09-12-2025

I am delighted to share that I have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant (2M Euro) for my project FORECAST – a five-year initiative to advance the prediction science for geohazards. The project targets one of the central open problems in geoscience and geoengineering: ex-ante prediction of catastrophic events, including landslides, rockbursts, glacier breakoffs, and volcanic eruptions.

FORECAST aims to establish the scientific foundations of Geohazard Prediction Science by uniting multiphysics, statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and high-performance computing into a unified prediction framework. The research is strongly multidisciplinary and covers a spectrum ranging from innovative large-scale computational modelling to novel real-time dynamical forecasting methods.

Ultimately, the goal is to bridge fundamental science with practical forecasting tools, contributing to improved early-warning capabilities for societies exposed to climate-driven extreme geohazards.

I am deeply grateful to the European Research Council (ERC) for this support and to my colleagues and collaborators for their inspiration and encouragement. I look forward to working on this exciting project soon.