David Phillips has been Deputy Scientist-in-Charge (DSIC) at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory since 2020.
[2][a] He served as acting Scientist-in-Charge in the interim period between Tina Neal and Ken Hon.
[4] Prior to his post as DSIC, he was working out of Boulder, Colorado as a program manager for UNAVCO.
[2] Throughout his career, he has been consulted by the press as a volcano expert,[5] notably when he spoke to the Associated Press multiple times on behalf of the Observatory about the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa.
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