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Wonderful to celebrate our final year undergraduates in Earth Sciences @exeter.ox.ac.uk this week, who are now true Masters of the Earth (Sciences) :-) @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

One week left to apply to these postdoc positions in global seismology!

Oxford Earth Sciences@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Oxford Earth Sciences is recruiting for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Global Seismology! The post holders will join @seismokoel.bsky.social and the DEEPSCAPE group in the Department of Earth Sciences to work on the PRISM-MTZ project More information and apply: buff.ly/PYzDpQh

It's been a busy few days at #EGU26 in Vienna - catching up with friends and meeting new people, lots of interesting science and discussions, especially in our session on Seismic imaging with uncertainties. To top it all off, a nice session dinner and a view over the Donau Insel on my way home!

Amazing few days on Corfu for the 1st workshop for the new FuSe COST Action, connecting seismology with fundamental physics. Interesting interdisciplinary discussions in a amazing setting, filled with nature and history. Many thanks to the organisers for the wonderful workshop!

Planning your programme for EGU 2026 next week? Take a look at some of the work from seismology in Oxford, focused on quantitative imaging from geothermal reservoirs to the core, as well as the use of ML for fast, physics-based ensemble predictions of ground motion.

From urban vibrations to the core - a wide range of research I am involved based at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social in will be presented at the British Seismology Meeting in Leeds this week.

Oxford Earth Sciences is recruiting for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Global Seismology! The post holders will join @seismokoel.bsky.social and the DEEPSCAPE group in the Department of Earth Sciences to work on the PRISM-MTZ project More information and apply: buff.ly/PYzDpQh

🌍 *Two* 30-month postdoc positions in global seismology at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 🌍! For the NERC-funded project “PRISM-MTZ”, I am advertising *Two* postdoc positions in the DEEPSCAPE group in Oxford, collaborating with project partners in Strasbourg (France) and Cambridge: tinyurl.com/mr78s9rc

My turn to be featured in the great @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social in Conversation series, discussing how I got into Seismology, Earth's normal modes, and my favourite 3D prints. Many thanks to Charlie Rex and the comms team for the questions and chat!

Oxford Earth Sciences@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For our latest issue of Earth Sciences in Conversation, we sat down with Paula Koelemeijer (@seismokoel.bsky.social), Associate Professor of Geophysics, to hear about Earth’s music, skipping seismology lectures, and 3D-printing the world… Read the full interview www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

Another exciting project that will start this year! Looking forward to lots of interdisciplinary work on waves and wiggles

Oxford Earth Sciences@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are delighted to announce that UKRI is funding "SEQUIN", an interdisciplinary project which will unite quantum sensing and seismic monitoring to improve the detection techniques of extremely faint signals from gravitational waves in space to deep vibrations within the Earth

We are looking for a new volcano-petrology postdoc to join the NERC-funded large grant ‘ex-x: understanding dangerous eruptive transitions’ Based at Bristol University! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA042/s...

Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology at University of Bristol

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Excited to have been awarded funding by NERC: Natural Environment Research Council through the Pushing the Frontiers scheme for a new research project focused on the Mantle Transition Zone.

OCR exam board removes AS and A Level Geology. This leaves only the Eduqas (WJEC) exam board offering this subject. Not sure entirely what the implications are, but, this does not feel good 😩 www.ocr.org.uk/administrati...

New paper alert, led by @flatallerie.bsky.social at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social. We propose new insights into the cooling of the oceanic lithosphere based on 'SS3DPacific', a new model of Vsv in the upper mantle beneath the Pacific Ocean. See: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

New paper out in GJI: "PGVnet: A Machine Learning Framework for the Generation of Rapid, Physics-Consistent PGV Maps” led by PhD student Fatima Ramadan, Tarje Nissen-Meyer and Bill Fry. See: doi.org/10.1093/gji/...

Wanna see how an earthquake works? Here's today's lab in my seismology class. An explanation follows. 🧪

I feel very honoured to receive this award from the RAS! It is not just reflection of my work, but also acknowledges a large group of people I have had the pleasure of working with.

Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Fowler Award for geophysics is awarded to Professor Paula Koelemeijer, of @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social. The award panel described her as "a rising star, a leading scientist, and a role model for the next generation". 👏 ⤵️

Still thinking about attending EGU 2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our session on quantitative imaging! We hope to see you in Vienna!

Paula Koelemeijer@seismokoel.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Planning to attend the EGU General Assembly in Vienna in 2026 and working on seismic imaging? Consider submitting your abstract to our session on quantitative imaging: "SM2.3: Quantifying and Interpreting Uncertainties in Seismic Tomography"! www.egu26.eu/session/55671

Planning to attend the EGU General Assembly in Vienna in 2026 and working on seismic imaging? Consider submitting your abstract to our session on quantitative imaging: "SM2.3: Quantifying and Interpreting Uncertainties in Seismic Tomography"! www.egu26.eu/session/55671

Read more about our new GJI paper, led by Emile Serra in Strasbourg, where we image the upper mantle and mantle transition zone under Indonesia. By utilising the Backus-Gilbert SOLA method, we develop seismic velocity models with quantified resolution and uncertainties.

RAS Journals@rasjournals.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Inference of the S- to P-wave velocity anomalies ratio and its uncertainty with an application to South-East Asia", Serra et al. This is Fig. 1: read the paper at academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

New fully-funded DPhil project with Professor Richard Walker (@richardthomasw.bsky.social) researching the extent, timing, and cause of Quaternary uplift along the Atlantic margin of Morocco! For more information visit our website www.earth.ox.ac.uk/extent-timin...

Extent, timing, and cause of Quaternary uplift along the Atlantic margin of Morocco

Primary Supervisor: Richard Walker

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Looking for a PhD in seismology based in Oxford @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social? Interested in global seismology, deep Earth processes, mantle dynamics and mineralogy, seismic imaging, inverse problems, or urban seismology, seismic deployments, seismicity? Please get in touch to discuss ideas! (1/n)

Thinking about graduate study? Our department offers an inspiring environment for research and learning 🌏 Hear from current DPhil students Sofia and Brandon in this short video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnh2...

DPhil Study in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Calling all prospective graduate students with a passion for our planet! Check out these interviews with current DPhils Sofia and Brandon, and hear about their experience of graduate study in the…

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New paper alert! In this new GJI paper, led by Emile Serra in Strasbourg, we image the upper mantle and mantle transition zone under Indonesia. By utilising the Backus-Gilbert SOLA method, we develop seismic velocity models with quantified resolution and uncertainties. doi.org/10.1093/gji/...

This makes me so sad! My favorite media interviews were with Science in Action - somehow the conversation just flowed, and I got unexpected compliments from distant friends and colleagues who happened to tune in. The world needs more in-depth, accessible coverage of science, not less.

Roland Pease@peaseroland.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Science in Action on the BBC World Service celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014, but sadly won't be around to celebrate its 61st next month. #BudgetCuts Let's hope Quirks & Quarks reaches a healthy old age.🎉🍾🎉

New paper alert on the mineralogy of the deep mantle led by Justin Leung at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social. Justin used mineral physics modelling to interpret the seismic models developed by former PhD student Federica Restelli derived from normal mode observations www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This week, research from our group @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social is featuring at the BGA PGRiP meeting (UK) and the joint IAGA/IASPEI symposia (Portugal).

New paper alert, led by @flatallerie.bsky.social at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social. We combined finite-frequency theory with Backus-Gilbert based inference to develop a 1-step inversion framework to image upper mantle structure with 3D resolution and uncertainties.

Seismica@weareseismica.bsky.social · last yr.

🔍Latallerie et al. bring a new tomographic method to image the upper mantle with control over resolution and uncertainty in 3D, plus a fresh look at theoretical errors. Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

Do you study deep Earth structure using seismic methods? Do you want to help advance research in body wave tomography, core diffracted waves, shear wave splitting, anisotropy and more? Bring your observational or theoretical experience to Seismica as a handling editor! 🧠info@seismica.org