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Shreya Arora

Shreya, is an Assistant Professor at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, and a former postdoc of the Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba. She is a paleoseismology and works in seismically active areas like the Himalayas, the San Andreas Fault, and Argentina. Within Natural Hazards, she is a Blog Editor/Author and a member of the Early career scientists Team.

“Studying earthquakes is a great opportunity to learn every day a lot about many different fields of earth sciences” Yann Klinger- Stephan Mueller Medalist-2024

March 11, 2024
“Studying earthquakes is a great opportunity to learn every day a lot about many different fields of earth sciences” Yann Klinger- Stephan Mueller Medalist-2024
Since 1900, the total number of casualties resulting from earthquakes is estimated to be around 1 billion lives (Dyvik, 2023) (Image by Tumisu, Pixabay licence)

Hi Yann,  first of all, congratulations on the Stephan Mueller Medal, and it is my pleasure to interview you!! To all my readers, the Stephan Mueller Medal is one of the prestigious medals awarded for exceptional contributions to tectonics and structures by the European Geosciences Union (EGU).  Dr Yann Klinger wears many hats, he is a seismologist who studies recent and past earthquakes and is al ...[Read More]

Learning more about geohazard: Talking with EGU_NH 2023 Sergey Soloviev Medalist

April 10, 2023
Learning more about geohazard: Talking with EGU_NH 2023 Sergey Soloviev Medalist

It is my pleasure to interview the 2023 EGU Sergey Soloviev Medalist Dr Peng Cui, Professor at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources、Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), known for his work and commitment to understanding geohazards, especially earthquake-induced hazards. He has dedicated his life to understanding how to minimize disaster ...[Read More]

Back at in-person conferencing, our experience at the EGU GA 2022

and June 20, 2022
Back at in-person conferencing, our experience at the EGU GA 2022
Multi-Division lunch break at the park nearby the conference centre.

  As part of the NH Division blog editorial team, we, Joana and Shreya, describe our experience at the EGU General Assembly (GA) 2022 (#EGU22), held in the Austria Centre in Vienna, from May 24th-28th. It was the first hybrid conference we attended in-person after two years of the pandemic, with a footfall of more than 7,000 people and about the same number joining virtually. It was an enrich ...[Read More]

Breaking the glass ceiling in diversity, equity, and inclusion in geosciences

April 22, 2022
Breaking the glass ceiling in diversity, equity, and inclusion in geosciences
"Having privileges as a consequence of being White does not mean that one has not experienced other forms of oppression, it just means that racism is not one of them" Dutt, 2020

Despite many efforts around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), a noticeable disparity in geosciences still exists. To understand the root cause and steps we can take forward, it was my privilege to talk with Dr Kuheli Dutt, Assistant Dean for DEI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before MIT, Dr Dutt was an Assistant ...[Read More]