Updates
This page highlights selected updates. To know more, refer to my CV or reach out to me.
Ongoing
Mentoring Program — AGU Mentoring365 Program – American Geophysical Union
Reach out to me through the AGU Mentoring365 platform. My goals and interests as a mentor are to share any of my experiences as an Early Career Scientist that can be of help to you — from deciding on a PhD research topic to applying for funding, conducting and managing research projects efficiently, and communicating research effectively.
Dated Events
2026
Publication in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research — May 7, 2026 Latest
Kanakiya, S., & Adam, L. (2026). Poroelastic response of volcanic rocks: Implications for edifice stress and stability. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 108640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2026.108640
2025
Publication in Earth and Space Science — Sep 11, 2025
Kanakiya, S., Essenmacher, S., & Fernandes, A. (2025). Characterizing spatiotemporal ground deformation at Whakaari (White Island) volcano, New Zealand from 2014 to 2024 using InSAR time-series analysis. Earth and Space Science, 12, e2025EA004471. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EA004471
Conference Presentation — Aug 11–13, 2025
Presenting at Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science (SEES) – In-situ Studies of Rock Deformation (ISRD) Joint Meeting. Pressure-induced poroelastic changes in hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks.
Conference Presentation — Jun 22–27, 2025
Presenting at the Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Conference. Unravelling Spatiotemporal Ground Deformation Signatures Over Multiple Eruptive Periods at Whakaari (White Island) Volcano, New Zealand.
Conference Presentation — Jun 21–22, 2025
Presenting at the Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Seminar. Incorporating Subsurface Heterogeneity in Volcano Slope Stability Assessments.
New Appointment — Jun 2, 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow — Boston College. Excited to be diving into our NSF-funded research on developing petrophysical constraints on the slip behavior of oceanic transform faults.
Conference Presentation (by student) — Mar 14, 2025
Stella Essenmacher (Hamilton College) presents part of her senior thesis at EGU General Assembly. Characterizing spatiotemporal ground deformation at Whakaari (White Island) volcano, New Zealand, using InSAR time-series analysis.
Invited Talk — Jan 8, 2025
Subduction Zone in 4 Dimensions (SZ4D – Grads) Webinar Series. Towards characterizing heterogeneity and its impact on volcanic hazards.
2024
Internal Funding — Dec 12, 2024
Williams-Watrous-Couper Fund – Hamilton College Faculty Teacher-Scholar Award. Received internal funding to support undergraduate student involvement in research on solid-earth processes at active volcanoes and fault zones.
New Appointment — Oct 17, 2024
Journal Editorial Board — Volcanica. Excited to be joining the editorial board of Volcanica, supporting high-quality research with its diamond open access policy.
Publication in Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface — Oct 17, 2024
Kanakiya, S. (2024). Scenario‐based volcano slope stability hazard analysis: Case study of Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), e2024JF007862. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007862
NSF Funding — Sep 1, 2024
Petrophysical constraints on the slip behavior of oceanic transform faults. Funded through the NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics Program. In collaboration with PIs Mark Behn and Seth Kruckenberg at Boston College.
AGU Session Co-Convening — AGU Fall Meeting 2024
Re-discovering Earth’s Mantle Heterogeneities Through Imaging, Modeling, Geochemistry, and Mineral Experiments. Come along to our session at AGU 2024 to learn about the latest research on mantle heterogenities.
Conference Presentation — Aug 3–9, 2024
Rock Deformation Gordon Research Conference. Pressure-induced poroelastic changes in hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks.
New Appointment — Jul 1, 2024
Excited to be joining the Geosciences department at Hamilton College where I will be teaching various courses on solid Earth.
Invited Talk — Feb 21, 2024
Colorado School of Mines – Carl Heiland Lecture. How does hydrothermal alteration change volcanic rock properties?
2023
Invited Talk — Dec 14, 2023
EGU GMPV Division – Early Career Researcher Scientific Campfire. Investigating the effect of subsurface processes on volcano slope stability from lab to field-scale models.
Invited Talk — Mar 2, 2023
EDI Conversations: Empower – Women’s Leadership Program, University of Houston. Understanding and Reducing Bias in Peer-Reviewing.
2022
Conference Presentation — Dec 12, 2022
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Advancing Geophysical Data Interpretation for Volcano Monitoring: Lessons Learnt from Laboratory Analysis of a Suite of Hydrothermally Altered Rocks.
Publication in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research — Oct 19, 2022
Kanakiya, S., Adam, L., Rowe, M. C., Esteban, L., Lerner, G. A., & Lindsay, J. M. (2022). Petrophysical and elastic properties of altered lavas from Mt. Taranaki: Implications for dome stability. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 432, 107693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107693
Award — Nov 3, 2022
Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award in Earth Sciences, School of Environment – University of Auckland.
Invited Conference Presentation — May 23, 2022
EGU General Assembly – Session on Volcanic Hydrothermal Systems & Hydrothermal Alteration. An insight into Whakaari’s conduit: How altered tuffs and subsurface pressures can control volcano dynamics.
Award — May 3, 2022
Distinguished Graduate Award, University of Auckland.
2021
Travel Grant — Dec 21, 2021
Early Career Scientist’s Travel Support Grant, European Geosciences Union.
Conference Presentation — Dec 16, 2021
AGU Fall Meeting. Adam, L., Kanakiya, S. et al. (2021). Persistent compliance drives localization of deformation on a major plate boundary fault.
Conference Presentation — Dec 15, 2021
AGU Fall Meeting. Kanakiya, S. et al. (2021). Evolution of petrophysical and geophysical properties in hydrothermally active volcanic conduits.
Media Release — Dec 1, 2021
Earthquake Commission – Hydrothermally altered rocks changing the plumbing of our volcanoes.https://www.eqc.govt.nz/news/hydrothermally-altered-rocks-changing-the-plumbing-of-our-volcanoes/
Publication in Geophysical Research Letters — Nov 19, 2021
Kanakiya, S., Turner, G. M., Rowe, M. C., Adam, L., & Lindsay, J. M. (2021). High remanent magnetization measured in hydrothermally altered lavas. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(23), e2021GL095732. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095732
Invited Talk — Nov 2, 2021
Western Washington University – Geology Department Seminar. Acid-Sulfate Alteration in Volcanoes and Its Geophysical Signatures.
Publication in Geophysical Research Letters — Oct 1, 2021
Kanakiya, S., Adam, L., Rowe, M. C., Lindsay, J. M., & Esteban, L. (2021). The role of tuffs in sealing volcanic conduits. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(20), e2021GL095175. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095175