Anouk Beniest, Assistant Professor of Tectonics and Structural Geology
Thanushika Gunatilake, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Geoscience of the Subsurface
Wouter Schellart, Professor of Geodynamics and Tectonics
Members of the Geodynamics & Tectonics group focus on five main research topics:
- Geodynamics & plate tectonics (subduction, orogenesis, lithospheric extension, plate motions)
- Crustal tectonics and sea floor mapping
- Natural hazards (giant subduction zone thrust earthquakes)
- Human-induced hazards (induced seismicity)
- Subsurface clean energy solutions (geothermal energy, CO2 storage)
The group studies the Earth from the microscale to the mantle scale, and uses laboratory-based experimental techniques, numerical modelling techniques, field studies, seismological data, marine expeditions, tectonic reconstructions and statistical methods to investigate and quantify the Earth's evolution and its processes.
The Geodynamics & Tectonics group focuses on both generic, process-oriented, research and research applied to specific geological settings and geographical locations (e.g. Andes, Himalaya-East Asia, Scotia Sea, Pyrenees, Southwest Pacific, Cyprus, Aegean).
The group manages the Kuenen-Escher Geodynamics Laboratory (KEG Lab), which is a modelling facility in which crustal and mantle-scale geodynamic processes are simulated using analogue experiments at small spatial scales and short temporal scales.