David Phillips has been Deputy Scientist-in-Charge (DSIC) at the

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since 2020.
Multiple secondary sources: * * * He served as

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Scientist-in-Charge in the interim period between Tina Neal and Ken Hon.

Career

Prior to his post as DSIC, he was working out of

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as a program manager for

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. Throughout his career, he has been consulted by the press as a volcano expert, notably when he spoke to the

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multiple times on behalf of the Observatory about the

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.Multiple sources: * * *

Footnotes

External links

UH Hilo Alum Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, David University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo alumni American geologists United States Geological Survey personnel Year of birth missing (living people) Living people