Active Projects

Calm body of water with a small island in the distance, mountains in the background, and a navigation marker on tall poles in the foreground under a clear blue sky.
Logo of New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment with the coat of arms and text.

Machine-learning tools for forecasting volcanic eruptions

Victoria University of Wellington logo with a crest featuring a shield, the year 1897, and the motto 'Te Herenga Waka' on a dark green background.
An geothermal power plant facility with pipes, tanks, and smoke emissions in the open landscape.
Logo of the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment with a crest and the text in black and dark red.

DeepHeat: unlocking superhot geothermal and national energy security through advanced permeability modelling

Logo of Earth Sciences New Zealand featuring a globe with visible Antarctica and surrounding oceans, alongside black text reading "Earth Sciences New Zealand."
A scenic landscape of volcanic mountains with a large active volcano in the background, clouds near the mountains, and a sprawling grassy field in the foreground under a blue sky with scattered clouds.
Logo for Catalyst Fund Seeding showing a geometric shape and bold text.

Advanced sub-surface Earth imaging for New Zealand’s volcanic and geothermal future

Logo of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, featuring a red square with white 'JGU' letters separated by a vertical line, and the university's name in gray text below.
Victoria University of Wellington logo with shield, date 1897, and Māori translation Te Herenga Waka on a green background.
Aerial view of volcanic cone with green grass, paved pathways, and surrounding forest, overlooking a cityscape with skyscrapers, water bodies, and distant hills.
Sign with orange, black, and gray sections displaying 'Marsden Fund' in large white letters and 'Te Pūtēa Rangahau a Marsden' in white below.
Logo of the University of Auckland featuring a shield with kiwi birds, stars, and an open book, with the university's name and Māori motto.

Probing the depths of Auckland’s Volcanic Field: An integrated geophysical investigation into the intraplate volcanism of Tāmaki Makaurau

Snow-capped Mount Fuji reflected in a calm body of water, with grassy shoreline and clear blue sky.

Retaining capability in volcano monitoring and geophysics 

Victoria University of Wellington logo in green and white, featuring a shield with stylized triangles, waves, and the founding year 1897.

Past Projects

Diagram showing Earth's layers, including the crust, mantle, and core, with labels for the Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate, and indicating plate boundaries.

The Silent Trigger: Do slow-slip earthquakes trigger volcanic unrest in the Taupo Volcanic Zone?

The image features a banner with orange and dark gray background sections. The orange section contains white text that reads 'MARSDEN FUND.' The dark gray section below contains white text in Māori that reads 'TE PŪTEA RANGAHUA A MARSDEN.'
Victoria University of Wellington logo with shield emblem and text in both English and Māori.
An aerial view of Lake Taupō with shoreline, surrounding land, and some smaller islands in the distance.

ECLIPSE: Eruption or Catastrophe: Learning to Implement Preparedness for future Supervolcano Eruptions

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment logo with the New Zealand coat of arms
Victoria University of Wellington logo with crest and text.