Applications for 2023 PhD projects now open via the Oxford DTP - deadline 6th Jan 2023.
1st Dec 2022
First paper by PhD student Federica Restelli about mantle anisotropy published in GJI
22nd Nov 2022
Futurum educational article and activity sheet about deep Earth seismology online
19th July 2022
Review article on achievements of global seismic data published in Reviews of Geophysics
24th May 2022
Postdoctoral Research associate position on imaging mantle upwellings now open for applications
1st May 2022
Paula starts at the University of Oxford
9th December 2021
Two PhD projects in seismology (1/2) are open for applications (start date of Oct 2022)
27th October 2021
Article on CMB Stoneley modes accepted for publication in GJI
18th October 2021
Philip Leverhulme Prize 2021 awarded to Paula Koelemeijer
8th October 2021
NERC-funded PDRA on imaging mantle upwellings now open for applications
23rd July 2021
Perspective on Mars' interior published in Science
7th April 2021
Article on 3D-printed geophysical globes accepted for publication in Frontiers Earth Science
30th Nov 2020
New article on lower mantle velocity ratios published in GJI
20th Nov 2020
Funded PhD position available in global seismology - see here for details.
Academic employment
Since 2022: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK.
2019 - 2022: Royal Society University Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, UK.
2018 - 2019: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University College London, UK.
2015 - 2018: Junior Research Fellow, University College, University of Oxford, UK.
2014 - 2015: ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellow , ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Education & training
2019 - 2020: Researchers Academy, NCCPE (National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement), UK
2017 - 2018: Enhancing Teaching Programme, University of Oxford, UK. SEDA PDF Descriptor 2 Award
2010 - 2014: PhD in Seismology, University of Cambridge, UK. Normal mode studies of long wavelength structures in Earth's lowermost mantle.
2008 - 2010: Master in Geophysics and Prestige Master in System Earth Modelling, Utrecht University, NL. MSc thesis on normal mode sensitivity to D'' structures.
2005 - 2008: Bachelor in Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, NL. BSc thesis on surface diffusivity of NaCl crystals.
1998 - 2004: Gymnasium, St. Bonifatiuscollege, Utrecht, NL. A-level equivalent with Latin, Greek and Science subjects
Grants and awards
2021: Philip Leverhulme Prize, The Leverhulme Trust
2018: Doornbos Memorial Prize, Committee on Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI)
2018: University Research Fellowship, The Royal Society
2015: Junior Research Fellowship, University College, Oxford