Research Group
Graduate Students
Laura Gnesko (PhD Student; UC Accelerator Scholarship)
Project Title: Geomorphology and geotechnical characterisation of coseismic submarine slope failures
Erin McEwan (PhD student; UC Doctoral Scholarship)
Project Title: Flood hazard from fault rupture-induced river avulsions
Past group members
Dr. Jaime Delano (WSP Christchurch; Jim Cole Prize for Best PhD Thesis in 2024)
Project Title: The Past, Present, and Future of Coseismic Coastal Deformation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dr. Corinne Singeisen (Risk Analyst; Jim Cole Prize for Best PhD Thesis in 2023)
Project Title: Identifying controlling factors on initiation and failure mechanisms of large co-seismic landslides during the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake using numerical modelling
Dr. Colin Bloom (Postdoc at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL)
Project Title: Coseismic Landslide Interactions with Surface Fault Rupture Following the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake
Joshua Daglish (MainPower)
Project Title: Regional exposure of NZ transport network to fault displacement hazard
Ruby Glasson (Federation Mining)
Project Title: Mechanisms of coastal cliff failure in the Kaikoura earthquake
Santosh Dhakal (Department of Mines and Geology Nepal)
Project Title: Tectonic geomorphology and paleoseismology of the Lake Heron and Torlesse faults
Dr. Clare Wilkinson (NIWA; Jim Cole Prize for Best PhD Thesis in 2021)
Project Title: Fluvial evacuation of coseismic landslide sediment from river catchments in the southern Kaikoura range
Ethan Walsh (PDP Nelson): Empirical rupture simulation of multi-fault earthquakes
Tom Brough (WSP): Tectonic geomorphology and paleoseismology of the Humps Fault Zone, North Culverden Basin
Tim van Woerden (Otago Regional Council; Von Haast Prize for Best MSC Thesis in 2019)
Project title: Geomorphology and landslide dam hazards of the Shotover River catchment