U.S.-Russia: International Volcanological Field School

这个国际实地学校将把美国和俄罗斯的学生聚集在阿拉斯加（Katmai）和堪察加半岛（Gorely-Mutnovsky）的固定地点学习火山学。主要研究人员是费尔班克斯阿拉斯加大学的约翰·艾切尔伯格博士和堪察加州立大学的埃琳娜·维斯纳。火山是地球上最令人兴奋和鼓舞人心的现象之一。随着人口的增长和社会技术的复杂性使我们更容易受到自然灾害的影响，以及我们认识到火山活动在全球气候变化中的作用，了解火山变得越来越重要。虽然火山学在科学背景下是一个小学科，但活火山学为阐明基本的物理和化学过程提供了无与伦比的“教学时刻”。科学地说，作为自然教室，实地学校的拟议场地具有卓越的质量，每个场地都提供了通往场地和暴露的通道，展示了广泛的火山现象。这个地球科学研究项目将训练学生学习火山学，并将加强发展下一代火山学家之间的联系。该项目还实现了将美国和中欧/东欧的顶尖专家聚集在一起的计划目标，在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在具有强烈共同利益和能力的领域结合互补的努力和能力。

This international field school will bring U.S. and Russian students together at fixed sites in Alaska (Katmai) and Kamchatka (Gorely-Mutnovsky) to study volcanology. The principal investigators are Dr. John Eichelberger from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and Elena Vesna from Kamchatka State UniversityVolcanoes are among the most exciting and inspiring phenomena on the planet Earth. Understanding volcanoes has become increasingly important as growing population and technical complexity of society make us more vulnerable to natural catastrophe and as we realize the role of volcanism in global climate change. Although volcanology is a small discipline in the context of science, active volcanism provides unparalleled "teaching moments" for elucidating fundamental physical and chemical process. Scientifically, and as natural classrooms, the proposed venues for the field school are of exceptional quality, each providing access to sites and exposures that illustrate a wide gamut of volcanological phenomena.This project in earth sciences research will train students in volcanology and will enhance the development of ties between the next generation of volcanologists. This project also fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.