Laboratory for Geodynamics
Department of Earth Sciences | University of Oxford
Theoretical Dynamics of the Fluid Earth
Laboratory for Geodynamics
Department of Earth Sciences | University of Oxford
Theoretical Dynamics of the Fluid Earth
Funding
Support for the FoaLab comes from the following grants
Deep Carbon Observatory modelling and vizualization forum II
Sloan Foundation grant. Apr 2018–Dec. 2020, $750k with PI Louise Kellogg, UC Davis.
Magma-assisted tectonics of continental rifts and mid-ocean ridges (RIFT-O-MAT)
Consolidator grant, European Research Council, ref. 772255
Oct 2018–Dec 2023, €2M to support 2 PDRAs and 1 PhD student
Two-phase dynamics of temperate ice
NERC grant NE/R000026/1. May 2017 — April 2019, £240k. With Prof. Ian Hewitt (Mathematics, Oxford). Linked with NSF PIs Neal Iverson (Iowa State) and Lucas Zoet (Univ Wisconsin).
Mantle volatiles: processes, reservoirs and fluxes
Consortium grant NE/M000427/1, Natural Environment Research Council
Sept 2014–Dec 2019, £1.38M (with ~20 co-investigators)
MAGMOx: Computational Models of Magma Dynamics
Oxford Advanced Research Computing/Oxford E-Research Centre
Ongoing cluster-computing provision to the FoaLab group.
Prior support for Katz and FoaLab
Deep Carbon Observatory modelling and vizualization forum
Sloan Foundation grant. Nov 2015–Nov. 2017, $700k with PI Louise Kellogg and co-I Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, UC Davis.
Ice Ages, Sea Level, and Magmatism: Coupled Oscillations (ISMAGiC)
Starter grant, European Research Council, ref. 279925
Jan 2012–Dec 2016, €1.35M to support 2 PDRAs and 1 PhD student
Understanding sea-ice growth and brine rejection using adaptive-mesh simulations
Int’l Exchanges Grant. March 2015–March 2017, £11890. With Prof. A. Wells (AOPP/Oxford) and Dr. D. Martin (LBNL, USA)
Philip Leverhulme Prize
From The Leverhulme Trust
Jan 2013–Dec 2015, £70,000 to support the group’s research
Computational tools for magma dynamics of subduction zones: finite element models and efficient solvers
Standard grant NE/I026995/1, UK Natural Environment Research Council
Feb 2012–Dec 2014, £336,712 to support 1 PDRA for 3 years
Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship
Research Councils UK
Oct 2007–Sept 2012, £125,000 as salary support for R. Katz
Oxford Laboratory for Geophysical Flows
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Jun–Jul 2011, £21,246 for equipment and materials
Material anisotropy in coupled magma/mantle dynamics: numerical simulations and analogue experiments
Travel grant, The Royal Society, UK
Sept–Oct 2011, £4,000 to support the visit of Prof. Y. Takei, ERI Tokyo
National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program
To Katz for postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge
Sep 2006–Aug 2008, NSF Award 0602101
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
To Katz for graduate study at Columbia University / LDEO
Sep 2001–Aug 2005
Support for the FoaLab comes from the following grants
Deep Carbon Observatory modelling and vizualization forum II
Sloan Foundation grant. Apr 2018–Dec. 2020, $750k with PI Louise Kellogg, UC Davis.
Magma-assisted tectonics of continental rifts and mid-ocean ridges (RIFT-O-MAT)
Consolidator grant, European Research Council, ref. 772255
Oct 2018–Dec 2023, €2M to support 2 PDRAs and 1 PhD student
Two-phase dynamics of temperate ice
NERC grant NE/R000026/1. May 2017 — April 2019, £240k. With Prof. Ian Hewitt (Mathematics, Oxford). Linked with NSF PIs Neal Iverson (Iowa State) and Lucas Zoet (Univ Wisconsin).
Mantle volatiles: processes, reservoirs and fluxes
Consortium grant NE/M000427/1, Natural Environment Research Council
Sept 2014–Dec 2019, £1.38M (with ~20 co-investigators)
MAGMOx: Computational Models of Magma Dynamics
Oxford Advanced Research Computing/Oxford E-Research Centre
Ongoing cluster-computing provision to the FoaLab group.
Prior support for Katz and FoaLab
Deep Carbon Observatory modelling and vizualization forum
Sloan Foundation grant. Nov 2015–Nov. 2017, $700k with PI Louise Kellogg and co-I Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, UC Davis.
Ice Ages, Sea Level, and Magmatism: Coupled Oscillations (ISMAGiC)
Starter grant, European Research Council, ref. 279925
Jan 2012–Dec 2016, €1.35M to support 2 PDRAs and 1 PhD student
Understanding sea-ice growth and brine rejection using adaptive-mesh simulations
Int’l Exchanges Grant. March 2015–March 2017, £11890. With Prof. A. Wells (AOPP/Oxford) and Dr. D. Martin (LBNL, USA)
Philip Leverhulme Prize
From The Leverhulme Trust
Jan 2013–Dec 2015, £70,000 to support the group’s research
Computational tools for magma dynamics of subduction zones: finite element models and efficient solvers
Standard grant NE/I026995/1, UK Natural Environment Research Council
Feb 2012–Dec 2014, £336,712 to support 1 PDRA for 3 years
Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship
Research Councils UK
Oct 2007–Sept 2012, £125,000 as salary support for R. Katz
Oxford Laboratory for Geophysical Flows
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Jun–Jul 2011, £21,246 for equipment and materials
Material anisotropy in coupled magma/mantle dynamics: numerical simulations and analogue experiments
Travel grant, The Royal Society, UK
Sept–Oct 2011, £4,000 to support the visit of Prof. Y. Takei, ERI Tokyo
National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program
To Katz for postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge
Sep 2006–Aug 2008, NSF Award 0602101
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
To Katz for graduate study at Columbia University / LDEO
Sep 2001–Aug 2005
