Hello! I’m Ailsa Naismith, and this is my personal blog. I am a volcanologist living in Singapore and working at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). I do research on active volcanoes in South-east Asia. Before Singapore, I worked on volcanoes in Latin America for many years, and you’ll find a lot of content on the volcanoes, people, and culture of Guatemala, where I focussed my study for seven years.

Volcanoes are magic – that’s why most of my posts are about them! I have also written about  Guatemala, art, culture, travel, and the experience of working in the world of research. You can read about my research here. This blog is a tool to develop my non-academic writing voice, to test out ideas I’m thinking about, and to gather the many disparate threads of work, live, and research. I hope you find things to interest you here.

I update occasionally,  and love to connect with others thinking along similar lines. Do get in touch if you’d like to talk – I welcome new connections.