Janine Krippner is a physical volcanologist from New Zealand who uses remote sensing to study pyroclastic flows and is a popular science communicator.

For this work she studied Mount Ngauruhoe, an active basaltic andesite-to-andesite composite cone volcano.

[3] Whilst a PhD student she was listed by Wired as one of the top scientists to follow on Twitter.

[13][14] Krippner followed the activity of Mount Agung from Pittsburgh using social media and official monitoring information, providing clear explanations for the technical language and directing people to reliable sources.

[15][16] She used Twitter to provide information about the volcano's activity in English, helping tourists on-site.