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Prof. Richard Foa Katz

Group leader and Professor of Geodynamics, University of Oxford

ORCID: 0000-0001-8746-5430, CV, Departmental Homepage

Email: richard.katz@earth.ox.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1865 282122

Rhiannon Ackland

NERC DTP student, University of Oxford (Departmental Homepage)

Resources for sustainable energy: ore formation by reactive flow,

Co-supervised by Prof Jon Blundy and Dr Elena Melekhova

Isa Gbolahan Babalola

MIORPA research intern, University of Oxford

University of Ibadan. (Homepage)

Project: The effects of mantle deformation on tides of the core–BMO system

Ambre Brabant

ILESLA DTP student, University of Oxford

Co-supervised by Prof Chris MacMinn, Engineering
Project TBD

Gatien Favier

Research project student, University of Oxford

Visiting from ENS de Lyon
Project: core–BMO tides with the Laplace tidal equations

Linus Miller

ILESLA DTP student, University of Oxford

Co-supervised by Prof Peter Howell, Mathematics

Project TBD

Sofia Weber

MIT/MISTI project student, University of Oxford
Co-supervised by Prof Ros Rickaby, Earth Sciences
Project: reduced-order models of glacial cycles with hypsometric effects on carbon burial

Dr Laura Alisic

Affiliated postdoctoral research associate, University of Cambridge

On to: position as research scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

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

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)

Dr Thomas Breithaupt

NERC DTP DPhil 2022, University of Oxford

Project: Microstructural evolution of deforming mantle rocks and implications for geodynamic processes

Dr Jonathon Burley

ERC-funded DPhil 2017, University of Oxford

Project: Ice ages, sea level, and magmatism: coupled oscillations

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

Dr John Crowley

European Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate

Project: Ice ages, sea level, and magmatism: coupled oscillation

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

Tim-Frederik Dauck

NERC REP summer student, University of Oxford

On to: Part IV of the Cambridge mathematics tripos

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

Owen Evans

Leverhulme research assistant, Summer 2013,

Generalised Stability Theory of magma/mantle dynamics

On to: Masters in mathematical biology at UCL

Ed Farrelly

Oxford Earth Sciences MSc Student,

Project: Transport of trace metals by volcanic brines

Abraham Francis

MIORPA summer research intern, Univ Oxford,

Elastic–viscoplastic bending of a floating plate

Co-supervised by Prof Peter Howell in Mathematics

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

Peter Harvey

NERC Research Experience Placement, Summer 2013,
Project: An experimental study of Tyndall figures
Back to: physics undergraduate at UCL

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

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

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

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

Murray Kiernan

NERC Research Experience Placement student,

Project: Tides of the core

Co-supervised by Dr Hamish Hay & Prof James Bryson

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

Dr Yuan Li

ERC Postdoctoral fellow, University of Oxford,

Project: Continuum models of magmatic dykes using a poro-viscoelastic-viscoplastic rheological model

Zhengxuan Li

ERC Research assistant, University of Oxford

Project: HDG finite element models of poro-viscous granular-dilatant flows

David Zhen Ning Liu

NERC REP summer student, University of Oxford

On to: Cambridge Maths Tripos Part III

Happiness Mahlalele

Mfano summer intern, Univ Oxford,

Project: Dilatancy in forced deformation of partially molten rocks

Joel-Pascal Ntwali N'Konzi

Mfano summer intern, Univ Oxford,

Project: Stability analysis of plastic localisation

On to: PhD at the University of Edinburgh

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

Sebastian Randriatsitoaina

MIORPA summer research intern
Modelling tides of the core using Dedalus

Dr Daniel Spencer

DPhil 2021, University of Oxford,

Tidal dissipation and volcanism of Io

On to: Research Scientist at Sagentia

Dr Meng Tian

Newton Fellow & Deep Carbon Observatory PDRA, University of Oxford

On to: CSH Fellowship at Bern University Centre For Space & Habitability

Dr Andrew Turner

ERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford,

Project: Grain-size dynamics of the mantle and applications to MORs

Jules Tampier

ENS Lyon research internship, Univ. Oxford,

Project: Dislocation population dynamics under oscillatory loading

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.

Jennifer Truby

MSci 2012, University of Oxford,

Project: gas percolation through a visco-elastic medium

On to: PhD at Durham University, UK

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

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

Dr Benjamin Hess

St Edwards Hall Junior Research Fellow & Lecturer, University of Oxford

ORCID: 0000-0002-1049-5006, Departmental Homepage

Dr Adina Pusok

Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Oxford

ORCID: 0000-0002-4439-8124, Departmental Homepage

Dr David Rees Jones

Lecturer in the Vortex Dynamics Group, School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of St. Andrews

Homepage

Prof. David May

Professor of Computational Geosciences Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

ORCID: 0000-0003-2471-7498

Prof. Philip England

Professor of Geology, University of Oxford

ORCID: 0000-0002-9024-8901, Departmental Homepage

Prof. Marianne Haseloff

Professor of Glaciology, University of Wisconsin

ORCID: 0000-0002-6576-5384

Prof. Ian Hewitt

Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford

Departmental Homepage

Prof. Andrew Wells

Professor of Physics, University of Oxford

Departmental Homepage

Prof. Andrew Fowler

Professor of Mathematics, University of Limerick

Departmental Homepage

Dr Ikenna Obasi

Associate Professor of Applied Geophysics/Hydrologist, Alex Ekwueme Federal University of Nigeria

ORCID: 0000-0003-4332-7102

Prof. Sander Rhebergen

Professor of Mathematics, University of Waterloo

ORCID: 0000-0001-6036-0356, Departmental Homepage

Prof. John Rudge

Lecturer in Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

ORCID: 0000-0002-9399-7166, Homepage

Prof. Yasuko Takei

Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Tokyo/ERI

Prof. Andrew Wathen

Professor of Computational Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Oxford

Prof. Garth Wells

Reader in Solid Mechanics, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Departmental Homepage

July 2024

Members of the FoaLab stood on the balcony at of the Department of Earth Sciences with the Oxford skyline in the background

July 2024. Back row, from left: Calum Braham (PDRA), Tim Davis (PDRA), Murray Kiernan (REP student), Catherine Gower (MSc student), Andras Cserep (MSc student). Front row from left: Richard Katz (PI), Hanwen Zhang (PhD student), Hamish Hay (PDRA), Rhiannon Ackland (PhD student), Adina Pusok (Affiliated researcher, Roy Soc IRF), Yuan Li (PDRA). Not pictured: Luke Kearney (PhD student), Abraham Francis (MIORPA student). Photo by Charlie Rex.

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

Group photo of the members of Foalab in Oct 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

Group photos of the members of FoaLab in Oct 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).

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