CV

Education

2006‑2010	DPhil Earth Sciences, University of Oxford. Imaging the Earth: Methods and Algorithms for Global Seismic Tomography. Supervisor: Prof. J.H. Woodhouse, FRS.
2002-2006	BA (Hons.)/MSci Natural Sciences (Physics), University of Cambridge.

Academic employment

2021‑	Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University. Assistant Professor (2021-2023); Associate Professor (2023-present).
2016‑2021	Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University. Fellow.
2011‑2016	Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University. Postdoctoral researcher.

Major roles and responsibilities

2025‑	Director of Education, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University.
2023‑	Secretary, IUGG Commission on Mathematical Geophysics.
2021‑	Departmental IT Lead, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University.
2018‑	Director, InLab.
2020‑2025	Editor, Geophysical Journal International.
2022‑2024	External Examiner, MRes Environmental Data Science, University of Cambridge.
2020‑2022	Seismology Steering Committee member, CIG.

Honours, awards and recognition

2025	Harold Jeffreys Lectureship, Royal Astronomical Society
2021‑2025	Honorary Senior Lecturer, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
2018‑2021	ARC DECRA Fellowship
2019	Geophysical Journal International Outstanding Reviewer citation
2016	Geophysical Journal International Outstanding Reviewer citation
2010	Geophysical Journal International Student Author Award

PhD student supervision

I have been formally named as supervisor for the following completed PhD theses:

• Buse Turunçtur, Studies in sparsity constrained approaches to geophysical inversion, The Australian National University, 2025.
• Matthias Scheiter, Studies in Monte Carlo inversion and generative deep learning, The Australian National University, 2024.
• Suzanne Atkins, Finding the patterns in mantle convection, Utrecht University, 2017.
• Paul Käufl, Rapid probabilistic source inversion using pattern recognition, Utrecht University, 2016.
• Ralph de Wit, Revisiting Earth’s radial seismic structure with a Bayesian neural network approach, Utrecht University, 2015.

In addition, I have served as a thesis committee member or informal advisor for numerous students.

Professional Society Memberships

• Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society.
• Member, Institute of Physics.