Curriculum Vitae

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Education

University of Pittsburgh: Ph.D. (2022), Geology and Environmental Science

Thesis Title: Modeling of Volcanic Flow Processes on Earth, Mars, and Venus
Advisor: Professor Michael Ramsey

Rider University: B.S. (2017), Geoscience and B.S. (2017), Marine Science Research: Geomorphology and erosional patterns of Crosswick Creek, NJ

Recent Publications

Flynn, I.T.W., Bhushan, B., Hendersen, S., Corradino, C.C., Ramsey, M.S., Collins, E.R. (2026). Satellite Data Synergy for Volcano Monitoring: The 2022 Mauna Loa Eruption. JVGR. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2026.108603

Flynn, I.T.W, and S.I. Peters. (2025). The usefulness of NotebookLM’s Audio Overview for Planetary Scientists. Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 6, e2025CN000282. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025CN000282

Trussell, A. R., O’rourke, J. G., Williams, D. A., Flynn, I. T. W., Black, B. A., & Borrelli, M. E. (2025). The importance of carbonatite lavas in outgassing Venus’ modern-day atmosphere. Sci. Adv, 11, 1621. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw1621

Recent Conference Abstracts

Flynn, I. T. W., Collins, E.R., Williams D.B., Will Upcoming Missions be able to Determine the Composition of Canali?., GSA 2025 (oral)

Flynn, I. T. W., Crown, D.A., Ramsey, M.S., Smrekar, S.E., A Global Catalog, Spatial Analysis, and Morphometry of Venusian Channelized Lava Flows., GSA 2025 (oral)

O’Rourke, J., Trussell, A., Williams., Flynn, I., Black, B., Borrelli, M., Formation of Lava Channels on Venus: Implications for Eruption Properties and Atmospheric Outgassing, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025 (oral)

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