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Grant Heiken, volcanologist, Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Research: Geology, Integrated City Models, Infrastructure
and Volcanic hazards
January 1999-July 1999
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Grant
Heiken, a volcanologist from the Earth and Environmental Sciences
Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spent his six-month
grant at the University of Rome-III researching urban geological
problems and the ways in which geologic activity has influenced
the development and history of Rome. The 1998-99 scholar is coordinator
of a Los Alamos team developing tools that will help city planners
calculate natural hazards into urban planning. As geologists at
the University of Rome recently published the first comprehensive
geologic study of a city, the university seemed a logical host
for the U.S. geologist. During his assignment, Heiken hoped to
establish a collaboration between the Los Alamos cities modeling
project and Roman urban geological experts and increase the interest
of volcanologists in the problems of cities located on or near
volcanoes. In addition to his research, Heiken gave several lectures,
participated in cultural and scientific meetings and co-authored,
with two of his Roman colleagues, a book on the link between geology
and history in Rome.
The book, Seven Hills of Rome--an Extraordinary Link Between
History and Geology, is being published by Princeton University
Press. The scholar's interaction with the Italian undersecretary
for civil protection, the National Institute of Geophysics, the
U.S. embassy and professors at the University of Rome may result
in new bilateral programs in urban geoscience research that will
benefit both Italy and the United States.
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