Adina Pusok

I am interested in understanding the interaction between magma and lithosphere deformation at tectonic plate boundaries. For this, I develop theoretical and computational models using the theory of partially molten rock with complex rheology. 

For my RS URF project, entitled Making the Ocean Floor (OceanMelt), I will explore key processes in which magma creates and shapes the ocean floor, such as small-scale convection, diking and sill emplacement, faulting, and the thermochemical evolution of magma from the mantle to the surface. 

Previously also in Oxford, I was part of the RIFT-O-MAT project (ERC funded project, PI Richard Katz) that aimed to understand how magmatism promotes and shapes rifts in continental and oceanic lithosphere. More details on the FoaLab webpage. 

Geodynamics, Geophysics, Vector calculus/Mathematics

2024-present Royal Society University Research Fellow, Depart. Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK

2019-2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Depart. Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK

2016-2019 John W. Miles Postdoctoral Fellow, IGPP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, USA

2012-2016 DPhil. Natural Sciences - Geophysics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

2008-2012 MEarthSci. Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK