THE VolcanoKRAFFT TEAM
A team driven by a passion for volcanoes<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>At the Maurice and Katia Krafft Foundation, we do much more than preserve a heritage: we bring it to life! Inspired by the energy and daring of these two fire explorers, we have assembled a team of enthusiasts united by a common mission: to share the beauty and power of volcanoes with the whole world.<\/p>\n
We are archivists, educators, and creatives, committed to imparting knowledge and wonder. We digitize and restore the incredible images captured by the Kraffts, supporting research and developing educational projects to ignite the curiosity of future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Julien Dumont<\/h3><\/div>General Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Julien Dumont discovered his passion for volcanoes through Maurice Krafft’s book Dans l’antre du diable, given to him by his mother after a landmark conference. Fascinated by the meeting of art and science, he explored various fields before turning to cinema and founding Titan Films. In 2020, he and his sister wrote a screenplay about Maurice and Katia Krafft, then met Andr\u00e9 Demaison in 2021, who joined him in this adventure. Co-producer of Werner Herzog’s documentary Au c\u0153ur des volcans, he witnessed his first eruption in Iceland in 2022, cementing his bond with volcanoes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Andr\u00e9 Demaison<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologist<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>At the age of 18, Andr\u00e9 Demaison discovered his passion for volcanoes while observing a lava flow on Mount Etna, a revelation that would guide his life. Fascinated by science and art, he became a museographer specializing in Earth Sciences. In 1972, he met Maurice and Katia Krafft, the charismatic volcanologist couple, and from 1976 accompanied them to some extreme terrains, from the African Rift to Hawaii. Together, they conceived projects such as the Maison du Volcan and Vulcania, which Andr\u00e9 saw through to fruition after the Kraffts\u2019 tragic deaths. Now their biographer, he perpetuates their memory and is passing that torch to Julien Dumont.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Fabio Buttino<\/h3><\/div>Public relations officer<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Fabio joined the Krafft fund team in September 2024, following his first volcanic expedition to Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli.
A friend of Julien Dumont’s for over 15 years, he fell into the crater of volcanic passion and now supports the fund by handling public relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Franco Emmi<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologue Advisory Board<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>He loves mountains, volcanoes, and his own volcano\u2014since 1975, he has passionately pursued a career as a mountain guide on Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, culminating at 3369 meters above sea level.
He accompanied Maurice and Katia Krafft and Haroun Tazieff (1914\u20131998) on numerous missions to this Sicilian volcano during eruptive crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Join us in this scientific and human adventure, where a passion for knowledge and a fascination for volcanoes continue to enlighten the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
At the Maurice and Katia Krafft Foundation, we do much more than preserve a heritage: we bring it to life! Inspired by the energy and daring of these two fire explorers, we have assembled a team of enthusiasts united by a common mission: to share the beauty and power of volcanoes with the whole world.<\/p>\n
We are archivists, educators, and creatives, committed to imparting knowledge and wonder. We digitize and restore the incredible images captured by the Kraffts, supporting research and developing educational projects to ignite the curiosity of future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Julien Dumont<\/h3><\/div>General Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Julien Dumont discovered his passion for volcanoes through Maurice Krafft’s book Dans l’antre du diable, given to him by his mother after a landmark conference. Fascinated by the meeting of art and science, he explored various fields before turning to cinema and founding Titan Films. In 2020, he and his sister wrote a screenplay about Maurice and Katia Krafft, then met Andr\u00e9 Demaison in 2021, who joined him in this adventure. Co-producer of Werner Herzog’s documentary Au c\u0153ur des volcans, he witnessed his first eruption in Iceland in 2022, cementing his bond with volcanoes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Andr\u00e9 Demaison<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologist<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>At the age of 18, Andr\u00e9 Demaison discovered his passion for volcanoes while observing a lava flow on Mount Etna, a revelation that would guide his life. Fascinated by science and art, he became a museographer specializing in Earth Sciences. In 1972, he met Maurice and Katia Krafft, the charismatic volcanologist couple, and from 1976 accompanied them to some extreme terrains, from the African Rift to Hawaii. Together, they conceived projects such as the Maison du Volcan and Vulcania, which Andr\u00e9 saw through to fruition after the Kraffts\u2019 tragic deaths. Now their biographer, he perpetuates their memory and is passing that torch to Julien Dumont.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Fabio Buttino<\/h3><\/div>Public relations officer<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Fabio joined the Krafft fund team in September 2024, following his first volcanic expedition to Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli.
A friend of Julien Dumont’s for over 15 years, he fell into the crater of volcanic passion and now supports the fund by handling public relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Franco Emmi<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologue Advisory Board<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>He loves mountains, volcanoes, and his own volcano\u2014since 1975, he has passionately pursued a career as a mountain guide on Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, culminating at 3369 meters above sea level.
He accompanied Maurice and Katia Krafft and Haroun Tazieff (1914\u20131998) on numerous missions to this Sicilian volcano during eruptive crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Join us in this scientific and human adventure, where a passion for knowledge and a fascination for volcanoes continue to enlighten the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
General Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>
Julien Dumont discovered his passion for volcanoes through Maurice Krafft’s book Dans l’antre du diable, given to him by his mother after a landmark conference. Fascinated by the meeting of art and science, he explored various fields before turning to cinema and founding Titan Films. In 2020, he and his sister wrote a screenplay about Maurice and Katia Krafft, then met Andr\u00e9 Demaison in 2021, who joined him in this adventure. Co-producer of Werner Herzog’s documentary Au c\u0153ur des volcans, he witnessed his first eruption in Iceland in 2022, cementing his bond with volcanoes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Andr\u00e9 Demaison<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologist<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>At the age of 18, Andr\u00e9 Demaison discovered his passion for volcanoes while observing a lava flow on Mount Etna, a revelation that would guide his life. Fascinated by science and art, he became a museographer specializing in Earth Sciences. In 1972, he met Maurice and Katia Krafft, the charismatic volcanologist couple, and from 1976 accompanied them to some extreme terrains, from the African Rift to Hawaii. Together, they conceived projects such as the Maison du Volcan and Vulcania, which Andr\u00e9 saw through to fruition after the Kraffts\u2019 tragic deaths. Now their biographer, he perpetuates their memory and is passing that torch to Julien Dumont.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Fabio Buttino<\/h3><\/div>Public relations officer<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Fabio joined the Krafft fund team in September 2024, following his first volcanic expedition to Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli.
A friend of Julien Dumont’s for over 15 years, he fell into the crater of volcanic passion and now supports the fund by handling public relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Franco Emmi<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologue Advisory Board<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>He loves mountains, volcanoes, and his own volcano\u2014since 1975, he has passionately pursued a career as a mountain guide on Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, culminating at 3369 meters above sea level.
He accompanied Maurice and Katia Krafft and Haroun Tazieff (1914\u20131998) on numerous missions to this Sicilian volcano during eruptive crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Join us in this scientific and human adventure, where a passion for knowledge and a fascination for volcanoes continue to enlighten the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Volcanologist<\/p>\n<\/div>
At the age of 18, Andr\u00e9 Demaison discovered his passion for volcanoes while observing a lava flow on Mount Etna, a revelation that would guide his life. Fascinated by science and art, he became a museographer specializing in Earth Sciences. In 1972, he met Maurice and Katia Krafft, the charismatic volcanologist couple, and from 1976 accompanied them to some extreme terrains, from the African Rift to Hawaii. Together, they conceived projects such as the Maison du Volcan and Vulcania, which Andr\u00e9 saw through to fruition after the Kraffts\u2019 tragic deaths. Now their biographer, he perpetuates their memory and is passing that torch to Julien Dumont.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Fabio Buttino<\/h3><\/div>Public relations officer<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Fabio joined the Krafft fund team in September 2024, following his first volcanic expedition to Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli.
A friend of Julien Dumont’s for over 15 years, he fell into the crater of volcanic passion and now supports the fund by handling public relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Franco Emmi<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologue Advisory Board<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>He loves mountains, volcanoes, and his own volcano\u2014since 1975, he has passionately pursued a career as a mountain guide on Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, culminating at 3369 meters above sea level.
He accompanied Maurice and Katia Krafft and Haroun Tazieff (1914\u20131998) on numerous missions to this Sicilian volcano during eruptive crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Join us in this scientific and human adventure, where a passion for knowledge and a fascination for volcanoes continue to enlighten the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Public relations officer<\/p>\n<\/div>
Fabio joined the Krafft fund team in September 2024, following his first volcanic expedition to Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli.
A friend of Julien Dumont’s for over 15 years, he fell into the crater of volcanic passion and now supports the fund by handling public relations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/download.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Franco Emmi<\/h3><\/div>Volcanologue Advisory Board<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>He loves mountains, volcanoes, and his own volcano\u2014since 1975, he has passionately pursued a career as a mountain guide on Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, culminating at 3369 meters above sea level.
He accompanied Maurice and Katia Krafft and Haroun Tazieff (1914\u20131998) on numerous missions to this Sicilian volcano during eruptive crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Join us in this scientific and human adventure, where a passion for knowledge and a fascination for volcanoes continue to enlighten the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Volcanologue Advisory Board<\/p>\n<\/div>
He loves mountains, volcanoes, and his own volcano\u2014since 1975, he has passionately pursued a career as a mountain guide on Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, culminating at 3369 meters above sea level.
He accompanied Maurice and Katia Krafft and Haroun Tazieff (1914\u20131998) on numerous missions to this Sicilian volcano during eruptive crises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Join us in this scientific and human adventure, where a passion for knowledge and a fascination for volcanoes continue to enlighten the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3006\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.volcanokrafft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}