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Matthieu Kervyn is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and earth sciences, focusing primarily on disaster risk, geological phenomena, and environmental monitoring.

The main fields of study for Matthieu Kervyn include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work is further specialized in the following subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Geophysics; Sociology and Political Science; Global and Planetary Change; and Atmospheric Science.

Kervyn's research topics cover a range of subjects related to geological hazards and disaster management, including Landslides and related hazards, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Disaster Management and Resilience, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Regional susceptibility assessments with heterogeneous landslide information: Slope unit- vs. pixel-based approach, 2020, Geomorphology
  • Space-Based Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Management, 2020, Surveys in Geophysics
  • Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • When image correlation is needed: Unravelling the complex dynamics of a slow-moving landslide in the tropics with dense radar and optical time series, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano, 2022, Nature

Kervyn frequently publishes in a variety of scientific journals and platforms. The most common publication venues are Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, and Natural Hazards.

Collaboration forms an important part of Kervyn's scientific work, with frequent co-authors including Sam Poppe, Ceven Shemsanga, Olivier Dewitte, Kristine Walraevens, and Ines Tomašek. These collaborations reflect intersecting expertise across environmental risk and geoscientific research domains.

Best Publications

  • Systematic morphometric characterization of volcanic edifices using digital elevation models

    Pablo Grosse;Benjamin van Wyk de Vries;Pablo A. Euillades;Matthieu Kervyn

  • Dynamics of Land Cover/Land Use Changes in the Mekong Delta, 1973–2011: A Remote Sensing Analysis of the Tran Van Thoi District, Ca Mau Province, Vietnam

    Hanh Tran;Thuc Tran;Matthieu Kervyn

  • Volcano load control on dyke propagation and vent distribution: Insights from analogue modeling

    M. Kervyn;G. G. J. Ernst;B. van Wyk de Vries;Lucie Mathieu;Lucie Mathieu

  • Detailed multidisciplinary monitoring reveals pre- and co-eruptive signals at Nyamulagira volcano (North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    Benoît Smets;Benoît Smets;Nicolas d’Oreye;François Kervyn;Matthieu Kervyn

  • The Rwenzori Mountains, a landslide-prone region?

    Liesbet Jacobs;Liesbet Jacobs;Olivier Dewitte;Jean Poesen;Damien Delvaux

  • Geomorphometric variability of “monogenetic” volcanic cones: Evidence from Mauna Kea, Lanzarote and experimental cones

    M. Kervyn;M. Kervyn;G.G.J. Ernst;J.-C. Carracedo;P. Jacobs

  • Regional susceptibility assessments with heterogeneous landslide information: Slope unit- vs. pixel-based approach

    Liesbet Jacobs;Matthieu Kervyn;Paola Reichenbach;Mauro Rossi

  • Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks

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  • Landslide characteristics and spatial distribution in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda

    Liesbet Jacobs;Liesbet Jacobs;Olivier Dewitte;Jean Poesen;Jan Maes;Jan Maes

  • Landslide susceptibility assessment in Limbe (SW Cameroon): A field calibrated seed cell and information value method

    Vivian Bih. Che;Vivian Bih. Che;Matthieu. Kervyn;Matthieu. Kervyn;C. E. Suh;Karen. Fontijn

  • Mapping volcano topography with remote sensing: ASTER vs. SRTM

    M. Kervyn;G. G. J. Ernst;R. Goossens;P. Jacobs

  • Landslide risk reduction measures: a review of practices and challenges for the tropics

    Jan Maes;Matthieu Kervyn;Astrid de Hontheim;Olivier Dewitte

  • The direct impact of landslides on household income in tropical regions: A case study from the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda

    Kewan Mertens;Liesbet Jacobs;Jan Maes;Clovis Kabaseke

  • Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano

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  • Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

    Mohammad Abdul Quader;Amanat Ullah Khan;Matthieu Kervyn

  • Fundamental changes in the activity of the natrocarbonatite volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. I. New magma composition during the 2007-2008 explosive eruptions

    Jörg Keller;Jurgis Klaudius;Matthieu Kervyn;Gerald G. J. Ernst

  • Disaster risk reduction among households exposed to landslide hazard: A crucial role for self-efficacy?

    K. Mertens;L. Jacobs;J. Maes;J. Maes;J. Poesen

  • When image correlation is needed: Unravelling the complex dynamics of a slow-moving landslide in the tropics with dense radar and optical time series

    Antoine Dille;Antoine Dille;François Kervyn;Alexander L. Handwerger;Alexander L. Handwerger;Nicolas d'Oreye

  • Satellite measurements of recent volcanic activity at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania

    R. Greg Vaughan;Matthieu Kervyn;Vince Realmuto;Michael Abrams

  • Landslide inventory for hazard assessment in a data-poor context: a regional-scale approach in a tropical African environment

    Elise Monsieurs;Elise Monsieurs;Liesbet Jacobs;Caroline Michellier;Joseph Basimike Tchangaboba

  • Fundamental changes in the activity of the natrocarbonatite volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania

    Matthieu Kervyn;Gerald G. J. Ernst;Joerg Keller;R. Greg Vaughan

  • Evaluating the degree of weathering in landslide-prone soils in the humid tropics: The case of Limbe, SW Cameroon

    Vivian Bih Che;Vivian Bih Che;Karen Fontijn;Gerald G.J. Ernst;Matthieu Kervyn;Matthieu Kervyn

  • Reconstruction of a flash flood event through a multi-hazard approach: focus on the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda

    Liesbet Jacobs;Liesbet Jacobs;Jan Maes;Jan Maes;Kewan Mertens;John Sekajugo

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Dewitte
Olivier Dewitte Royal Museum for Central Africa
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Wim Thiery
Wim Thiery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Damien Delvaux
Damien Delvaux Royal Museum for Central Africa
Kristine Walraevens
Kristine Walraevens Ghent University
Dalia Kirschbaum
Dalia Kirschbaum Goddard Space Flight Center
Benjamin van Wyk de Vries
Benjamin van Wyk de Vries University of Clermont Auvergne
Philippe Claeys
Philippe Claeys Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Marc Elskens
Marc Elskens Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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