Katy Mee’s Biography
- 2008 – ongoing : GIS Specialist / Volcanologist, British Geological Survey
- 2007 – 2008 : GIS Assistant, Erewash Borough Council
- 2006 – 2007 : MSc Geographical Information Science, University of Nottingham
- 2000 – 2004 : PhD Volcanology (Volcano-ice interactions at Nevados de Chillan volcano, Chile), Lancaster University
- 1997 – 2000 : BSc (Hons) Geology, University of Liverpool
Research interests
- Assessment of global volcanic activity and impacts for government
- GIS analysis of exposure to lives, livelihoods and infrastructure from volcanic hazards
- The role of citizen science in increasing resilience to natural hazards
- GIS analysis and methodologies
Current projects and collaborations
- International Natural Hazards Forward Look – Weekly assessment of global volcanic activity and impacts for government
- myHAZ (Project co-Lead) – Development of a citizen science tool for sharing observations of natural hazards in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- myVolcano (Project co-Lead) – Citizen science app for reporting trans-boundary natural hazards in volcanic environments
- Sub Saharan Risk (World Bank) – GIS analysis of exposure to volcanic hazards in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Cabo Verde
- Coastal Vulnerability Index – Development of a GIS methodology for assessing cliff stability
- Biosphere Isotope Domains – GIS methodology for isotope variation across Britain
Publications
- Mee K and Duncan M J. 2015. Increasing resilience to natural hazards through crowd-sourcing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. British Geological Survey Open Report OR/15/32
- GVM, 2014a GVM (Global Volcano Model). 2014a. Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk. Summary background paper. Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR
- GVM, 2014b GVM (Global Volcano Model). 2014b. Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk. Technical background paper. Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.
- Mee, K, Gilbert, J S, McGarvie, D W, Naranjo, J A, Pringle, MS. 2009. Palaeoenvironment reconstruction, volcanic evolution and geochronology of the Cerro Blanco subcomplex, Nevados de Chillan volcanic complex, Central Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology, 71(8):933-952
- Mee K, Tuffen H, Gilbert J S. 2006. Snow-contact volcanic facies and their use in determining past eruptive environments at Nevados de Chillán volcano, Chile. Bulletin of Volcanology 68:363–376
Published outputs
Skills
- GIS analysis and visualisation
- Assessment of volcanic hazards and impacts
- Science communication