People
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Prof. Richard Foa Katz
Group leader and Professor of Geodynamics, University of Oxford
Email: richard.katz@earth.ox.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1865 282122
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Rhiannon Ackland
NERC DTP student, University of Oxford
Resources for sustainable energy: ore formation by reactive flow, Co-supervised by Prof Jon Blundy and Dr Elena Melekhova
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Sebastian Randriatsitoaina
MIORPA summer research intern
Modelling tides of the core using Dedalus
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Dr Laura Alisic
Affiliated postdoctoral research associate, University of Cambridge
On to: position as research scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jane Allwright
NERC Research Experience Placement student,
Project: Consequences of anisotropic viscosity in Poiseuille flow
Back to: Part IV of the mathematics tripos at Cambridge
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Tong Bo
Summer research student, University of Oxford,
Project: The melting column as a filter for trace-element heterogeneity of the mantle
On to: A PhD in the MIT/WHOI joint program
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Dr Calum Braham
ERC postdoctoral fellow, University of Oxford
Project: Mechanics of mud-volcano source regions,
Co-supervised with Profs Chris MacMinn (Engineering) & Jon Chapman (Maths)
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Dr Thomas Breithaupt
NERC DTP DPhil 2022, University of Oxford
Project: Microstructural evolution of deforming mantle rocks and implications for geodynamic processes
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Dr Jonathon Burley
ERC-funded DPhil 2017, University of Oxford
Project: Ice ages, sea level, and magmatism: coupled oscillations
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Dr Nestor Cerpa
ERC & DCO Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford,
Project: MOR volatile fluxes modulated by sea level variation
On to: Postdoctoral position at Univ. Montpellier
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Dr. John Crowley
European Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate
Project: Ice ages, sea level, and magmatism: coupled oscillation
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Andras Cserep
Summer research and MSc student, University of Oxford
Project: Geodynamics with Dedalus, Co-supervised by Dr Yuan Li
On to: PhD at École normale supérieure, Paris
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Tim-Frederik Dauck
NERC REP summer student, University of Oxford
On to: Part IV of the Cambridge mathematics tripos
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Dr Tim Davis
ERC Postdoctoral fellow, Univ Oxford,
Project: Control of dynamic topography on megadyke propagation
On to: postdoctoral research at the University of Bristol
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Owen Evans
Leverhulme research assistant, Summer 2013,
Generalised Stability Theory of magma/mantle dynamics
On to: Masters in mathematical biology at UCL
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Ed Farrelly
Oxford Earth Sciences MSc Student,
Project: Transport of trace metals by volcanic brines
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Abraham Francis
MIORPA summer research intern, Univ Oxford,
Elastic–viscoplastic bending of a floating plate
Co-supervised by Prof Peter Howell in Mathematics |
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Catherine Gower
Summer research and MSc student, University of Oxford
Simple models of tidal dissipation and magma-ocean evolution, Co-supervised by Dr Hamish Hay
On to: PhD at Imperial College London
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Peter Harvey
NERC Research Experience Placement, Summer 2013,
Project: An experimental study of Tyndall figures
Back to: physics undergraduate at UCL
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Dr Hamish Hay
Leverhulme Postdoctoral fellow, University of Oxford,
Project: Tidally driven porous flows in planetary bodies
On to: postdoctoral research at the University of St Andrews
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Ben Jackson
Summer Research Assistant,
Project: Exercises for a textbook on two-phase magma/mantle dynamics.
On to: PhD in Fluid Dynamics, University of Cambridge
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Dr Luke Kearney
NERC DTP DPhil 2024, University of Oxford,
Project: Fluid venting phenomena in sedimentary basins
Co-supervised by Prof Chris MacMinn in Engineering
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Dr Tobias Keller
ERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford,
Project: Volatile transport in the mantle and lithosphere at MORs
On to: postdoc at Stanford University; Currently: reader at the University of Glasgow
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Murray Kiernan
NERC Research Experience Placement student,
Project: Tides of the core
Co-supervised by Dr Hamish Hay & Prof James Bryson
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Dr Teresa Kyrke-Smith
DPhil 2014, University of Oxford,
Coupled dynamics of ice sheets and subglacial hydrology
On to: Postdoc at the University of Limerick, then postdoc at the British Antarctic Survey |
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Dr Yuan Li
ERC Postdoctoral fellow, University of Oxford,
Project: Continuum models of magmatic dykes using a poro-viscoelastic-viscoplastic rheological model
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Zhengxuan Li
ERC Research assistant, University of Oxford
Project: HDG finite element models of poro-viscous granular-dilatant flows
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David Zhen Ning Liu
NERC REP summer student, University of Oxford
On to: Cambridge Maths Tripos Part III
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Happiness Mahlalele
Mfano summer intern, Univ Oxford,
Project: Dilatancy in forced deformation of partially molten rocks
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Joel-Pascal Ntwali N'Konzi
Mfano summer intern, Univ Oxford,
Project: Stability analysis of plastic localisation
On to: PhD at the University of Edinburgh
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Adina Pusok
MSci 2012, University of Oxford,
Project: Active convection beneath mid-ocean ridges
On to: PhD at University of Mainz; Currently Royal Society URF at Oxford
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Dr Daniel Spencer
DPhil 2021, University of Oxford,
Tidal dissipation and volcanism of Io
On to: Research Scientist at Sagentia
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Dr Meng Tian
Newton Fellow & Deep Carbon Observatory PDRA, University of Oxford
On to: CSH Fellowship at Bern University Centre For Space & Habitability
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Dr Andrew Turner
ERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford,
Project: Grain-size dynamics of the mantle and applications to MORs
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Jules Tampier
ENS Lyon research internship, Univ. Oxford,
Project: Dislocation population dynamics under oscillatory loading
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Jesse Taylor-West
NERC REP summer student, University of Oxford
Project: Anisotropic permeability in deforming, partially molten rock
On to: Part IV of the Cambridge mathematics tripos.
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Jennifer Truby
MSci 2012, University of Oxford,
Project: gas percolation through a visco-elastic medium
On to: PhD at Durham University, UK
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Dr. Sam Weatherley
DPhil 2013, University of Oxford, Funded by NERC,
Project: Reactive magmatic flow in a deforming mantle
On to: Postdoc at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
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Dr. Hanwen Zhang
DPhil 2024, University of Oxford,
Project: Fluid-driven fracture and its role in rifting
Co-supervised by Prof Laura Stevens, Earth Sciences
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October 2023:
Back row, from left: Hamish Hay (PDRA), Josh Fallows (MSc student), Tim Davis (PDRA), Ikenna Obasi (visiting scientist), Luke Kearney (PhD student). Front row from left: Richard Katz (PI), Hanwen Zhang (PhD student), Danqing Luo (MSc student), Yuan Li (PDRA), Rhiannon Ackland (PhD student), Adina Pusok (PDRA)
November 2022:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Yuan Li (PDRA), Ed Farrelly (MSc student), Hamish Hay (PDRA), Tim Davis (PDRA), Adina Pusok (PDRA), Luke Kearney (PhD student), Hanwen Zhang (PhD student)
July 2021:
From top-left by row: Yuan Li (PDRA), Richard Katz (PI), Adina Pusok (PDRA), Luke Kearney (PhD student), Tom Breithaupt (PhD student), Jules Tampier (research intern), Hanwen Zhang (PhD student), Tim Davis (to join as PDRA), Joel-Pascal Ntwali N'Konzi (reseach intern)
July 2019:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Meng Tian (PDRA), Hanwen Zhang (visiting student), Dan Spencer (PhD student), Marianne Haseloff (PDRA), Tom Breithaupt (PhD student), Adina Pusok (PDRA), Dave May (affiliate). Photo: Sam Cornish
July 2018:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Tom Breithaupt (PhD student), Dan Spencer (PhD student), Marianne Haseloff (PDRA), David Rees Jones (PDRA), Dave May (affiliate), Parker Liautaud (visiting PhD student). Not pictured: David Liu (summer student), Meng Tian (PDRA), Jamie Parkinson (PhD student). Photo: Sam Cornish.
July 2017:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Meng Tian (PDRA), Nestor Cerpa-Gilvonio (PDRA), Tong Bo (summer research student), Dave May (affiliate). Not pictured: David Rees Jones (PDRA), Jonathan Burley (PhD student), Jamie Parkinson (PhD student)
July 2016:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Meng Tian (PDRA), Jonathan Burley (PhD student), David Rees-Jones (PDRA), Tobias Keller (PDRA), Ben Jackson (research assistant), Grace Manley (MSc student), Andrew Turner (PDRA).
October 2015:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Jonathan Burley (PhD student), Lewis Carney (MSc student), David Rees-Jones (PDRA), Tobias Keller (PDRA), Andrew Turner (PDRA), Katie Kumamoto (visiting PhD student), Jessica Warren (visiting professor)
October 2014:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Laura Alisic (collaborator, PDRA Cambridge), Sander Rhebergen (PDRA), Andrew Turnder (PDRA), Tobias Keller (PDRA), Jonathan Smith (MSc student), Jonathan Burley (PhD student)
July 2014:
From left: [front row] Richard Katz (PI), Sjoerd Hack (visiting student), Teresa Kyrke-Smith (recent alum), Jesse Taylor-West (summer research student), Andrew Turner (PDRA); [back row] Tim-Frederik Dauck (summer research student), Tobias Keller (PDRA), Sander Rhebergen (PDRA), Jonathan Burley (DPhil candidate)
October 2013:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Jonathan Burley (DPhil candidate), Sander Rhebergen (PDRA), Tobias Keller (PDRA), Teresa Kykre-Smith (DPhil candidate), Andrew Turner (PDRA)
June 2013:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Owen Evans (research assistant), Sander Rhebergen (PDRA), Peter Harvey (summer research student), Teresa Kykre-Smith (DPhil candidate)
August 2012:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), John Crowley (PDRA), Michael Ferguson (undergrad summer research student), Sander Rhebergen (PDRA), Sam Weatherley (DPhil candidate), Teresa Kykre-Smith (DPhil candidate)
October 2011:
From left: Richard Katz (PI), Jen Truby (MSc candidate), Teresa Kyrke-Smith (DPhil candidate), Adina-Erika Pusok (MSc candidate), Sam Weatherley (DPhil candidate), Yasuko Takei (Visiting professor).
