Cipriano Escalante Sánchez

I work on numerical methods for partial differential equations, applied to geophysical flows: shallow water, multilayer models, non-hydrostatic pressure, tsunamis and granular avalanches. I design high-order and well-balanced schemes; GPU implementation.

Simulation of tsunami-driven inundation.
Simulation of tsunami-driven inundation.
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What I work on

  • Numerical analysis of partial differential equations
  • Balance laws and non-conservative hyperbolic systems
  • Shallow water models and geophysical flows
  • Multilayer models and non-hydrostatic pressure
  • High-order and well-balanced schemes
  • Finite volume, finite difference and discontinuous Galerkin methods
  • Efficient GPU implementation

Group

I work within EDANYA, at the University of Málaga. The group builds models and codes to simulate geophysical flows and assess natural hazards, among them the HySEA family, used in tsunami warning centres.

EDANYA (FQM-216)

Active projects

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  • 2026–2029

    Efficient Structure-Preserving Methods for Hyperbolic PDE Systems and modelling of Complex flows in Geophysics and Networks (HYPERFLOW)

    Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities · Knowledge Generation Projects (State Plan 2024-2027)

  • 2026–2028

    Development of simulation and early warning tools for tsunamis triggered by earthquakes and landslides through neural networks and high-performance computing (SENTINEL-HPC)

    Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities · Proof of Concept

    PDC2025-165273-I00

  • 2023–2026

    Center of Excellence for Exascale in Solid Earth, second phase (ChEESE-2P)

    European Commission · Horizon Europe

    101093038

Latest publications

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  1. Advances in Nonlinear Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations: Numerical Analysis and Applications

    T. Morales de Luna, S. Boscarino, P. Frolkovič, L. O. Müller, C. Escalante (eds.)

    ICIAM2023 Springer Series, Springer Nature Singapore

    Book doi:10.1007/978-981-96-9087-9

    Cite 
    @book{morales2026advances,
  editor={Morales de Luna, Tomás and Boscarino, Sebastiano and Frolkovič, Peter and Müller, Lucas O. and Escalante, Cipriano},
  title={Advances in Nonlinear Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations: Numerical Analysis and Applications},
  series={ICIAM2023 Springer Series},
  publisher={Springer Nature Singapore},
  year={2026},
  DOI={10.1007/978-981-96-9087-9},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9087-9}
}

  2. High-order well-balanced schemes for shallow models for dry avalanches

    M. J. Castro Díaz, C. Escalante, J. Garres-Díaz, T. Morales de Luna

    Applied Numerical Mathematics

    Article doi:10.1016/j.apnum.2025.04.008

    Cite 
    @article{castrodiaz2025highorder,
  author={Castro Díaz, M.J. and Escalante, C. and Garres-Díaz, J. and Morales de Luna, T.},
  title={High-order well-balanced schemes for shallow models for dry avalanches},
  journal={Applied Numerical Mathematics},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  volume={215},
  pages={138–156},
  year={2025},
  DOI={10.1016/j.apnum.2025.04.008},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnum.2025.04.008}
}

  3. Modeling and simulation of volcanic mass movements and induced tsunamis at Stromboli volcano (Aeolian archipelago, Tyrrhenian sea, Italy)

    T. Esposti Ongaro, M. Cerminara, M. de' Michieli Vitturi, A. Tadini, M. Trolese, A. Fornaciai, L. Nannipieri, B. Calusi, J. Macías, M. J. Castro, C. Escalante, S. Ortega et al.

    Frontiers in Earth Science

    Article doi:10.3389/feart.2025.1548961

    Cite 
    @article{espostiongaro2025modeling,
  author={Esposti Ongaro, Tomaso and Cerminara, Matteo and de’ Michieli Vitturi, Mattia and Tadini, Alessandro and Trolese, Matteo and Fornaciai, Alessandro and Nannipieri, Luca and Calusi, Benedetta and Macías, Jorge and Castro, Manuel J. and Escalante, Cipriano and Ortega, Sergio and González-Vida, José M. and Rodríguez-Gálvez, Juan F.},
  title={Modeling and simulation of volcanic mass movements and induced tsunamis at Stromboli volcano (Aeolian archipelago, Tyrrhenian sea, Italy)},
  journal={Frontiers in Earth Science},
  publisher={Frontiers Media SA},
  volume={13},
  year={2025},
  DOI={10.3389/feart.2025.1548961},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1548961}
}

  4. Assessing the Optimal Tsunami Inundation Modeling Strategy for Large Earthquakes in Subduction Zones

    A. Scala, S. Lorito, C. Escalante, F. Romano, G. Festa, A. Abbate, H. B. Bayraktar, M. J. Castro, J. Macías, J. M. Gonzalez-Vida

    Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    Article doi:10.1029/2024JC020941

    Cite 
    @article{scala2024assessing,
  author={Scala, A. and Lorito, S. and Escalante Sánchez, C. and Romano, F. and Festa, G. and Abbate, A. and Bayraktar, H. B. and Castro, M. J. and Macías, J. and Gonzalez‐Vida, J. M.},
  title={Assessing the Optimal Tsunami Inundation Modeling Strategy for Large Earthquakes in Subduction Zones},
  journal={Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans},
  publisher={American Geophysical Union (AGU)},
  volume={129},
  number={9},
  year={2024},
  DOI={10.1029/2024jc020941},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024JC020941}
}

  5. Vertically averaged and moment equations: New derivation, efficient numerical solution and comparison with other physical approximations for modeling non-hydrostatic free surface flows

    C. Escalante, T. Morales de Luna, F. Cantero-Chinchilla, O. Castro-Orgaz

    Journal of Computational Physics

    Article doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2024.112882

    Cite 
    @article{escalante2024vertically,
  author={Escalante, C. and Morales de Luna, T. and Cantero-Chinchilla, F. and Castro-Orgaz, O.},
  title={Vertically averaged and moment equations: New derivation, efficient numerical solution and comparison with other physical approximations for modeling non-hydrostatic free surface flows},
  journal={Journal of Computational Physics},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  volume={504},
  pages={112882},
  year={2024},
  DOI={10.1016/j.jcp.2024.112882},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2024.112882}
}

PhD thesis

Research stays

  • 2017

    Università degli Studi di Trento

    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica · Trento, Italy

    3 months

  • 2015

    University of Southern California

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Los Angeles, United States

    1 month

Career

  • 2023–now

    Associate Professor

    Universidad de Málaga

  • 2022–2023

    Tenure-track Lecturer

    Universidad de Málaga

  • 2021–2022

    Assistant Professor

    Universidad de Córdoba

  • 2019–2021

    Interim Lecturer

    Universidad de Málaga / Universidad de Córdoba

  • 2014–2018

    FPI predoctoral researcher

    Universidad de Málaga

Awards

  • 2019

    Winner of the 9th ECCOMAS PhD Olympiad

    European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences · Kraków, September 2019

  • 2019

    Doctoral thesis selected by SeMA for the ECCOMAS Award for the best 2018 Ph.D. Thesis on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

    Sociedad Española de Matemática Aplicada

    ECCOMAS 2018 finalists

  • 2018/19

    Extraordinary Doctorate Award

    Universidad de Málaga

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