Dr Isobel Yeo
Biography
My research interests are focussed on submarine volcanic and magmatic processes, marine geohazards and blue resources and energy. I use a variety of techniques (including marine geophysical surveying, X-ray computed tomography, scanning electron microscopy and geochemistry) and work with cutting edge technologies (marine remotely controlled and autonomous platforms) to investigate the mantle to surface processes that build our planet. I currently lead several projects looking at submarine volcanic processes and have senior roles on others covering monitoring of seafloor mining activities, marine pollutants, marine geohazards and mid-ocean ridge volcanism.
Committee Memberships
IAVCEI Commission on Submarine Volcanism (2021 - Present)
NERC Peer Review College (2020 - Present)
InterRidge Working Group Member: Seafloor Massive Sulphide Resources (2018 - Present)
European Marine Safety Board Working Group on Geohazards (2019-2021)
DEFRA/Cefas advisory group on Deep Sea Mining (2019)
Projects
Hazardous and extreme lahar-driven sediment fluxes: Addressing the gap between land and deep-sea (LAHAR2SEA), (UKRI2646) NERC Pushing the Frontiers (£828,917) (Co-PL)
Enhancing Resilience of critical subsea telecommunications connections for South Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund (IRAF) (£306,000) (PL)
Volcanic Offshore Impacts on Livelihoods and Adaptation, CEFAS – Sustainable Blue Economies (£210,000) (Co-PL)
Full Ocean Fibre, (SCOP-PR01-P019) ARIA (£2,000,000) 2025
Extensive Earthquake-triggered Landslides primed by major volcanic eruptions, (NE/Z504038/1) NERC Urgency (£100,000) 2024
Hydrothermal Controls on Caldera Explosivity, (NE/X003272/1) NERC Pushing the Frontiers (£990,000) 2023 (PI)
Enhancing Resilience of critical subsea telecommunications connections for South Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund (IRAF) (£306,000) (PL)
Volcanic Offshore Impacts on Livelihoods and Adaptation, CEFAS – Sustainable Blue Economies (£210,000) (Co-PL)
Full Ocean Fibre, (SCOP-PR01-P019) ARIA (£2,000,000) 2025
Extensive Earthquake-triggered Landslides primed by major volcanic eruptions, (NE/Z504038/1) NERC Urgency (£100,000) 2024
Hydrothermal Controls on Caldera Explosivity, (NE/X003272/1) NERC Pushing the Frontiers (£990,000) 2023 (PI)
Explosive post-caldera collapse eruptions in the Kermadec-Tonga Arc, (NE/X003272/1) NERC Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund (£100,000) 2022 (Co-I)
Offshore hazard cascades from the largest volcanic eruption this century, (NE/X00239X/1) NERC Urgency Grant (£100,000) 2022 (Co-I)
Technology based impact assessment tool foR sustaInable, transparent Deep sEa miNing exploraTion and exploitation (TRIDENT), (101091959) EU Horizon Funding (£13,000,000) 2022 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101091959/fr
Future states Of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions (FOCUS), NERC National Capability (£4,000,000) 2022 https://noc.ac.uk/projects/focus (Co-I)
Climate change hotspots and the global telecommunications network: Assessing past and present resilience, and adaptation strategies for the future, NERC COP26 Adaptation and Resilience funding (£170,000) 2021 https://noc.ac.uk/projects/climate-change-global-telecoms (Co-I)
Ultramafic-hosted mineral Resource Assessment (ULTRA), (NE/S004068/1) NERC Directed (£750,000) 2020 https://project-ultra.org/
The August 2019 Tongan 18.325°S 174.365°W submarine volcanic eruption: eruptive processes and pumice raft formation and evolution, (NE/T010916/1) NERC Urgency Grant (£65,000) 2019 (PI)
Roles Provided
Principal Researcher in Volcanology and Marine Geohazards
