Ben Mayor
2024-Present PhD project: “Metamorphism, rheological switches, and subduction evolution” Supervisors: Alissa Kotowski, Douwe van Hinsbergen Publications Outreach Fieldwork
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Dr. Erik van der Wiel
2019-2024 PhD project: “Towards reconciling geodynamic models with kinematic reconstructions of slab sinking and plate motion” (Vici project ‘TRIGGER’) – supervised by Douwe van Hinsbergen, Cedric Thieulot, Wim Spakman MSc project: “Paleolatitudinal evolution of the Farallon plate based on paleomagnetic … Continue reading →
Dr. Suzanna van de Lagemaat
2019-2023 PhD project: “Junction Jigsaw: Reconstructing the plate tectonic puzzle from the Panthalassa to the Tethys realm” Supervisors: Douwe van Hinsbergen (Vici project) 2015-2017 MSc project: “Kinematic restoration of the SW Pacific since the Cretaceous” Guided research project: “Paleolatitude evolution … Continue reading →
Jadie Sauerbier
2024-Present PhD project: Paleogeographic control in intra-oceanic islands on modern biodiversity Supervisors: Lydian Boschman, Douwe van Hinsbergen 2023: MSc projects: “Tracing the Paleogene Caribbean forearc sliver to the southern Lesser Antilles” and “The Making of the Caribbean Plate in the … Continue reading →
Brechtje Brons
2023-Present PhD project: “Combining normal modes and Earth’s gravity field” Supervisors: Arwen Deuss, Douwe van Hinsbergen Publications Outreach Fieldwork
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2019-2023 PhD Cum Laude (2023): “On pole position: new approaches to quantifying polar wander and relative paleomagnetic displacements” Supervisors: Douwe van Hinsbergen 2017: MSc project: “Kinematic reconstruction of the northwest Pacific region since the Late Cretaceous, and the fate of … Continue reading →
Renato Gutierrez Escobar
2022-Present PhD project: “Quantitative constraints on pre-production reservoir stresses in Groningen” Supervisors: Rob Govers, Douwe van Hinsbergen, Wouter van der Wal (TU Delft) Publications Outreach Fieldwork
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2019-2023 PhD project: “Intra-plate deformation in the NE Caribbean region” University of Montpellier, France Supervisors: Mélody Philippon (University of the Antilles at Guadeloupe), Philippe Munch (University of Montpellier), Douwe van Hinsbergen Publications Fieldwork Outreach
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2014-2019 PhD project: “Towards numerical modelling of natural subduction systems – with an application to Eastern Caribbean subduction” Supervisors: Prof. Wim Spakman, Prof. Dr. Douwe van Hinsbergen, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bangert, Dr. Cedric Thieulot Funding: NWO Caribbean Research Program Position … Continue reading →
Dr. Lydian Boschman
2014-2019 PhD Cum Laude (2019): “Reconstructing lost plates of the Panthalassa Ocean” Supervisors: Prof. Douwe van Hinsbergen, Prof. Wim Spakman Funding: NWO Open Competition grant Currently: Assistant-Professor at Utrecht University. See her personal website Publications Outreach Fieldwork MSc student supervision
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