Data integration with physics-based models to understand and mitigate natural hazards

Forecasting hazards based solely on observational data poses significant challenges, as the hazard often conceals the observable signatures of the underlying processes that drive and amplify it. Models developed without the benefit of observational data struggle to identify the leading complex mechanics that characterize such hazards. My research focuses on data-model integration of physics-based models of natural hazards, with emphasis on volcanic and periglacial hazards. I am interested in these systems because of their predominant impact on disadvantaged communities.