Hi y’all! My name is Gaetano Ferrante and I am a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. I am a geophysical volcanologist who blends numerical modeling, experiments and geophysical data analysis to shed light on the properties and mechanics of magma as it propagates through the Earth.
News
February 2026: We just published a paper titled “Bottoms up: Coupling versus decoupling within Kilauea’s magma supply system” on Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. If you’re interested in discovering how magma travels for tens of kilometers beneath one of the Earth’s most active volcanoes, you should check it out at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2026.108584
March 2025: We just published a paper titled “Viscosity of bubbly magmas from torsional experiments on pumice” on Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. If you’re interested in how bubbles affect the viscosity of magmas, you should check it out at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108297. If you don’t have access to JVGR, you can download the pre-print version here!
June 2024: I just published an EGU Blogs article titled “Exploring the Evolution of Rift Magmatism through Numerical Modelling”. Check it out at the following link: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2024/06/05/exploring-the-evolution-of-rift-magmatism-through-numerical-modelling/.
January 2024: We just published a paper titled “Spatio-temporal evolution of rift volcanism controlled top-down by a deepening graben” on Earth and Planetary Science Letters as the result of my master’s work at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna. If you’re interested in rifting, volcanism and their connections, you should check it out at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118593. If you don’t have access to EPSL, you can download the pre-print version here!
November 2023: My group and I just published a blog about a class field trip to California where we looked at old volcanoes and their deposits. If you want to see some very cool photos and learn about the science behind volcanic eruptions, you can visit the blog at the following link: https://eeps.rice.edu/news/2023/volcanoes-fieldtrip!
Contact
Email: gaetano@berkeley.edu