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Short CV

Academic employment

• Since May 2022: Associate Professor in Geophysics & Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Oxford.
• Since May 2022: Tutorial Fellow, Exeter College Oxford, University of Oxford, UK.
• 2019 - 2022: Royal Society University Research Fellow & Proleptic Lecturer, 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
• 2013: Postdoctoral Fellowship, ETH Zurich
• 2010: Nahum Scholarship in Physics & Graduate Studentship, Pembroke College, Cambridge
• 2008: System Earth Modelling Scholarship, Utrecht University

Supervising

At the University of Oxford:
• 2023 - present: Co-supervisor of PhD student on the iron spin transition in ferropericlase
• 2023 - present: Co-supervisor of PhD student on the iron spin transition in ferropericlase
• 2023 - present: Co-supervisor of PhD student on multi-scale seismic hazard assessment
• 2022 - present: Primary supervisor of PhD student on multi-scale CMB topography
• 2022 - present: Primary supervisor of PhD student on London seismicity and seismic noise
• 2022 - present: Co-supervisor of PhD student on lower mantle composition and temperature
At Royal Holloway:
• 2019 - 2023: Primary supervisor of PhD student on global Backus-Gilbert tomography
At University College London:
• 2019: Supervisor of summer student project on spin transition effect in global tomography
At the University of Oxford:
• 2016 - 2020: Co-supervisor of PhD student on multi-scale lower mantle structure
• 2017 - 2018: Primary supervisor on 4th year project on proxies for post-perovskite
• 2016 - 2017: Primary supervisor on 4th year project on core-mantle boundary topography
• 2016 - 2017: Co-supervisor on 4th year project on elephant seismology

Teaching

At the University of Oxford / Exeter College:
• 2023 - present: Lecturer for 4th year course ``Dynamics of the Earth's mantle''
• 2023 - present: Lecturer for 3rd year course ``Geophysics of the deep Earth''
• 2023 - present: Lecturer for 1st year course ``Planet Earth''
• 2023 - present: Lecturer for 1st year course ``Mathematics for Earth Sciences''
• 2022 - present: Personal tutor for undergraduates at Exeter College
• 2022 - present: Tutor for undergraduate courses in geophysics
2022: Lecturer for 3rd year course ``Global seismology & Earth structure'' At Royal Holloway:
• 2022: Field teaching on 1st year Pembrokeshire field trip
• 2021 - 2022: Personal tutor for third year undergraduate students
• 2021 - 2022: Course coordinator / lecturer for 3rd year course ``Planetary Geology and Geophysics''
• 2021: Lecturer for 4th year course ``Formation and evolution of the continents''
At the University of Oxford:
• 2015 - 2018: Tutor for undergraduate courses in mathematics and geophysics
• 2016: Lecturer for 2nd year course ``Geophysical methods''
• 2016: Demonstrator for 1st year Pembrokeshire field trip
At ETH Zurich:
• 2015: Lecturer for MSc/PhD course ``Great papers in Seismology''
• 2015: Demonstrator for Refraction Seismics field trip
At the University of Cambridge:
• 2010 - 2014: Demonstrator for the Arran field trip
• 2010 - 2013: Demonstrator for undergraduate courses on the deep Earth

Professional activities / scientific community

• 2024 - Present: Editor for Geophysical Journal International (GJI)
• 2021 - Present: Handling editor for diamond open-access journal Seismica
• 2020 - Present: Member of IAG Joint Study Group "Geodetic, Seismic and Geodynamic Constraints on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment"
• 2018 - Present: Organiser of funding and fellowship information events for ECRs
• 2018 - Present: Proposal reviewer for NERC, ANR (France)
• 2016 - Present: Reviewer for EPSL, G-cubed, GJI, GRL, TSR, Nature Comm.
• 2020 - 2022: Guest editor of special issue on social seismology in EGU Solid Earth
• 2020 - 2021: Guest editor of special research topic in Frontiers in Earth Sciences on 3D printing in geology and geophysics
Organising:
• 2022: Discussing leader for mantle structure session, SEDI meeting, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2013 - Present: Convener of >10 conference sessions at AGU and EGU meetings
• 2018 - 2019: Organising committee for the UK-SEDI conference, University College London
• 2018: Discussing leader and organiser for CMB session, SEDI meeting, Edmonton, CA
• 2012 - 2013: Organising committee for the British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress meeting, Cambridge, UK
Memberships:
• 2020 - Present: European Geosciences Union
• 2013 - Present: British Geophysical Association
• 2010 - Present: American Geophysical Union, Royal Astronomical Society, Study of Earth's Deep Interior