Dr Janez Susnik
Associate Research Fellow
Extension: 3730
Telephone: 01392 723730
I have a strong background in Environmental Science. I graduated with a first class BSc (Hons) degree from Lancaster University, and graduated top of my year group. I completed my dissertation project at the ETH, Zurich. I then completed a PhD in th School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. The title of the PhD thesis is 'Lahars in the Belham River Valley, Montserrat, West Indies. I have also had two year experience in the commercial sector working on large-scale flood mapping projects.
My main interests are related to water issues - water availability and security and the influence of climate change. I also have interests in flash-flood behaviour and corresponding geomorphic change, sedimentology, large-scale catchment geomorphology and volcanology.
Publications
Alexander J, Barclay J, Susnik J, Loughlin S. C, Herd R. A, Darnell A, and Crosweller S. 2010. Sediment-charged flash floods on Montserrat: The influence of synchronous tephra fall and varying extent of vegetation damage. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 194: 127-138.
Barclay J, Alexander J, and Susnik J. 2007. Rainfall-induced lahars in the Belham Valley, Montserrat, West Indies. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 167: 815-827.
Susnik J, Barclay J, Alexander J, Herd R, Darnell A, and Crosweller S. 2007. Little and often, or once in a while with a bang? Lahar hazard on Montserrat. Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group Annual General Meeting, Oxford, 2-4 January 2007 Abstracts.
Susnik J, Alexander J, and Barclay J. 2006. The Belham Valley, Montserrat: When is a lahar not a lahar? British Sedimentological Research Group Annual General Meeting, Aberdeen, UK, 17-19 December Abstracts, 139pp.
Susnik J, Alexander J, and Barclay J. 2006. When is a lahar not a lahar? Observations from the Belham River Valley, Montserrat. 17th International Sedimentological Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, 27th August-1st September 2006. Abstracts Volume 1, 386pp.
Susnik J, Alexander J, and Barclay J. 2005. Lahar deposits and topographic change in the Belham River valley, Montserrat, West Indies. British Sedimentological Research Group Annual General Meeting 2005, Durham, UK, 18-20 December 2005, Abstracts, 118pp.
Susnik J, Alexander J and Barclay J. 2005. Floods incorporating volcanic debris on Montserrat. 8th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Delft, The Netherlands, 7-12 August 2005, Abstracts, 340pp.
