow to build 3D models using structure-from-motion (SfM) and mesh processing
■ Quantified pumice volume and porosity

2015 – 2016 SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY, Berkeley, CA

Undergraduate Lab Assistant, Cosmochemistry Group
Advisors: Dr. Kunihiko Nishiizumi and R.A. Alex Bixler

■ Examined extraterrestrial particles collected from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets using a
scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS)
■ Analyzed dirt contamination on and Mo loss from Genesis foils

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE, Bozeman, MT
2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant, GEO 305 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, GEO 305 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant, GEO 302 Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy

UC BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE, Berkeley, CA

2018 & 2022 Teaching Assistant, EPS 118 Advanced Field Course
2017 Undergraduate Student Instructor, EPS 50 The Planet Earth
2016 Undergraduate Student Instructor, EPS 101 Field Geology and Digital Mapping

FIELD EXPERIENCE
2022 Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, AK (10 days)
2018 Mount St. Helens, WA and Three Sisters, OR (4 days)
2017 – 2019 Yellowstone National Park, WY
2016 – 2017 Northern Coast Range, CA (4 wks)
2016 Shasta Lake, CA (1 wk)
2016 & 2018 Long Valley, CA (7 wks)
2016 Alexander Hills and Beck Canyon, Mojave Desert/Southeastern Death Valley, CA (1 wk)
2015 & 2016 Berkeley Hills, CA (8 wks)

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2018 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY, Vancouver, WA (10 wks)
2015 CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, Salt Point State Park, Jenner, CA (4 wks)
2014 U.S. FOREST SERVICE, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales Island, AK (12 wks)
2014 – 2016 LICK OBSERVATORY, Mount Hamilton, CA
2012 – 2014 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, CA

PUBLICATIONS

4. Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Watkins, J.M., Saalfeld, S.A. Are we recording? Putting melt embayment speedometry
to the test using high pressure-temperature decompression experiments (in prep).

3. Churchill, D.M., Manga, M., Peek, S., Damby, D.E., Conrey, R., Wood, J.R., McCleskey, R.B., Keller, W.E.,
Hosseini, B., Hungerford, J.D.H. (2021). The structure and volume of large geysers in Yellowstone National Park,
2
USA and the mineralogy and chemistry of their silica sinter deposits. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal
Research (in review).
2. Hurwitz, S., McCleskey, R.B., Bergfeld, D., Peek, S., Susong, D., Roth, D., Hungerford, J., White, E., Harrison, L.,
Hosseini, B., Vaughan, R., Hunt, A., Paces, J. (2020). Hydrothermal activity in the southwest Yellowstone Plateau
Volcanic Field. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, 7, 1-26.

1. Manga, M., Fauria, K.E., Lin, C., Mitchell, S.J., Jones, M., Conway, C., Degruyter, W., Hosseini, B., Carey, R.,
Cahalan, R., Houghton, B.F., White, J.D.L., Jutzeler, M., Soule, S.A., Tani, K. (2018). The pumice raft-forming 2012
Havre submarine eruption was effusive. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 489, 49-58.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS (POSTER+, TALK*, INVITED TALK**)

20. Myers, M.L., Longo, S., Hosseini, B., Wilson, C.J.N. (Oct. 2022). The crystals left behind: Quantifying time
breaks within a super-eruption, GSA Connects, Denver, CO.

19. +Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Watkins, J.M. (Jul. 2022). Intra-experimental consistency and cautionary tales of
embayment-based magma decompression rates, Goldschmidt Conference, Honolulu, HI.

18. Morrow, Z., Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., (Apr. 2022). The good, the bad, and the ugly: A survey of melt inclusions
from the 2009 eruption of Mount Redoubt, 16th Annual MSU Earth Sciences Student Colloquium, Bozeman, MT.

17. *Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Saalfeld, M.A. (Apr. 2022). Reassessing embayment-based magma ascent rates from
silicic to intermediate arc eruptions, 16th Annual MSU Earth Sciences Student Colloquium, Bozeman, MT.

16. **Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Saalfeld, M.A. (Mar. 2022). Reassessing embayment-based magma ascent rates from
silicic to intermediate arc eruptions, GSA Joint Cordilleran and Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

15. *Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Watkins, J.M. (Dec. 2021). Stepping it up: Reevaluating embayments from silicic
caldera-forming eruptions with a two-stage decompression-diffusion model, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

14. Saalfeld, M.A., Myers, M.L., Bouley, L.L., Hosseini, B. (Dec. 2021). Petrologic approaches to understanding
magma ascent: A comparative study of the June 12th eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

13. +Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Watkins, J.M., Saalfeld, M.A. (Apr. 2021). Are we recording? An experimental
method to put embayments to the test, 15th Annual MSU Earth Sciences Student Virtual Colloquium.

12. +Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L., Watkins, J.M., Saalfeld, M.A. (Dec. 2020). Are embayments reliable timekeepers?
Insights from decompression experiments and 1-D diffusion models, AGU Virtual Fall Meeting.

11. Duncan, E., Hosseini, B., Myers, M.L. (Mar. 2020). Analyzing H2O and CO2 concentrations from the Mesa Falls
Tuff to evaluate water and temperature evolution of the Yellowstone hotspot track, National Conference on
Undergraduate Research, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. *Cancelled due to COVID-19

10. Churchill, D.M., Manga, M., Hurwitz, S., Peek, S., Damby, D.E., Hungerford, J.D.G., Hosseini, B., Lin, W. (Dec.
2019). The chemistry and mineralogy of sinter deposits from two large geysers in the Upper Geyser Basin,
Yellowstone National Park, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

9. Hurwitz, S., McCleskey, R.B., Roth, D., Bergfeld, D., Peek, S., Susong, D., White, E., Hungerford, J., Harrison, L.,
Hosseini, B., Vaughan, R.G., Hunt, A., Paces, J. (Dec. 2019). Hydrothermal activity in Southwestern Yellowstone
National Park, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

8. +Hosseini, B. (Sept. 2019). Providing public access to thermal infrared cameras in Yellowstone National Park’s
3
hydrothermal areas, GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

7. Carey, R., Soule, S.A., Manga, M., Fiske, R., Tani, K., Fauria, K.E., Cas, R., McPhie, J., Lin, C., Mitchell, S.J.,
Jones, M., Conway, C., Degruyter, W., Hosseini, B., R., Cahalan, White, J.D.L., Jutzeler, M., Wysoczanski, R.,
Houghton, B.F., Tamura, Y., McIntosh, I. (Jun. 2018). The role of the ocean in modulating the dynamics of silicic
submarine volcanic eruptions, AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

6. Manga, M., Fauria, K.E., Lin, C., Mitchell, S.J., Jones, M., Conway, C., Degruyter, W., Hosseini, B., Carey, R.,
Cahalan, R., Houghton, B.F., White, J.D.L., Jutzeler, M., Soule, S.A., Tani, K. (Apr. 2018). The pumice raft-forming
2012 Havre submarine eruption was an effusive eruption, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

5. Flynn, B., Hungerford, J., Mordensky, S., O’Neil, M., Hosseini, B. (Oct. 2017). Structuring and analysis of
temperature data from Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

4. Huang, M.-H., Fauria, K.E., Nelson, M., Bryk, A., Hosseini, B., Dietrich, W.E. (Jul. 2017). Using shallow seismic
surveys to test theory for critical zone depth variation across hillslopes, AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Palo
Alto, CA.

3. Fauria, K.E., Wei, Z., Hosseini, B., Manga, M., Carey, R., Soule, S.A. (Jan. 2017). Partitioning pumice into rafts
and submarine deposits during the 2012 eruption of Havre submarine volcano, AGU Chapman Conference on
Submarine Volcanism, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

2. +Hosseini, B., Fauria, K.E., Manga, M., Carey, R., Soule, S.A. (Dec. 2016). Control of volume and porosity on
pumice flotation time: a case study with pumice from the Havre volcano, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

1. Fauria, K.E., Hosseini, B., Manga, M., Breen, S. (March 2016). Trapped gas keeps pumice afloat for months to
years, SEES Workshop, Buffalo, NY.

INTERVIEWS AND INVITED TALKS

5. Montana State University News Service (interview) (Jul. 2022).

4. GSA Cordilleran and Rocky Mountain Joint Section Meeting (talk) (Mar. 2022).
3. Drexel University BEES Graduate Research Seminar Series (virtual talk) (Feb. 2021).
2. Caltech GeoClub Fall Seminar Series (virtual talk) (Oct. 2020).
1. GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) Volcanic Hazards module (interview) (Aug. 2018).

ARTICLE AND FIGURE CONTRIBUTIONS

5. Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) (2019). Just how many hydrothermal features are there in Yellowstone?
Caldera Chronicles. [Co-authored article].

4. Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) (2019). A bridge over troubled water: Laying down infrastructure in
Yellowstone’s hydrothermal areas, Caldera Chronicles. [Co-authored article].

3. Dzurisin, D. (2018). Mount St. Helens retrospective: Lessons learned since 1980 and remaining challenges,
Frontiers in Earth Science, 6:142, 1-24. [Created Figures 1, 2, 6, 7, 8].

2. Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) (2018). Yellowstone National Park—specialists in monitoring and
preserving hydrothermal features, Caldera Chronicles. [Co-authored article].
4
1. Hurwitz, S., and Manga, M. (2017). The fascinating and complex dynamics of geyser eruptions, Annual Review of
Earth and Planetary Sciences, 45, 31-59. [Created Figure 3].

AWARDS AND GRANTS ($36,760)

2022 Lawrence A. Taylor Research Fund in Petrology and Geochemistry ($4000)
2022 NSF-INTERN Supplemental Funding ($55000)
2022 Jack Kleinman Memorial Fund for Volcano Research ($2000)
2022 Montana State University Graduate Professional Advancement Grant ($500)
2022 Montana State University Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Judges Choice Award
2022 AGI Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship ($5000)
2022 MSU Earth Sciences Student Colloquium best graduate oral presentation ($100)
2022 Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Student Travel Grant ($300)
2022 Montana State University Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) finalist and People’s Choice Award ($200)
2022 MSU College of Letters and Science Student Research Travel Grant ($800)
2021 MSU College of Letters and Science Student Research Travel Grant ($1000)
2020 Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award ($460)
2020 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant ($2500)
2020 Mineralogical Society of America Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology ($5000)
2019 Geological Society of America Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Travel Grant ($100)
2019 Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Student Travel Grant ($100)
2019 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award ($5000)
2018 Geological Society of America E-an Zen Fund for Geoscience Outreach Grant ($1500)
2018 UC Berkeley Department of Earth & Planetary Science Certificate for Distinguished Teaching ($200)
2017 & 2018 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award ($5000)
2016 UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) Summer Award ($3000)
2014 GeoCorps America Program Certificate of Completion
2014 Points of Light Foundation President’s Volunteer Service Award

CERTIFICATIONS
2020 Wilderness First Responder Refresher and CPR Certification, NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute
2018 Wilderness First Responder Refresher and CPR Certification, NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute
2018 Emergency Medical Responder, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
2016 Wilderness First Responder and CPR Certification, Lake Tahoe Community College
2012 Emergency Medical and Wilderness First Responder, West Valley College Ranger Training Center

WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS

2022 Community Network for Volcanic Eruption Response (CONVERSE) Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2022 University of Alaska, Fairbanks International Volcanological Field School, Katmai, AK
2022 Montana State University Earth Sciences Student Colloquium, Bozeman, MT (organizing committee)
2022 Volatiles from Source to Surface, GeoPRISMS Workshop, Bozeman, MT (organizing committee)
2020 MELTS, GLASSES, MAGMAS Virtual Short Course
2020 Goldschmidt Conference Virtual Diffusion Modeling Workshop
2020 UCLA Ion Microprobe Student Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2019 The Magma Chamber Simulator: A Phase Equilibria Modelling Tool for Magma Recharge, Crustal
Assimilation and Crystallization, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

5
2019 Yellowstone National Park Hydrothermal Monitoring Plan Meeting, Bozeman, MT
2018 Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Biennial Coordination Meeting, Mammoth, WY
2017 Monitoring the Yellowstone Caldera: Geologic history, geothermal activity, earthquakes, and
ongoing unrest. [Lowenstern, J., Farrell, J., Morgan, L., and Shanks, P.], Yellowstone NP, WY

OUTREACH AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

2022 Montana Science Center Annual Science Carnival (co-organizer for MSU Earth Science booth)
2022 Ophir Elementary School, Big Sky, MT volcano experiments with 40 3rd grade children
2022 Montana Science Center STEAM Science Station
2021 Montana Science Center Women in STEM Day
2021 Montana Science Center Annual Science Carnival (organizer for MSU Earth Science booth)
2021 Ophir Elementary School, Big Sky, MT volcano experiments with 3rd grade children
2019 Montana Science Center Women in STEM Day
2019 Yellowstone Co-op Employee Recreation (YCERP) Education Seminar Series
2019 Drexel Environmental Science Leadership Academy (DESLA) at Upper Geyser Basin, YNP
2019 Youth Conservation Corps guided walk on Mammoth Hot Springs, YNP
2018 – 2019 Public programs at Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs and Upper and Norris Geyser Basins

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

2021 – Present Decolonize Geoscience (member)

2022 MSU 16th Annual Earth Sciences Student Colloquium (website, social media, PR coordinator)
2021 MSU 15th Annual Earth Sciences Student Colloquium (abstract editor)

MENTORING

2021 – 2022 Zach Morrow (undergraduate): Characterizing melt inclusions from events 5-6 of the 2009 explosive
eruption of Mount Redoubt, Aleutian Arc, AK.

2020 – 2021 Shasta Longo (undergraduate): CL analysis of bipyramidal vs. rounded quartz in the Huckleberry
Ridge Tuff member C and implications for crystal growth and eruption triggering timescales.

EXPERIMENTAL/ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE

Cold-seal pressure vessel, University of Oregon Experimental Petrology Lab

Secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS), Arizona State University SIMS Lab
Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, Montana State University MOnSTER Lab
Laser-ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS), Boise State University Isotope Geology Lab
Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Berkeley Space Sciences Lab

RELEVANT SKILLS
Computational: MATLAB. Data collection and mapping: QGIS and ArcGIS, Collector for ArcGIS, Survey123 for
ArcGIS, FieldMove Clino, FieldMove. Word processing and graphic design: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe
Illustrator, LaTeX.

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

2022 – Present National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
2019 – Present Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
2019 – Present Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
6
2019 – Present American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2018 – Present International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI)

2015 – Present American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2013 – Present Geological Society of America (GSA)

OTHER SKILLS AND TRAINING

Outdoor: Snowmobiling.