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- Geological Sciences
- External Affiliates
Key staff involved in research activities of the centre are:
Geological Sciences |
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Mr David Bell - engineering geology, with particular interests in slope instability, natural hazard assessment and land-use planning. david.bell@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Sarah Beaven - System-wide integrative approaches to emergency response and recovery, including inter-disciplinary collaborative approaches to operational research; integrating research and operational response and recovery after multi-regional New Zealand disasters; hazard management in small, high-hazard New Zealand communities (particularly tourist resorts) sarah.beaven@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Professor Jim Cole (Director) - volcanic hazards of the Taupo Volcanic Zone and South West Pacific. jim.cole@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Professor Tim Davies - engineering geomorphology; Rock avalanche dynamics; landslide dambreak aggradation; dynamic rock fragmentation in large-scale geomorphic processes; seismogenic landslides; natural hazard management. |
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Dr Darren Gravley - Dynamics of large silicic magma systems; interplay between magmatism, tectonism and volcanism, with particular reference to the Taupo Volcanic Zone; pyroclastic transport processes, geothermal systems; volcanic hazards darren.gravley@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Ben Kennedy - Field-based and experimental volcanology, petrology, geochemistry of igneous rocks. Lava dome and explosive volcanism. ben.kennedy@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr David Nobes – geophysics; non-invasive imaging of faults and landslides. david.nobes@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Mark Quigley - Structural geology and active tectonics, paleoclimate and tectonic geomorphic responses, landscape evolution. mark.quigley@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Professor Jarg Pettinga - active tectonics and earthquake hazard assessment in North Canterbury, Marlborough and East Coast North island, as well as slope stability and landslide hazard mitigation. jarg.pettinga@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Thomas Wilson - Natural hazard and risk assessment, with special interest in volcanic eruptions. Impacts of natural hazards to critical infrastructure and primary industries. Community resilience to natural hazards. Evacuation and loss modelling using geospatial platforms (GIS). thomas.wilson@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Geography |
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Dr Deirdre Hart - Multidisciplinary Approaches to Examining Coastal Systems; Coastal Ecology, Geomorphology, Sediments and Hydrodynamics; Tropical Reef Environments; Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches; River Mouth Lagoons; Coastal Management. |
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Assoc Prof Wendy Lawson - Glaciology, hydrology, especially glacier hydrology, and process and very recent glacial geomorphology. wendy.lawson@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Chris Gomez - TBA christopher.gomez@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Civil Engineering |
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Dr John Berrill - Geomechanics; Engineering seismology |
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Dr Lis Bowman - Geotechnical Engineering; Geomechanics elisabeth.bowman@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Brendon Bradley - Seismic hazard and risk analysis, Structural and geotechnical seismic response analysis, Applications of statistics in Civil Engineering brendon.bradley@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Andre Dantas - Travel demand modelling; Analysis of transport projects; Public transportation planning; Sustainable energy transport systems |
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Dr Misko Cubrinovski - Soil liquefaction and its remediation; Behavior of piles in liquefied soils; Constitutive modelling of soils; Seism ic response of earth structures and soil-structure interaction misko.cubrinovski@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Sonia Giovinazzi - Seismic risk analysis sonia.giovinazzi@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Greg MacRae - Steel structures; reinforced concrete structures; composite structures; earthquake engineering; regularity, probabilistic evaluation of structures; effect of ground motion type on behaviour gregory.macrae@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Alessandro Palermo - Structural mechanics, reinforced concrete/precast prestressed structures, earthquake engineering, structural bridge engineering alessandro.palermo@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Allan Scott - Structural, Materials Engineering allan.scott@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Dr Erica Seville - Risk management erica.seville@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Social and Political Sciences |
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Assoc Prof Jim Tully - media ethics; science communication and foreign news. jim.tully@canterbury.ac.nz |
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Other Contributors |
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Dr David Johnston (Massey University) – Team Leadership and Project Management; Emergency management; Environmentally Sustainable Development; Hazard and risk assessment; Volcanic hazards D.Johnston@gns.cri.nz |
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Dr Ernesto Corpuz (Christchurch) – Coordinated all science and technology programmes/projects of natural disaster risk mitigation of volcanic activity in the Philippienes. Now resident in Christchurch. tcorp2000@yahoo.com |
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Kristin Hoskins (Kestrel Group) –Emergency management, business continuity; risk management; risk communication; project co-ordination; CAENZ risk and natural hazards project management. kh@kestrel.co.nz>kh@kestrel.co.nz |
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Assoc Prof Shane Cronin (Massey University) – interaction between volcanism, the environment and human communities; Volcanic hazard and risk assessment; Volcanic impacts on agriculture. s.j.cronin@massey.ac.nz |
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Peter Kingsbury – 'Natural hazard and risk assessment, with particular interest in floodplain management and the application of earthquake hazard and risk information for planning and development, and emergency management. |
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