Erin conducts multi-hazard work at BGS, with the integration of EO data at a multitude of scales. Working both nationally and internationally, she is focused on hazard modelling and assessments, understanding time-space interrelationships and advancing conceptual methodologies like impact chains and storylines for hazard awareness across vulnerable communities. She studied in Scotland with thesis’ titled ‘Investigating the effects of ENSO-related climate variability on a volcanic eruption of Galeras, Colombia and the associated tephra fall hazards’ and ‘Utilizing remotely sensed radar data to identify rafting volcanic pumice deposits & potential relationships across backscatter coefficients’ respectively.
Erin Mills’ biography
- 2023 to present: Remote sensing & multi-hazard scientist
- 2022 to 2023: MSc Distinction, Geoinformation, Technology & Cartography, University of Glasgow
- 2018 to 2022: BSc Hons Geography, University of Edinburgh
Current projects and collaboration
- Project: () – Earth Observation for High-Impact Multi-Hazard Science (2023–2025), funded by the European Space Agency
- Project: () – Advancing Knowledge of Multi-Hazard processes and their Impact (2025–2027), funded by the European Space Agency
- Project: (FIME) – Future Impact of Multi-Hazard Events (2024–2026), funded through GoTT CKAF
- Project: (NIVAR) – National Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment for Future Risks (2024–2026), funded through GoTT CKAF
- Collaboration: (MH-DRR Academy) – Multi-Hazard and Disaster Risk Reduction Adademy for ECRs, with representation from The HuT, PARATUS, MYRIAD EU, EO4MH & Directed projects in 2024
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Key papers
- Mills, E, Chahel, R, Hourston, H, Winson, A, Sørensen, M B, Lombardo, L, Hussain, E, Van den Bout, B, Tanyas, H, and Novellino, A. 2026. . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction,142, p.106224.
- Mills, E, Smith, K, Winson, A, Bateson, L, and Ciurean, R. 2026. . iScience.
- Halkes, R T, Agillon, R D, Mills, E, Shaw, I R, de Jongh, M, Lacinska, A, Winson, A and Goodenough, K M. 2026. Responsible nickel roadmap for the Philippines. (Internal)
- Hussain, E, Watt, S, Crummy, J, Hanifa, N R, Sagala, S, Malasan, P L, Sakya, A E, Gunawan, E, Adysti, R T, Fitri, N R, Akbar, F I, and Mills, E. 2025. . British Geological Survey, 27pp.
- Horn, S , Halkes, R, Winson, A, Lacinska, A, Marriott, A L, Swift, R,Ѿ, E, Mudd,
- G, and K M Goodenough. 2025. Environmental, Social and Governance considerations for critical mineral mining in the Philippines. (Internal)
- Elliot, H A L , Arnhardt, C, Nedumpallile-Vasu, N, Bell, R, Collins, S, Bateson, L,Ѿ, E, Gammon, E, Fleming, C, Dobbs, M and Smith, K. 2025. Lobito Corridor, Angola: Developing geospatial information to ais spatial and resource decision making. (Internal)
NERC Open Research Archive —
- ArcGIS, QGIS and digital mapping analysis
- remote sensing image processing, classification and analysis
- multi-hazard assessment methodologies
- google earth engine & javascript
- hazard monitoring and assessment through EO data integration
- impact chain and storyline approaches for multi-hazard awareness & DRR
- cartography and international fieldwork
- Member of the British Cartographic Society
- Associate Scientist at UK Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET)