Latest News

Feb 2026

New paper out in GRL on the structure of the Pacific upper mantle

Jan 2026

Paula receives Fowler Award from the Royal Astronomical Society

Jan 2026

"PGVnet: a ML framework for fast, physics based ground shaking predictions" now online

Nov 2025

Vs and Vp body-wave imaging with same resolution, applied to Indonesia, published in GJI

Sept 2025

New paper on the occurrence of post-perovskite out in PEPI

Aug 2025

3D finite-frequency inference framework for surface waves published in Seismica

Apr 2025

New inference framework for constraining Earth properties published in GJI

Jan 2025

New insights into how the two LLVPs differ published in Scientific Reports

Oct 2024

Funded PhD project on the mid mantle open for applications (start date of Oct 2025)

Sept 2024

Paper in Science on mysterious seismic signals from Greenland that rang Earth for 9 days

Jan 2024

New paper detailing constraints on Vs and Vp in the mantle published in PEPI

Oct 2023

Applications for 2024 PhD projects open for the Oxford NERC DTP and CDT - deadline 5th Jan 2023.

13th July 2023

EPSL paper on spin transition in ferropericlase and its effect on tomography published online

15th Jan 2023

Paper reconciling the long-standing debate of the LLVP density published in EPSL!

Dec 2022

Applications for 2023 PhD projects open for 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

Research funding

    NERC logo PRISM-MTZ: Mantle transition zone structure, temperature and composition from novel multi-scale seismic inference
    NERC Pushing the Frontiers (2026 - 2029)

    NERC logo SIGMA: Novel seismic sensors for improved geothermal monitoring and development in East Africa
    STFC UK-Africa Partnership, led by PI Mike Kendall (2026 - 2028)

    NERC logo SEQUIN: Sensing the Earth with a novel quantum-classical interferometer array
    UKRI Cross-Council, led by PI Ulrich Schneider (2026 - 2028)

    NERC logo LeNS UK: Large N Seismology for the UK science community
    NERC Capital grant, led by PI Nick Rawlinson (2025 - 2028)

    RS logo Mid Mantle Mysteries
    Royal Society URF renewal (2025 - 2028)

    RS logo Enhanced Research Expenses for URF
    Royal Society (2023 - 2025)

    RS logo What makes a city move?
    Royal Society Research Grant (2022 - 2023)

    RS logo Enhanced Research Expenses for URF
    Royal Society (2021 - 2023)

    Leverhulme logo Seismic noise sources and background seismicity in London
    Philip Leverhulme Prize, Leverhulme Trust (2022 - 2025)

    NERC logo Mantle Circulation Constrained (MC2): A multidisciplinary 4D Earth framework for understanding mantle upwellings
    NERC Large Grant, led by PI Huw Davies (2020 - 2024)

    RS logo Robust characterisation of large-scale flow in the deep mantle
    Royal Society Enhancement Award (2018 - 2021)

    RS logo Mapping seismological landscapes in the deep Earth
    Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2018 - 2025)

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