- 2024 to ongoing: Volcanologist focusing on volcanic and non-volcanic mass flow dynamics (volcanic debris avalanches, rock avalanches, lahars, pyroclastic density currents)
- 2023: Research Assistant, University of Edinburgh: Pyroclastic density current dynamics through analogue granular flow experiments
- 2019 to 2020: Research Assistant, University of Plymouth: Tsunamigenic mass flows at Stromboli Volcano- analysis and modelling after the 3rd of July events (Numerical simulations)
- 2018 to 2023: PhD, University of Plymouth: Volcanic debris avalanche propagation and emplacement mechanisms: sedimentological field evidence and bidisperse granular flow experiments
- 2013 to 2018: MErathSci, University of Edinburgh: Geology and Physical Geography
Research interests
- Volcanic and non-volcanic mass flow dynamics
- Granular flow dynamics
- Climate/environment/human interactions
- Holocene palaeoclimate and environmental change
ORCID: 0000-0002-5718-8660
- Makris, S, Roverato, M, Dávila-Harris, P, Cole, P, and Manzella, I. 2023. Distributed stress fluidisation: insights into the propagation mechanisms of the Abona volcanic debris avalanche (Tenerife) through a novel method for indurated deposit sedimentological analysis. Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 11, 1177507. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1177507
- Makris, S, Roverato, M, Lomoschitz, A, Cole, P, and Manzella, I. 2023. The propagation and emplacement mechanisms of the Tenteniguada volcanic debris avalanche (Gran Canaria): field evidence for brittle fault-accommodated spreading. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 435, 107773. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107773
- Makris, S, Manzella, I, Cole, P, and Roverato, M. 2020. Grain size distribution and sedimentology in volcanic mass-wasting flows: implications for propagation and mobility. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 109, 2679–2695. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S00531-020-01907-8
- Field identification and interpretation of volcanic and non-volcanic mass flows
- Analogue granular flow experiments
- GIS and 3D printing
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London
- Member of the British Society for Geomorphology