Masters Student, Department of Geological Mining and Engineering Sciences

Luke J. Bowman

Masters Student, Department of Geological Mining and Engineering Sciences

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI 49931 USA

Phone: 317-691-4712

Email:

EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION

Hanover College: Geology, B.A. 2004

Principal Advisor: Dr. Peter Worcester

Course Work: Physical Geology, Environmental Geology, Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Glacial Geology, Soils, Volcanology, Research Methods, Independent Study, Chemistry I and II.

Field Work: 2002 Alamosa Field Camp, Hanover College – Sangre de Cristo Mountains, CO, Glacial Geology.

University of Wollongong, Australia: Semester Abroad, Geology, 2002

Principal Advisor: Dr. Pete Worcester

Course Work: Environmental Geology, A Hungry World, Remote Sensing of the Environment

Michigan Technological University: Volcanic Hazards and Risk Communication, M.S. 2007-present

Principal Advisor: Dr. William Rose

Course Work: Volcanology, Volcano Seismology, Convergent Plate Boundary Volcanism, Intercultural Hazard Communication, Ethnographic Methods, Sociology of the Environment, Directed Study: Risk Communication, Calculus I and 2, Research Assistant: FLIR Analysis at Guatemalan Volcanoes

Field Work

(January2008, March 2008): Use ofground-based thermal remote sensing techniques to monitor active volcanism in Guatemala and El Salvador. Community assessment for future Masters research on risk perception in Los Planes, El Salvador.

(January – June 2009):Participatory research ascertaining volcanic risk perceptions; recording survivors’ oral histories of 2005 volcanic crisis; and analysis of current levels of disaster preparedness in threatened communities.

(July 2009): Participatory Workshop: Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration in Volcanic Risk Mitigation at Galeras Volcano, Colombia.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-present, Research Assistantship, Michigan Technological University

2004-2006, Peace Corps Development Specialist – Honduras, Program through U.S.

Government, Protected Areas Management Volunteer

2006, Peace Corps,New Volunteer Trainer - Honduras

2003-2004, Geology Tutor, Hanover College

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Geophysical Union Member, 2008-present.

Geological Society of America Member, 2009

Center for Geohazards Studies Member, 2009

Award for Outstanding GeologyUndergraduate, Hanover College, 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Abstracts

1.Bowman, L., Kapelanczyk, L., Colvin, A., Matías, O., Rose, W.I., Rios-Sánchez, M., Escobar-Wolf, R. (2008) Estimating Thermal Energy Emission and Eruption Rates at Guatemalan Volcanoes Using Thermal Data From a FLIR Camera, ASTER, and MODIS Data Sources, Eos Transactions AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V11C-2066.

2. Bowman, L. (2008) An Integrated Study of Hazard Perception in the community of Los Planes de La Laguna on Santa Ana Volcano, El Salvador; A case of applied social geology.

3. Bowman, L. (2009) Non-governmental organization (NGO) involvement and other important factors affecting risk perceptions and disaster preparedness within the community of Los Planes de La Laguna, Santa Ana Volcano, El Salvador. GSA Fall Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

4. Bowman, L (2009) Use of qualitative data to analyze NGO’s impact on volcanic hazard perceptions and disaster preparedness in Los Planes de La Laguna, Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador. Presented at Disaster Risk Reduction for Natural Hazards: putting research into practice.

5. Garcia, C., Bowman, L., Wilmshurst, J., Ruin, I., Escobar, R., Bajo, J. (2009) Experiences derived from the Participative Workshop: Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration in Volcanic Risk Mitigation at Galeras Volcano, Colombia. presented at, Volcanoes, Landscapes, and Cultures. Catania, Italy.

6. Rose, W.I., Kapelanczyk L., Blankenbicker, A., Bowman, L., Matios, O., Escobar-Wolf, R., Lyons, J., Brill, K., Palma, J.L. (2008) Conduit thermal patterns as revealed by infrared imagery at Santiaguito, Guatemala. IAVCEI, Iceland, Annual Meeting.

Articles

1.Bowman, L. (in prep.) Use of qualitative data to analyze NGO’s impact on volcanic hazard perceptions and disaster preparedness in Los Planes de La Laguna, Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador.

2. Colvin, A., Rose, W.I., Escobar, D., Gutierrez, E., Montalvo, F., Bowman, L. (in prep.) The 2005 eruption of Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador.

LANGUAGES

English(1st)

Spanish (fluent).