Dr. Valentine recently joined UB after 21 years at Los Alamos
National Laboratory. There he led volcanic risk assessment studies
for the proposed radioactive waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain
(southern Nevada), and a multidisciplinary research project focused
on linking earth and environmental sciences and urban
infrastructure engineering. His current research falls into two
main areas: (1) field studies of the processes that control timing,
location, and eruptive processes in volcanic fields; and (2)
computational studies of the multiphase fluid dynamics associated
with large explosive eruptions.
