David Phillips (geologist)

{{Short description|Geologist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = David Phillips

| workplaces = Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (DSIC){{Cite web |title=Hawaiian Volcano Observatory - Connect |url=https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/connect |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=U.S. Geological Survey}}

| alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (BS)|University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (PhD)}}

| spouse = Francine "Fran" Coloma

}}

David Phillips has been Deputy Scientist-in-Charge (DSIC) at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory since 2020.{{Cite web |last=Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |author-link=Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |date=14 May 2020 |title=Volcano Watch — Coming home: HVO welcomes Deputy Scientist-in-Charge David Phillips |url=https://www.usgs.gov/news/volcano-watch-coming-home-hvo-welcomes-deputy-scientist-charge-david-phillips |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=U.S. Geological Survey}}
Multiple secondary sources:

• {{Cite web |date=15 May 2020 |title=Volcano Watch: HVO Welcomes Deputy Scientist-in-Charge David Phillips |url=https://bigislandnow.com/2020/05/15/volcano-watch-hvo-welcomes-deputy-scientist-in-charge-david-phillips/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=Big Island Now}}
• {{Cite web |date=16 May 2020 |title=VOLCANO WATCH: HVO Welcomes New Deputy Scientist-in-Charge |url=https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2020/05/16/volcano-watch-hvo-welcomes-new-deputy-scientist-in-charge/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=Big Island Video News}}
• {{Cite web |date=16 May 2020 |title=Coming home: HVO welcomes Deputy Scientist-in-Charge David Phillips |url=https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/05/16/features/coming-home-hvo-welcomes-deputy-scientist-in-charge-david-phillips/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=West Hawaii Today |language=en-US}}{{Efn|Following the announcement by the U.S. Geological Survey, an article from UH Hilo Stories erroneously stated he became the DSIC at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park,{{Cite web |date=21 May 2020 |title=UH Hilo alumnus is the new deputy scientist-in-charge at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park |url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2020/05/21/new-deputy-scientist-in-charge-at-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=UH Hilo Stories |language=en-US}} not the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.}} He served as acting Scientist-in-Charge in the interim period between Tina Neal and Ken Hon.{{Cite web |last=Homeland Security Today |date=3 February 2021 |title=New Scientist-in-Charge at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |url=https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/new-scientist-in-charge-at-the-usgs-hawaiian-volcano-observatory/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=HSToday |language=en-US}}