Dr William Hutchison
Principal Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Research areas
I am a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (University of St Andrews).
My research is focused on active and ancient magmatic systems. I am passionate about integrating geophysical, geochemical and geological data sets to understand the fundamental processes that drive magmatic systems, and how we can safely and sustainably develop the resources they offer.
Current reserach topics include rift volcanism, volcano monitoring, geothermal exploration and mineral resources.
My UKRI fellowship will establish new ice core geochemical techniques to understand the frequency and impacts of volcanism on Earth. I hope to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations between volcanologists, historians and paleoclimatologists to better understand the environmental and societal upheaval caused by large magnitude volcanic events.
I am always interested in recruiting postgraduate students to work on volcanism and magmatic processes. For more information just email me or take a look at our School website for current positions.
Personal webpage: https://willhutchgeo.wordpress.com/
PhD supervision
- Mugdha Chimote
- Fawn Holland
- Abate Melaku
- Celeste Smith
Selected publications
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A new tephrochronological record of a raised bog in eastern lowland Scotland
Wang, L., Roucoux, K. H., Davies, A. L., Zhang, S., Sun, C., Streeter, R. T., Hutchison, W. & Lawson, I. T., 1 Feb 2025, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 86, 15 p., 101647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constraining the timing and climate forcing of the Long Island (Papua New Guinea) and Tarumae (Japan) eruptions and other 17th century volcanic eruptions
Gabriel, I., Innes, H. M., Abbott, P. M., Franke, J., Behrens, M., Chellman, N. J., Hörhold, M., Hutchison, W., McConnell, J. R., Twarloh, B. & Sigl, M., 1 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 464, 13 p., 108346.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ice core evidence for the Los Chocoyos supereruption disputes millennial-scale climate impact
Innes, H., Hutchison, W., Sigl, M., Crick, L., Abbott, P. M., Bigler, M., Chellman, N. J., Davies, S. M., Kutterolf, S., McConnell, J. R., Severi, M., Sparks, R. S. J., Svensson, A., Wolff, E. W., Rae, J. W. B. & Burke, A., 22 Feb 2025, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 6, 11 p., 137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isotopically heavy sulfur in nephelinite from Etinde, Cameroon Volcanic Line: implications for the origin of intraplate magmatism
Baldwin, S. L., Kirstein, L. A., Fitton, J. G., Boyce, A. J., Hutchison, W., Marks, M. A. W., Stüeken, E. E. & Hayward, C., 5 Jun 2025, In: Chemical Geology. 682, 10 p., 122748.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microstructures reveal mechanical compaction and volatile-rich liquid migration in the layered alkaline Ilímaussaq complex, South Greenland
Jones, E., McCarthy, W., Piazolo, S., Magee, C., Humphreys, M. C. S. & Hutchison, W., 8 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Petrology. 66, 8, 26 p., egaf067.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The 1831 CE mystery eruption identified as Zavaritskii caldera, Simushir Island (Kurils)
Hutchison, W., Sugden, P., Burke, A., Abbott, P., Ponomareva, V. V., Dirksen, O., Portnyagin, M. V., MacInnes, B., Bourgeois, J., Fitzhugh, B., Verkerk, M., Aubry, T. J., Engwell, S. L., Svensson, A., Chellman, N. J., McConnell, J. R., Davies, S., Sigl, M. & Plunkett, G., 7 Jan 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122, 1, 10 p., e2416699122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A phlogopite-bearing lithospheric mantle source for Europe's largest REE-HFSE belt: Gardar Rift, SW Greenland
Beard, C. D., Finch, A. A., Borst, A. M., Goodenough, K. M., Hutchison, W., Millar, I. L., Andersen, T., Williams, H. M. & Weller, O. M., 15 Aug 2024, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 640, 11 p., 118780.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Decadal-to-centennial increases of volcanic aerosols from Iceland challenge the concept of a Medieval Quiet Period
Gabriel, I., Plunkett, G., Abbott, P. M., Behrens, M., Burke, A., Chellman, N., Cook, E., Fleitmann, D., Hörhold, M., Hutchison, W., McConnell, J. R., Óladóttir, B. A., Preiser-Kapeller, J., Sliwinski, J. T., Sugden, P., Twarloh, B. & Sigl, M., 10 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geochemical analysis of extremely fine-grained cryptotephra: new developments and recommended practices
Innes, H. M., Hutchison, W. & Burke, A., 1 Aug 2024, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 83, 14 p., 101553.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-resolution ice-core analyses identify the Eldgjá eruption and a cluster of Icelandic and trans-continental tephras between 936 and 943 CE
Hutchison, W., Gabriel, I., Plunkett, G., Burke, A., Sugden, P. J., Innes, H., Davies, S., Moreland, W. M., Krüger, K., Wilson, R., Vinther, B. M., Dahl-Jensen, D., Freitag, J., Oppenheimer, C., Chellman, N. J., Sigl, M. & McConnell, J. R., 28 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 129, 16, 21 p., e2023JD040142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review