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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