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George Bergantz
Professor, Department of Earth & Space Sciences
Volcanoes
Expertise: Volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. Numerical modeling, lab experiments and field studies.
George Bergantz is a geologist who studies the physics of magmas. He is a member of the physical petrology group here at UW, which focuses on volcanoes, and uses a diverse set of tools — numerical modeling, laboratory experiments, and fieldwork — to study them.