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The Volcano Discovery TeamThe VOLCANO DISCOVERY team is based in Europe, Indonesia and Hawaii. Members of the scientific community with active membership in geological associations, such as the IAVCEI (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior ), GSA (Geological Society of America) and EGU (European Geophysical Society), we work closely with international scientists from volcanological institutes and observatories all over the world.
Our services have been used by groups and individuals as well as media such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, the BBC, CNN and Geo. As knowledgeable professionals, we can offer you safe, exciting tours in volcanic environments.
VOLCANODISCOVERY EUROPE
Tom PfeifferGerman volcanologist Dr. Tom Pfeiffer, founder and general manager of VOLCANO DISCOVERY, is passionate about volcanoes ever since he first saw an eruption on Mt. Etna. He is an expert on Santorini and has worked at the volcano observatories of Hawaii and Vesuvius volcano. He organizes and guides most tours in Europe as well as some tours on Hawaii and in Indonesia.
Yashmin ChebliFrench volcanologist Yashmin Chebli is convincing when he says that has always been fascinated by the raw power and the beautiy of our planet and the univers. This passion led him to study volcanoes at university and brought him to Peru and Italy. To share his passion and his skill in organizing and communicating allowed him to start a parallel career as expedition organizer to volcanoes on Hawaii, Indonesia, Vanuatu and elswhere. He is 15 years of experience with accompanying groups and individuals, exploring new adventurous destinations all over the world. His talent and enthousiasm in what he's doing is second to none - we are proud to welcome him in our team!
Yashmin is largely in charge of our new French "sister" - VolcanoDiscovery.FR where we now also offer tours tailored to the French-speaking market.
Tobias SchorrCo-founder of VOLCANO DISCOVERY, German professional photographer Tobias Schorr, a true lover of Greece, is an enthousiastic geology expert since his early childhood. Tobias has lived for more than 15 years on Methana in Greece, participated in many scientific and tourism-developing projects such as the geologic and topographic mapping of the Methana peninsula, or the Geowarn project on Nisyros. Better than almost anyone else, he not only knows the geology of the Greek volcanic areas, but also their rich flora, fauna, geography, as well as history, archeology, culture and people.
Marco FulleDr. Marco Fulle, Italian astronomer and volcano expert is considered world-wide as among the elite of volcano photographers. His specialty is Mt. Etna and with his photographs he is co-author of the popular educative website Stromboli Online - www.stromboli.net. He and Tom, as a proven team and close friends, lived many volcano adventures together. Marco guides some of the volcano tours in Italy, in particular to Etna volcano - in fact, the volcano he loves most and calls his "second home".
Marta GasparriniDr. Dr. Marta Gasparrini was born in southern Italy, where she graduated in Earth Sciences. Since she can think back, she has been passionate about trekking, geology, environment and music. She spent 5 years between Sardinia, Belgium, Germany and Spain doing research (chemical and thermal conditions of the water-rock interaction processes), including intensive field work. Since September 2003 she has been back to Italy and cooperates with the University of Naples (mapping survey on carbonate rocks) and the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory (fluids related to volcanism). Apart from her studies and scientific work she has worked as a geo-naturalistic field guide for guided international groups. What she likes the most of being excursion leader is to transmit people knowledge about nature and culture of the places she belongs to.Thierry BassetSwiss geologist Dr. Thierry Basset (1963) has early on specialized in volcanology and conducted his research on Etna volcano in Sicily and on the volcanoes in Guatemala. After his university degrees he embarked to fulfill a life-long dream, and travelled two years from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego...
This extraordinary trip changed his life. Back in Geneva, he decided to combine his passion of travelling & meeting people with the passion for volcanoes. Thierry then started to offer geologic and volcanologic excursions and courses for audiences among the grand public. His tours offers include the spectacular geology of Guatemala, Iceland, Sicily, France (Massif Central and Normandie), Greece (Santorin & Milos). Thierry has been cooperating with VolcanoDiscovery since 2005. Look at his website: www.thierrybasset.ch.Sabine Gebhardt-Wald Sabine Gebhardt-Wald is an enthousiastic volcano-lover and our specialist for the German volcanic region of the Eifel. Sabine promotes volcanology on her private German homepage www.stromboline.de, maintains an extensive private library about volcanoes and is co-author of a volcano book published by the Bertelsmann edition (Wissen Media Verlag). She is the founder of "Vulkanfreunde International" ("friends of volcanoes") and a member of the German Volcanological Society. Sabine has travelled to the famous volcanoes in Europe like Santorini, Phlegrean fields & Vesuv, Etna, Stromboli, Vulcano, Lanzarote, Cappadocia (Turkey) and the German Eifel.
Ulla LohmannUlla Lohmann (1977) is an internationally recognized adventurer, team organizer, documentary filmmaker and photojournalist with Australian university degrees in Natural Resource Management and journalism. Her latest work includes the documentaries "Expedition Papua New Guinea" (BBC NHU, Discovery Channel, NDR, in production), "Into the unknown" (Darlow Smithson for Discovery Channel), "Wild Spaces" (National Geographic Television) and many others.
Multilingual Ulla has lived, studied, worked and travelled extensively in many parts of the globe, but her specialist area is the South Pacific including the wild archipelago of Vaunatu. Her love for volcanoes and adventure travel, her passion for storytelling, her organisation skills and the thorough knowledge of the South Pacific and its envionments makes her the perfect guide for our new tours to Vanuatu. Welcome, Ulla to our team!
You can find out more about Ulla and her company creACTION production on the website www.ullalohmann.de.
Our WORLDWIDE team
Philip OngAmerican-Brasilian volcanologist Philip Ong manages VOLCANO DISCOVERY HAWAI'I. His friendly charm and sympathic nature are contagious. Having worked intensively on the volcanoes of Hawaii, his passion and knowledge - not only about volcanoes, but almost every corner on the island, will easily transform your stay into a rare and unforgettable experience.
Doni WijayantoClose friend of Tom, Indonesian volcanologist and expedition organizer Doni Wijayanto, worked for the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia and has 20+ years of experience in organizing trekking and study tours to many of the active volcanoes in Indonesia. Doni is internationally known as correspondant for news organizations such as the BBC, CNN and Reuters and has organized expeditions for National Geographic, GEO and others. In addition to over 10 Indonesian dialects and languages, he speaks Japanese, German and English. His passionate way of organizing and guiding tours, particularly on Java,- "the homeland of volcanoes" as he says-, make him the perfect tour organizer in Indonesia.
Steve Axford is a full time photographer based in Melbourne Australia. He joined VolcanoDiscovery on many trips in Indonesia and in Africa and became a team member in 2006.
He specializes in travel photography with a particular interest in volcanoes and the people who live and work near them, and also macro photography where he has developed a reputation as photographer of rainforest fungi. He has traveled extensively through Asia, South America, and Africa, and of course Australasia and the Pacific islands where he has visited and photographed many active volcanoes and peoples of many different places. He has also become very familiar with the SE Australian and New Zealand rainforests, where he spends the autumn photographing the beautifully colored fungi that can be found there. Steve has now had photos published in places as varied as Belgian cat calendars and French knitting books, in English children’s books and American Biology texts, as designs for jewelry, on mobile phones and in many CSIRO and other reference books.
He has also developed relationships with several major international aid and travel organizations. Up until last year he worked as a senior IT architect, but has now left that industry to “go bush”, most probably in Tasmania where the fungi is second to none, and further develop a career in macro and travel photography. Steve’s website: steveaxford.smugmug.com
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