Tamsin Mather is Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. Her research centres on volcanoes and is motivated by understanding them as hazards, resources and agents of local to planetary-scale environmental change or maintenance. She has established novel ways in which the chemistry occurring in or near high-temperature volcanic vents influences the wider environmental impacts of fuming/erupting volcanoes. Further, she uses key lessons from present-day volcanic emissions to reinterpret signals left deep in Earth’s geological record, unlocking new insights into the potential links between large-scale magmatism and past crises such as mass extinctions.
Tamsin won the 2018 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award, is a member of the Academia Europaea and a Geochemical Fellow. She has been an advocate for equality and diversity throughout her career and believes passionately in communicating science to wider audiences. Her activities include sitting on several advisory committees for government and venture capital, participating in numerous science festivals, TV and radio programmes and collaborating on several children’s books. Her debut trade book 'Adventures in Volcanoland' was published in 2024.
Professional position
- Professor of Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Subject groups
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Earth and Environmental Sciences
Atmospheric chemistry, Geochemistry, Geology
Awards
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Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture
On the basis of her achievements in the field of volcanology, her ability to communicate with the public and her imaginative project proposal.
