VolcanoTech

18/08/2026

It was quite busy in the lab last week! This can only mean one thing... FIELD WORK!

Tom Pering is off to Costa Rica with Becks to field test the SpectroGas. But they took a whole fleet of VolcanoTech kit with them (and an undergraduate student), so there should be a lot of exciting work in the pipeline.

We love a good field campaign, so stay tuned to our socials for updates from the team over the next two weeks.

31/07/2026

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jon Willmott to our VolcanoTech team. Jon is a Professor in System Sensors at the University of Sheffield. He spent over 10 years designing thermometry and thermal imaging for industry before moving to The University of Sheffield, where he created the System Sensor Research Group which has world-leading knowledge of the infrared temperature measurement science and spectral imaging. Jon was part of the team which originally developed the low-cost UV sensing approach we use in our PiCams and he is joining VolcanoTech as Chief Commercial Officer to develop our products for application beyond the volcanic market.

29/06/2026

Our team are in Nottingham this week at the 2026 COMET meeting. They would all love to chat PiCams and what we've been up to recently. And they have stickers!

02/06/2026

Dr. Tom Pering on location at Lastarria, Chile in June, 2025 installing a PiCam alongside our friends at CKELAR

01/06/2026

An interview with Co-Founder and CEO, Dr. Tom Pering, about the commercialisation journey of VolcanoTech, is currently featured on the University of Sheffield website.

You can read the full interview at the link below.
https://sheffield.ac.uk/commercialisation/news/monitoring-volcanoes-accessible-tech

26/05/2026

Our University of Sheffield PhD Candidate, Rebecca England, has received a Pathfinder Grant from the The Explorers Club to continue field testing the SpectroGas, her new, low-cost, spectroscopy based gas monitoring instrument.

Rebecca and Dr. Tom Pering will be travelling to Costa Rica in August to trial the SpectroGas on two different volcanoes, Poas and Turrialba. They will be working alongside colleagues at the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) and comparing their SpectroGas results against existing gas monitoring equipment.

For more information about the grant and Rebecca’s plans, you can visit the news section on our website. Be sure to keep an eye on our social media pages in August for updates from Rebecca and Tom in the field.

https://www.volcanotech.co.uk/news
https://www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr/
https://www.explorers.org/grants/the-exploration-fund-grant/

OVSICORI-UNA

20/05/2026

Dr. Tom Pering participated in a NERC COMET webinar several weeks ago. In the video he outlines the various UV camera systems we have in operation. If you want to learn more about what we do here at VolcanoTech, this webinar is a great place to start.

COMET Webinar: Dr Tom Pering "Reflecting on UV camera usage at volcanoes"

20/05/2026

Earlier this month we had the opportunity to participate in the The University of Sheffield Geography Society charity football match alongside several colleagues in the School of Geography and Planning at the University of Sheffield. We really value our links with the The University of Sheffieldeld and enjoy opportunities like this one to engage with students and fellow staff members. Everyone has been exceptionally supportive of us as a fledgling business and this is one of the many ways we hope to give back to our community. A great time was had by all and we look forward to next year's match.

We provided the staff team shirts with help from our friends ABOVE the BELOW

13/05/2026

We are excited to announce our new grant from the Economic and Social Reasearch Council (ESRC) Rapid Impact Fund in collaboration with the University of Sheffield. This funding will enable us to expand the reach of our UV camera volcano monitoring technology. The grant will fund two permanent PiCam systems in Costa Rica, as well as moving one of our existing PiCam systems in Chile to a new location.
For more information on the plans we have for this grant, visit the news page on our website. And, as always, keep an eye on our social media pages for updates from the VolcanoTech team in the field.

volcanotech.co.uk

21/04/2026

We are excited to announce that VolcanoTech have officially incorporated as a company in the UK as of January 2026. We now enter an exciting phase of work as we begin operations, with the ultimate goal of making it easier for communities around volcanoes and researchers to access vital monitoring equipment.