Apply for a PhD at Bullard Labs – 2025

Bullard Labs, Department of Earth Sciences, is a vibrant hub of cutting edge research and teaching in geophysics and tectonics that is located in west Cambridge. During the 20th century, it played a pioneering role in the development of marine geophysics and the discovery of plate tectonics. Today, it consists of 10 academic staff, 20+ PhD students and ~12 postdocs, along with administrative and technical staff, and undertakes a broad range of research in seismology, geodynamics, active tectonics, Earth imaging and the climate.

This web page lists all academic staff together with their fields of interest. A variety of funding opportunities are available to prospective students through Gates Cambridge, C-Clear DTP, Cambridge Trust and Bullard’s own Girdler scholarship. Any funding you wish to be considered for can be specified in your application, which must be completed on-line via the Applicant Portal. Further details on eligibility and fees can be found here. The submission deadline is January 7th, 2025.

If you are interested in applying for a PhD program at Bullard Labs, please get in touch with a potential supervisor in the first instance.

Dr David Al-Attar

Earth’s free oscillations, post-glacial sea level change, body tides, rotational dynamics, and geophysical inverse theory.

Prof. Alex Copley

Deformation and evolution of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle from field observations, seismology, geodesy, metamorphic and igneous petrology, and numerical modelling.

Dr Sanne Cottaar

Structure and dynamics of the deep Earth, including the core-mantle boundary, from the study of seismic waves.

Dr Adriano Gualandi

Nonlinear dynamical systems, friction, earthquakes and geodesy.

Prof. Sergei Lebedev

Seismology, geophysics, seismic tomography, Earth dynamics and evolution.

Dr Ali Mashayek

Climate Dynamics, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Marine Ecosystems, Data Science.

Prof. Jerome Neufeld

The fluid dynamics of multiphase fluid flows and the solidification of multicomponent alloys.

Prof. Nick Rawlinson

Seismic imaging, geophysical inverse theory, observational seismology, intraplate volcanism and lithospheric structure.

Prof. John Rudge

Theoretical geophysics, geochemistry and petrology.

Prof. Nicky White

Geophysics, geodynamics, tectonics, dynamic topography mantle convection, river drainage.

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