Sally Sennert

I am the editor of the Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report and have been embedded with the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program since 2006. I specialize in summarizing worldwide volcanic activity as it unfolds, by utilizing technical reports in multiple languages and piecing together an eruption story from a multitude of both official and non-official sources. I am also a satellite image analyst with the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) remote sensing team, working at the USGS National Civil Applications Center (NCAC) at the Reston Headquarters. I am interested in understanding all aspects of an eruption, including the history of the volcano, what the data can and cannot tell us, how decisions are made during a crisis, and how those decisions are communicated to the public. I am particularly interested in how eruption responses vary over time and from country to country.