Dr William Hutchison
Principal 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 volcanic hazards and resources. I use both field and lab approaches to understand the processes that drive magmatic systems, and how we can safely and sustainably develop the resources they offer.
I lead the St Andrews Volcanic Eruptions and Impacts (StA-VEI) Group and the international working group VICS – Volcanic Impacts on Climate and Society (funded by PAGES, Past Global Changes).
I am passionate about understanding processes that trigger large volcanic events, and their consequences for climate and society. Using the knowledge from the past we can better prepare society for future eruptions.
I am always interested in supporting postgraduate students and postdoc fellowships to work on volcanism and magmatic processes. For more information please email me or take a look at our School website for current positions.
Personal webpage: https://willhutchison.co.uk/
PhD supervision
- Mugdha Chimote
- Fawn Holland
- Matthew Lewis
Selected publications
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Changing volatile emissions and sources along the Ethiopian Rift
Melaku, A. A., Teferi, G. B., Mihretie, T., Gudbrandsson, S., Sinetebeb, Y., Barry, P. H., Fischer, T. P., Stuart, F. M., Balci, U., Halldórsson, S. A., Ballentine, C. J., Hillegonds, D. J., Chambers, E. L., Keir, D., Bates, R. & Hutchison, W., 15 Feb 2026, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 676, p. 1-15 15 p., 119782.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constructing tephrochronologies covering periods of landscape instability
Cutler, N. A., Streeter, R. T., Hutchison, W. & Dugmore, A. J., 1 Jun 2026, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 94, 14 p., 101745.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Precise dating of the 686 ± 2 CE Newberry Pumice eruption and insights into 7th century volcanism from cryptotephra and sulfur isotopes in Greenland ice
Innes, H. M., Hutchison, W., Sigl, M., McConnell, J. R., Chellman, N. J., Jensen, B. J. L., Sliwinski, J. T. & Burke, A., 1 Sept 2026, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 387, 16 p., 110036.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rare earth and niobium mobility at the magmatic-hydrothermal transition: Motzfeldt Sø Centre, Greenland
Rooks, C. J. W., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Herd, D. A. & Frangeskides, G., Jan 2026, In: Ore Geology Reviews. 188, p. 1-13 13 p., 107009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Igneous layering and magma dynamics in alkaline intrusions: textural evidence for gravitational settling and compaction within cumulates
Jones, E., McCarthy, W., Magee, C., Mattsson, T., Piazolo, S., Hutchison, W. & Humphreys, M. C. S., 7 Jul 2025, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 182, 4, p. 1-19 19 p., jgs2024-181.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