Kara Brugman is interested in magma genesis and volatile solubility on exoplanets, Earth, and solar system bodies; the timescales of events in magmatic systems; geothermometry; volcano science and hazards; high-silica magmatic systems; and how our planet's volcanologic and petrologic mechanisms can be used to understand those on other planets and moons.

Kara will be starting at UNM in January 2026.