The project science coordinator, Dr. Francesco Sauro from the international research team La Venta, has applied to the National Geographic Society Grant for supporting this edeavour.
Dr. Gro B. M. Pedersen and her master student Kimberley Jean Hutchinson from the University of Iceland are participating to the research on the field, performing in situ observations, providing data collected during the eruption and working on a genetic and evolution map of the lava tube formation.
The main expedition of the project will be next spring.