Langezijds

dr. E.S. Meredith (Elinor)

Researcher
ITC-SCI-GAIA
Langezijds 1433
e.s.meredith@utwente.nl
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My research focuses on understanding and quantifying the risks that populations and assets (buildings, infrastructure, agriculture) face from natural hazards, with a focus on volcanic hazards. I develop and assess hazard, exposure, and empirical impact datasets at local, regional, and global scales.

During my PhD at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, I quantified the impacts of lava flows on the built environment by conducting ground-based and aerial post-eruption damage assessments and developed impact forecasting models. As a Postdoc in Singapore, I expanded my focus to the global scale, assessing the changing exposure of cities to volcanic hazards.

As a Postdoc at UT, I am working on three funded projects, including the impacts of high-impact low-probability eruptions, cascading hazards, and global multi-hazard exposure. I am currently interested in assessing volcanic risk in multi-hazard contexts across various scales.

By developing tools and datasets to support risk assessments, my research aims to inform disaster preparedness and mitigation strategies, ultimately enhancing community resilience to eruptions and other natural hazards. I am also interested in ethical and inclusive approaches to disaster research.

I serve on the founding UT Postdoc Network Board, the ITC Geo-Ethics Committee, and the IAVCEI Cities and Volcanoes Commission.

Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Lava Flow
    • Volcanology
    • Hazard
    • Population Exposure
    • Volcanic Eruption
    • Built Environment
    • Urban Population
    • Investigation

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Publications

2025

Cities near volcanoes are increasingly threatened by volcanic hazards (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. Research Square. Meredith, E. S., Teng, R. X. N., Jenkins, S. F., Tennant, E. M., Lallemant, D., Hayes, J. L. & Biass, S.https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8315006/v1Developing empirical fragility functions for lava flow building damage (2025)International journal of disaster risk reduction, 130. Article 105844. Meredith, E. S., Jenkins, S. F., Hayes, J. L., Chee, D. j. h., Lallemant, D., Deligne, N. I., Meletlidis, S. & Felpeto, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105844High-impact low-probability events: Exposure to potential large-magnitude explosive volcanic eruptions (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. Zenodo (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Meredith, E. S., Handley, H. K., Jenkins, S. F., Chim, M. M. & Gregg, C.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16995056Cities near volcanoes: which cities are most exposed to volcanic hazards? (2025)Natural hazards and earth system sciences, 25(8), 2731–2749. Article 25. Meredith, E. S., Teng, R. X. N., Jenkins, S. F., Hayes, J. L., Biass, S. & Handley, H. K.https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2731-2025Developing empirical fragility functions for lava flow building damage (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Meredith, E. S., Jenkins, S. F., Hayes, J. L., Chee, D. j. h., Lallemant, D., Deligne, N. I., Meletlidis, S. & Felpeto, A.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5324274Catastrophic lava flow levee failure: precursors, processes, and implications (2025)Volcanica, 8(1), 67-80. Gallant, E., Dietterich, H., Patrick, M., Hyman, D., Carr, B., Lyons, J. & Meredith, E. S.https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.08.01.6780Cities near volcanoes: Which cities are most exposed to volcanic hazards? (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. European Geophysical Union (EGU). Meredith, E. S., Teng, R. X. N., Jenkins, S. F., Hayes, J. L., Biass, S. & Handley, H.https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2024-219/

2024

Correction to: How well do concentric radii approximate population exposure to volcanic hazards? (2024)Bulletin Volcanologique, 86(2). Article 16. Biass, S., Jenkins, S. F., Hayes, J. L., Williams, G. T., Meredith, E. S., Tennant, E., Yang, Q., Lerner, G. A., Burgos, V., Syarifuddin, M. & Verolino, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01708-wHow well do concentric radii approximate population exposure to volcanic hazards? (2024)Bulletin Volcanologique, 86(1). Article 3. Biass, S., Jenkins, S. f., Hayes, J. l., Williams, G. t., Meredith, E. s., Tennant, E., Yang, Q., Lerner, G. a., Burgos, V., Syarifuddin, M. & Verolino, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-023-01686-5Lava flow impacts on the built environment: insights from a new global dataset (2024)Journal of Applied Volcanology, 13(1). Article 1. Meredith, E. S., Jenkins, S. F., Hayes, J. L., Lallemant, D., Deligne, N. I. & Teng, N. R. X.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13617-023-00140-7

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Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1433
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