Physicochemical or geochemical, Toxicological

• Tomašek, I., Eychenne, J., Damby, D. E., Hornby, A. J. , Romanias, M. N., Moune, S., Uzu, G., Schiavi, F., Dole, M., Gardés, E., Laumonier, M., Gorce, C., Minet-Quinard, R., Durif, J., Belville, C., Traoré, O., Blanchon, L., Sapin, V., (2025), Physicochemical poperties and bioreactivity of sub‐10 μm geogenic particles: Comparison of volcanic ash and desert dust, GeoHealth, 9(1), e2024GH001171, 10.1029/2024GH001171
• Eychenne, J., Gurioli, L., Damby, D. E., Belville, C., Schiavi, F., Marceau, G., Szczepaniak, C., Blavignac, C., Laumonier, M., Gardés, E., Le Pennec, J-L., Nedelec, J-M., Blanchon, L., Sapin, V., (2022), Spatial distribution and physicochemical properties of respirable volcanic ash from the 16-17 August 2006 Tungurahua eruption (Ecuador), and alveolar epithelium response in-vitro, GeoHealth, e2022GH000680, 10.1029/2022GH000680, Pre-proof. Citation may need updating
• Tomašek, I., Damby, D. E., Andronico, D., Baxter, P. J., Boonen, I., Claeys, P., Denison, M. S., Horwell, C. J., Kervyn, M., Kueppers, U., Romanias, M. N., Elskens, M., (2021), Assessing the biological reactivity of organic compounds on volcanic ash: implications for human health hazard, Bulletin of Volcanology, 83(5), 1-11, 10.1007/s00445-021-01453-4
• Tomašek, I., Horwell, C. J., Damby, D. E., Barošová, H., Geers, C., Petri-Fink, A., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Clift, M. J. D., (2016), Combined exposure of diesel exhaust particles and respirable Soufrière Hills volcanic ash causes a (pro-)inflammatory response in an in vitro multicellular epithelial tissue barrier model, Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 13, 67, 10.1186/s12989-016-0178-9

Physicochemical or geochemical

• Horwell, C. J., Emerson, H. M., Ashwell, P., Damby, D. E., Self, S., Nattrass, C., Carey, R., Houghton, B., (2025), The crystalline silica respiratory hazard from rhyolitic lava dome eruptions in New Zealand's Taupo Volcanic Zone: A case study from the 1315 CE Kaharoa eruption, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 461, 108309, 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108309
• Horwell, C. J., Damby, D. E., Stewart, C., Joseph, E. P., Barclay, J, Davies, B. V., Mangler, M. F., Marvin, L. G., Najorka, J., Peek, S., Tunstall, N., (2024), Physicochemical hazard assessment of ash and dome rock from the 2021 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent, for the assessment of respiratory health impacts and water contamination, The 2020–21 Eruption of La Soufrière Volcano, St Vincent, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Geological Society of London, 539, 311-329, 10.1144/SP539-2023-46, R.E.A. Robertson, E.P. Joseph, J. Barclay, R.S.J. Sparks
• Horwell, C. J., Hillman, S. E., Cole, P. D., Loughlin, S. C., Llewellin, E. W., Damby, D. E., Christopher, T., (2014), Controls on variations in cristobalite abundance in ash generated by the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat in the period 1997-2010, The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 2000 to 2010, Memoir of the Geological Society of London , Geological Society of London, Chapter 21. 39: 399-406, 10.1144/M39.21, Wadge, G. , Robertson, R., Voight, B.
• Damby, D. E., Llewellin, E. W., Horwell, C. J., Williamson, B. J., Najorka, J., Cressey, G., Carpenter, M. A., (2014), The α-β phase transition in volcanic cristobalite, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 47, 1205-1215, 10.1107/S160057671401070X

Reviews/ Overviews

• Horwell, C. J., Baxter, P. J., Damby, D. E., Elias, T., Ilyinskaya, E., Sparks, R. S. J., Stewart, C., Tomašek, I., (2023), The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN): reflections on 20 years of progress, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 11, 1213363, 10.3389/feart.2023.1213363
• Carlos, W., Gross, J., Jamil, S., Dela Cruz, C., Damby, D. E., Tam, E., (2018), Volcanic eruptions and threats to respiratory health, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197(12), 21-22, 10.1164/rccm.19712p21

Reviews/ Overviews

• Stewart, C., Damby, D. E., Horwell, C. J., Elias, T., Ilyinskaya, E., Tomašek, I., Longo, B. M., Schmidt, A., Carlsen, H. K., Mason, E., Baxter, P. J., Cronin, S. J., Witham, C. S., (2022), Volcanic air pollution and human health: recent advances and future directions, Bulletin of Volcanology, 84, 11, 10.1007/s00445-021-01513-9

Personal, ambient & remote monitoring/sensing, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Ilyinskaya, E., Mason, E., Weiser, P. E., Holland, L., Liu, E. J., Mather, T. A., Edmonds, M., Whitty, R. C. W., Elias, T., Nadeau, P. A., Schneider, D. J., McQuaid, J. B., Allen, S. E., Harvey, J., Oppenheimer, C., Kern, C., Damby, D. E., (2021), Rapid metal pollutant deposition from the volcanic plume of Kīlauea, Hawai’i, Communications Earth and Environment, 2, 78, 10.1038/s43247-021-00146-2

Leaching

• Tomašek, I., Damby, D. E., Stewart, C., Horwell, C. J., Plumlee, G. S., Ottley, C. J., Delmelle, P., Morman, S., Yazidia, S. E., Claeys, P., Kervyn, M., Elskens, M., Leermakers, M., (2021), Development of a simulated lung fluid leaching method to assess the release of potentially toxic elements from volcanic ash., Chemosphere, 278, 130303, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130303
• Stewart, C., Damby, D. E., Tomašek, I., Horwell, C. J., (2021), Experimental design and data relevance in a volcanic ash-leachate health study: Letter to the Editor re. Barone et al. (2021) ‘Surface reactivity of Etna volcanic ash and evaluation of health risks’ (STOTEN-143248), Science of the Total Environment, 804, 150076, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150076
• Stewart, C., Damby, D. E., Tomašek, I., Horwell, C. J., Plumlee, G. S., Armienta, M. A., Hinojosa, M. G. R., Appleby, M., Delmelle, P., Cronin, S., Ottley, C. J., Oppenheimer, C., Morman, S., (2020), Assessment of leachable elements in volcanic ashfall: a review and evaluation of a standardized protocol for ash hazard characterization, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 392, 106756, 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106756

Leaching, Physicochemical or geochemical, Toxicological

• Tomašek, I., Damby, D. E., Horwell, C. J., Ayris, P. M., Delmelle, P., Ottley, C. J., Cubillas, P., Casas, A. S., Bisig, C., Petri-Fink, A., (2019), Assessment of the potential for in-plume sulphur dioxide gas-ash interactions to influence the respiratory toxicity of volcanic ash, Environmental Research, 179, 108873, 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108798
• Damby, D. E., Horwell, C. J., Baxter, P. J., Delmelle, P., Donaldson, K., Dunster, C., Fubini, B., Murphy, F. A., Nattrass, C., Sweeney, S., Tetley, T. D., Tomatis, M., (2013), The respiratory health hazard of tephra from the 2010 Centennial eruption of Merapi with implications for occupational mining of deposits, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 261, 376-387, 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.09.001
• Horwell, C. J., Baxter, P. J., Hillman, S. E., Calkins, J. A., Damby, D. E., Delmelle, P., Donaldson, K., Dunster, C., Kelly, F. J., Le Blond, J. S., Livi, K. J., Murphy, F. A., Nattrass, C., Sweeney, S., Tetley, T. D., Thordarson, T., Tomatis, M., (2013), Physicochemical and toxicological profiling of ash from the 2010 and 2011 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull and Grímsvötn volcanoes, Iceland using a rapid respiratory hazard assessment protocol, Environmental Research, 127, 63-73, 10.1016/j.envewa.2013.08.011

Toxicological

• Damby, D. E., Horwell, C. J., Baxter, P. J., Kueppers, U., Schnurr, M., Dingwell, D. B., Duewell, P., (2018), Volcanic Ash Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Murine and Human Macrophages, Frontiers in Immunology, 8: 2000, 10.3389/fimmu.2017.02000
• Tomašek, I., Horwell, C. J., Bisig, C., Damby, D. E., Comte, P., Czerwinskid, J., Petri-Fink, A., Clift, M. J. D., Drasler, B., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., (2018), Respiratory hazard assessment of combined exposure to complete gasoline exhaust and respirable volcanic ash in a multicellular human lung model at the air-liquid interface, Environmental Pollution, 238: 977-987, 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.115
• Damby, D. E., Horwell, C. J., Larsen, G., Thordarson, T., Tomatis, M., Fubini, B., Donaldson, K., (2017), Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples, Environmental Health, 16: 98, 10.1186/s12940-017-0302-9, Also Physicochemical sub-category - can we have two?
• Nattrass, C., Horwell, C. J., Damby, D. E., Brown, D., Stone, V., (2017), The effect of aluminium and sodium impurities on the cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory potential of cristobalite, Environmental Research, 159: 164-175, 10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.054
• Damby, D. E., Murphy, F. A., Horwell, C. J., Raftis, J., Donaldson, K., (2016), The in vitro respiratory toxicity of cristobalite-bearing volcanic ash, Environmental Research, 145: 74-84, 10.1016/j.envres.2015.11.020
• Horwell, C. J., Damby, D. E., Hillier, S., (2015), Respirable volcanic ash is distinct mineralogically, physicochemically and toxicologically from soils originating from weathered volcanic products. A comment on Cervini-Silva et al. (2014) “Lipid peroxidation and cytotoxicity induced by respirable volcani, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 285: 366-367, 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.10.059

Physicochemical or geochemical, Toxicological

• Hillman, S. E., Horwell, C. J., Densmore, A., Damby, D. E., Fubini, B., Ishimine, Y., Tomatis, M., (2012), Sakurajima volcano: a physico-chemical study of the health consequences of long-term exposure to volcanic ash, Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, 913–930, 10.1007/s00445-012-0575-3