Dr. Kyriaki Drymoni
PostDoc
I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellow based at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany and currently a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology. I hold a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from Royal Holloway, University of London. Prior to my current role, I completed postdoctoral training at the University of Milan-Bicocca in Italy and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. Additionally, I undertook a research visit at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO).
CV
2024 – Present Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellow (CARAVAGGIO Project)
- 1/11/2024-27/01/2025. University of Alaska-Fairbanks
- 28/01/2025-28/02/2026. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech)
- 01/03/2026-31/10/2026. Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN)
- 01/11/2026-31/10/2027. Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich (LMU)
2021-2023 Research Fellow in Structural Geology, University of Milan-Bicocca (IT)
2019-2020 Sessional Lecturer in Igneous Geology, Royal Holloway University of London (UK)
- 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01
- 2018 Honourable mention for the Geoff Brown Prize at the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) conference
- 2016 Kirsty Brown Memorial Award at Royal Holloway University of London
- 2015 Reid Scholarship at Royal Holloway University of London
Research Interests
My research aims to advance the understanding of magma propagation pathways by exploring the thermo-chemico-mechanical and thermo-poro-mechanical factors that control dyke propagation and magma transport through heterogeneous crust. To achieve this, I combine volcanotectonics with Finite Element Method (FEM) numerical modelling, experimental volcanology, geodesy, and remote sensing to investigate subsurface processes governing magma and fluid storage and migration.
View looking east towards Fagradalsfjall volcano | © Kyriaki Drymoni
Magma pathways in the crust: Tracing potential eruption sites
CARAVAGGIO (Coupling volcAnotectonics, numeRical modelling, experimentAl constraints, and Volcanic thermAl emissions to unravel crustal maGma migration) is an innovative interdisciplinary project that will develop a comprehensive thermo-chemico-mechanical numerical model, ground-truthed by combining, field-based structural mapping, satellite-based thermal imagery, and laboratory measurements, applied at the ongoing (2021-present), well-monitored Fagradalsfjall eruptions (Iceland). This novel numerical model will allow more realistic simulations of magma transport, whilst also permitting superior solutions to track magma migration in the crust.