People

The Oxford seismology group led by Tarje Nissen-Meyer and Karin Sigloch is a dynamic and international collective of individuals stemming from 13 countries and diverse educational backgrounds.

Faculty

Tarje Nissen-Meyer

Associate Professor
Oxford University
2013-

 Computational seismology Contact:
tarjen@earth.ox.ac.uk

Dept. Earth Sciences
South Parks Road
Oxford, OX1 3AN
United Kingdom

Karin Sigloch

Associate Professor
Oxford University
2013-

 Seismic tomography and geodynamics Contact:
karin.sigloch@earth.ox.ac.uk

Research staff

Paula Koelemeijer

Junior Research Fellow
University College, Oxford University
2015-

 Deep Earth Structure Contact:
paula.koelemeijer (at) univ.ox.ac.uk

PhD Students

Kuangdai Leng

PhD Student
Oxford University
2014-

 Computational Seismology Contact:
kuangdal@earth.ox.ac.uk

Afsaneh Mohammadzaheri

PhD Student
Oxford University
2015-

 Seismology Contact:
afsanehm@earth.ox.ac.uk
Marta Pienkowska

DTP PhD Student
Oxford University
2015-

 Wave Propagation Contact:
martap@earth.ox.ac.uk
Maria Tsekhmistrenko

PhD Student
Oxford University
2014-

 Seismic Tomography Contact:
mariat@earth.ox.ac.uk

Close Collaborators

Ludwig Auer

PhD student
ETH Zurich
2011-

 Anisotropic tomography Contact:
ludwig.auer@tomo.ig.erdw.ethz.ch
Percy Galvez

PhD student
ETH Zurich
2010-

 Earthquake rupture dynamics Contact:
percy.galvez@sed.ethz.ch
Stefanie Hempel

PhD student
University of Münster
2010-

 Lowermost mantle structure Contact:
stefanie.hempel@uni-muenster.de
Kasra Hosseini

PhD student
University of Munich
2011-

 Lowermost-mantle tomography Contact:
hosseini@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de
Krisztina Kelevitz

PhD student
ETH Zurich
2013-

 GPS seismology Contact:
krisztina.kelevitz@geod.baug.ethz.ch
Max Rietmann

Visiting PhD student
ETH Zurich
2012-

 Accelerators for wave-propagation codes Contact:
max.rietmann@usi.ch
Simon Stähler

PhD student
University of Munich
2010-

 Transition-zone tomography, global wave propagation Contact:
simon.staehler@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de
Martin van Driel

PhD student
ETH Zurich
2011-

 Global wave propagation Contact:
vandriel@tomo.ig.erdw.ethz.ch

Retired Faculty

Professor John Woodhouse Theoretical seismology and analysis of seismic data
Professor Shamita Das Earthquake Studies

Ex-members

Niloufar Abolfathian (ETH MSc term project 2013), M.Sc. thesis at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Andrea Colombi (ETH PhD 2013), Postdoc at Joseph-Fourier Universite Grenoble, France
Silvia Salas Romero (ETH MSc 2012), PhD student at Uppsala University, Sweden
Piero Basini (ETH postdoc 2010-2012), Postdoc at University of Toronto, Canada
Andrea Tesoniero (ETH MSc 2011), PhD student at University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Further Collaborations

Lapo Boschi
Luis Dalguer
Domenico Giardini
Alexandre Fournier (IPG Paris, France)
Jeroen Tromp and group (Princeton University, USA)
Frederik Simons (Princeton University, USA)
Guust Nolet and Michel Foundotos (Université de Nice, France)
Jean-Paul Ampuero (Caltech, USA)
Martin Mai (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
Anton Duchkov (IPGG, SB Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
Emanuele Casarotti (INGV Rome, Italy)
Mike Thorne (University of Utah, USA)
Andreas Fichtner (Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands)
Olaf Schenk (University of Basel, Switzerland)