usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:57:06.040173' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/christoph-kern profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: - Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany email: ckern@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Volcanoes - Volcanic Gases - Remote Sensing - Volcanic plumes honors: [] intro_statements: - Christoph Kern is a Research Physicist for the USGS Volcano Science Center. His research focuses on measuring volcanic gas emissions and interpreting the results to gain insights into processes occurring within active volcanoes. name: Christoph Kern name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-8920-5701 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo organization_name: Cascades Volcano Observatory personal_statement: "Christoph develops and applies remote sensing techniques\ \ to measure volcanic gas emissions. These contact-free methods allow gases\ \ to be measured from a distance, without the need for putting scientists or\ \ instrumentation into harm\u2019s way at the summit of active volcanoes.In\ \ addition to monitoring volcanoes in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Cascades Range,\ \ Christoph works with the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program to provide\ \ instrumentation and advice to foreign counterparts. He is currently serving\ \ on the Steering Committee of the Network for Observation of Volcanic and Atmospheric\ \ Change (NOVAC), a global community of volcano observatories and research institutions\ \ that runs the largest volcanic gas monitoring network in the world.Christoph\ \ is always striving to find new measurement techniques, retrieval methods,\ \ and analysis tools to detect gas signals diagnostic of volcanic unrest. He\ \ is also interested in how volcanic gases affect atmospheric chemistry and\ \ climate on local, regional, and global scales." professional_experience: [] title: Research Physicist