Séverine Furst

Séverine Furst is a Postdoc Researcher in the Marine Geodynamics unit at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. She specializes in physical volcanology, geodesy, and numerical modeling, focusing on volcano dynamics and flank collapse mechanisms. Her work integrates analog experiments and computational simulations to study magmatic processes and geohazards.

Education: PhD in Geophysics (2015–2018, University of Montpellier), Engineer in Geophysics (2011–2015, University of Strasbourg), MSc in Geophysics (2014, University of Strasbourg), and BSc in Geosciences (2009–2012, University of Strasbourg).

Research Interests: Physical volcanology, seafloor geodesy, numerical modeling of magma transport, volcano instability, and applications to natural hazard mitigation. She leads projects like PRE-COLLAPSE, investigating precursors to volcanic flank collapses.

Awards and Grants: Transfer Prize of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen-Stiftung (2024), BRIN Research Fellowship (2024–2025), and a PHC PROCOPE award (France-Germany collaboration). Active in science communication through projects like WAVES on underwater geohazards.

Key Contributions: Developed multi-method approaches for dike propagation modeling, coupled geodetic data inversion techniques, and participated in international expeditions (e.g., Iceland, New Zealand, and Indonesia).