usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:29:36.862429' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/james-w-vallance profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: - American Geophysical Union - Geological Society of America education: - PhD Geology, Michigan Technological University, 1994 - MS Geology, Colorado University, Boulder, 1986 - BA Geology, Colorado University, Boulder, 1980 email: jvallance@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Volcanology - Natural Hazards - Mechanics of Granular Flow - Surface Processes honors: - Fellow, Geological Society of America - NSERC and NSF postdoctoral fellowships, McGill University, Canada intro_statements: - I supervise the field geology and hydrology group at Cascades Volcano Observatory. My research focuses on postglacial volcanism and hazards at volcanoes such as Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens in Washington State. I also study the nature and behavior of lahars, floods, avalanches, pyroclastic flows, and dome growth. name: James W. Vallance name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-3083-5469 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo organization_name: Cascades Volcano Observatory personal_statement: null professional_experience: [] title: Research Geologist