Prof. VALENTIN R. TROLL
Natural Resources & Sustainable Development Uppsala University | Sweden
CAREER SUMMARY
Val Troll graduated from St Andrews University, Scotland in 1998 and received his PhD from the GEOMAR Research Centre, University of Kiel, Germany, in 2001. Troll then lectured in volcanolology and petrology at Trinity College Dublin (2001-2008), during which time he habilitated at the Blaise Pascal University Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 2006. In 2008, he took up the Chair of Petrology at Uppsala University, Sweden, which he currently holds.
PUBLICATIONS
>160 scientific publications, 17 published reports, 7 books, and >400 conference abstracts. >>
SUPERVISION
Advised 21 PhD and 20 MSc students to completion. >>
FUNDING
Obtained approx. 51 M SEK (ca. 5 M EUR) to come directly to Uppsala University since installment in 2008. >>
RECENT RESEARCH PAPERS
Porosity, strength, and alteration – Towards a new volcano stability assessment tool using VNIR-SWIR reflectance spectroscopy.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023.
African sand storms, blood rain, and continental mineral
delivery to the Canary Islands. Geology Today, 2022.
Bouncing spallation bombs during the 2021 La Palma eruption, Canary Islands, Spain.
Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2022.
Mantle source characteristics and magmatic processes during the 2021 La Palma eruption.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022.
Iron isotopes constrain sub-seafloor hydrothermal processes at the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) active sulfide mound.
Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 2022.
Magma-shale interaction in large igneous provinces: implications for climate warming and sulfide genesis.
Large-scale lava dome fracturing as a result of concealed weakened zones.
Whole-rock oxygen isotope ratios as a proxy for the strength and stiffness of hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks.
Bulletin of Volcanology, 2022.
BOOKS
Gertisser, Troll, Walter, Nandaka & Ratdomopurbo (eds.):
Merapi Volcano
Book Series: Active Volcanoes of the World
844 pages, Springer, 2022.
Carracedo & Troll (eds.):
Teide Volcano
Book Series: Active Volcanoes of the World
279 pages, Springer, 2013.
READ FOR FREE
Emeleus & Troll:
A Geological Guide to Rum, Inner Hebrides
152 pages,
NMSE-Publishing Ltd. The Geological Society of Edinburgh, 2009.
Read for free on EARTHWISE
by the British Geological Survey.
GEO-INTERVIEWS
Summary with first author Fredrik Sahlström of new paper:
"Iron isotopes constrain sub-seafloor hydrothermal processes at the *TAG* Sulfide Mound"
Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 2022.
Interview with Prof. Nick Arndt
SUSTAINABLE Mining - Securing Metal Supplies for a Greener Future
Q & A with Executive Editor Prof. Georg Zellmer
What makes a great Journal of Petrology paper?
ONLINE LECTURES
The two faces of Volcanoes
Learning to benefit from the monster
Volcanic Particles in Agriculture and Gardening
GEO-Schule: Der Ätna bricht aus - Gespräch mit Dr. Boris Behncke vom Ätna Vulkanobservatorium
Dec 2022: TOMMI Promotional Award Pre-School: "Haus für Kinder St. Sebastian" in Dettelbach, Germany.
GERMANY:
KiTa-PROJEKT
GEO-SCHULE
GEO-Schule: Vulkanpartikel auf den Feldern Lanzarotes