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Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile
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Careers outside of academia with a PhD in volcanology – Stories and stats for insight into the lives of PhD-holders with non-academic jobs.
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Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile
![Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melissa-Plail/publication/235676105/figure/fig2/AS:613894590582799@1523375284858/Synthetic-resolution-curves-for-R-s-04-for-pairs-of-overlapping-Gaussian-curves-with_Q320.jpg)
Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile
![Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Christopher/publication/263046532/figure/fig2/AS:667618914611202@1536184161279/Examples-of-enclave-textures-described-by-Plail-et-al-2014-P-plagioclase-Px_Q320.jpg)
Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile
![Careers outside of academia with a PhD in volcanology – Stories and stats for insight into the lives of PhD-holders with non-academic jobs. Careers outside of academia with a PhD in volcanology – Stories and stats for insight into the lives of PhD-holders with non-academic jobs.](https://volcanologistsoutsideacademia.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/charlottestamper.jpg?w=181)
Careers outside of academia with a PhD in volcanology – Stories and stats for insight into the lives of PhD-holders with non-academic jobs.
![Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melissa-Plail/publication/235676105/figure/tbl2/AS:613894594777091@1523375285434/continued_Q320.jpg)
Melissa PLAIL | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD Volcanology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | wits | School of Geosciences | Research profile
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