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Willy P Aspinall is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Clinical Psychology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas within Earth sciences and public health. Key topics in their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Willy P Aspinall has contributed to multiple publications, including recent papers addressing volcanic activity, public health transmission pathways, and climate science. Some notable papers are:

  • "Major explosions and paroxysms at Stromboli (Italy): a new historical catalog and temporal models of occurrence with uncertainty quantification," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Attribution of Illnesses Transmitted by Food and Water to Comprehensive Transmission Pathways Using Structured Expert Judgment, United States," 2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Ice Sheet and Climate Processes Driving the Uncertainty in Projections of Future Sea Level Rise: Findings From a Structured Expert Judgement Approach," 2022, Earth's Future
  • "Eruption type probability and eruption source parameters at Cotopaxi and Guagua Pichincha volcanoes (Ecuador) with uncertainty quantification," 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Estimating tephra fall volume from point-referenced thickness measurements," 2022, Geophysical Journal International

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Willy P Aspinall collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • R. S. J. Sparks
  • Roger Cooke
  • Augusto Neri
  • Andrea Bevilacqua
  • Alessandro Tadini

Best Publications

  • Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment.

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Michael Oppenheimer;Robert E. Kopp;Willy P. Aspinall

  • An expert judgement assessment of future sea level rise from the ice sheets

    Jonathan L Bamber;Willy P Aspinall

  • Magma flow instability and cyclic activity at soufriere hills volcano, montserrat, british west indies

    B. Voight;Rsj Sparks;AD Miller;RC Stewart

  • A route to more tractable expert advice.

    Willy P Aspinall

  • Developing an Event Tree for probabilistic hazard and risk assessment at Vesuvius

    A. Neri;W. Aspinall;R. Cioni;R. Cioni;A. Bertagnini

  • Overview of the eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, 18 July 1995 to December 1997

    Simon R. Young;R. Steven J. Sparks;Willy P. Aspinall;Lloyd L. Lynch

  • Global link between deformation and volcanic eruption quantified by satellite imagery

    Juliet Biggs;S. K. Ebmeier;Willy P Aspinall;Z. Lu

  • World Health Organization Estimates of the Relative Contributions of Food to the Burden of Disease Due to Selected Foodborne Hazards: A Structured Expert Elicitation

    Tine Hald;Willy P Aspinall;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Roger Cooke

  • Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation

    Sandra Hoffmann;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Willy Aspinall;Roger Cooke

  • Oklahoma’s induced seismicity strongly linked to wastewater injection depth

    Thea Hincks;Willy Aspinall;Roger Cooke;Thomas Gernon

  • Seismicity associated with dome growth and collapse at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    A. D. Miller;R. C. Stewart;R. A. White;R. Luckett

  • Soufrière Hills Eruption, Montserrat, 1995-1997: Volcanic earthquake locations and fault plane solutions

    W. P. Aspinall;A. D. Miller;L. L. Lynch;J. L. Latchman

  • Volcanic Activity: Frontiers and Challenges in Forecasting, Prediction and Risk Assessment

    R S J Sparks;Willy P Aspinall

  • Retrospective analysis of uncertain eruption precursors at La Soufrière volcano, Guadeloupe, 1975–77: volcanic hazard assessment using a Bayesian Belief Network approach

    Thea K Hincks;Jean-Christophe Komorowski;Stephen R Sparks;Willy P Aspinall

  • Quantifying volcanic hazard at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) with uncertainty assessment: 1. Vent opening maps

    Andrea Bevilacqua;Roberto Isaia;Augusto Neri;Stefano Vitale

  • Evidence-based volcanology: application to eruption crises

    W.P. Aspinall;G. Woo;B. Voight;P.J. Baxter

  • The Montserrat Volcano Observatory: its evolution, organization, role and activities

    W. P. Aspinall;S. C. Loughlin;S. C. Loughlin;F. V. Michael;A. D. Miller

  • Quantitative assessment of volcanic ash hazards for health and infrastructure at Mt. Etna (Italy) by numerical simulation

    S. Barsotti;D. Andronico;A. Neri;P. Del Carlo

  • The eruption of Soufrière volcano, St Vincent April–June 1979

    J. B. Shepherd;W. P. Aspinall;K. C. Rowley;J. Pereira

  • Quantifying volcanic hazard at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) with uncertainty assessment: 2. Pyroclastic density current invasion maps

    Augusto Neri;Andrea Bevilacqua;Tomaso Esposti Ongaro;Roberto Isaia

  • Developing an Event Tree for Probabilistic Hazard and Risk Assessment at Vesuvius, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Research,

    A Neri;W.P Aspinall;R Cioni;A Bertagnini

Frequent Co-Authors

R. S. J. Sparks
R. S. J. Sparks University of Bristol
Augusto Neri
Augusto Neri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Antonella Bertagnini
Antonella Bertagnini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Marco Pistolesi
Marco Pistolesi University of Pisa
Susan C. Loughlin
Susan C. Loughlin British Geological Survey
Peter J. Baxter
Peter J. Baxter University of Cambridge
Daniel Krewski
Daniel Krewski University of Ottawa
Raffaello Cioni
Raffaello Cioni University of Florence
Mauro Rosi
Mauro Rosi University of Pisa
Arie H. Havelaar
Arie H. Havelaar University of Florida

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