Dr. Elodie Sophie Kendall
Funktion und Aufgaben:
Wissenschaftliche Koordinatorin: Weltraumphysik und Weltraumwetter- Redaktion von Veröffentlichungen, Vorschlägen und Präsentationen
- Ausarbeitung von Haushalts- und anderen Verwaltungsdokumenten
- Unterstützung bei der Organisation von Sitzungen und der Koordinierung von Maßnahmen
- Interaktion mit Interessengruppen in Deutschland und der EU-Kommission
- Verfassen von wissenschaftlichen Vorschlägen und Koordinierung von wissenschaftlichen Projekten, die sich über mehrere Standorte erstrecken
- Erledigung verschiedener Verwaltungsaufgaben
- Koordination der DFG-Forschergruppe
Wissenschaftliche Interessen:
- The interactions and feedback between surface processes and plate tectonics
- Seismic anisotropy observations and modeling
- The evolution of mantle plumes beneath East Africa
Indian Ocean Geoid Low
Karriere:
2015-2019: PhD in Seismologie (University College London), supervisors: Ana Ferreira, Manuele Faccenda
2019-2020: Teaching Fellow (University College London)
2020-2023: Postdoc in Geodynamik (GeoForschungsZentrum), supervisors: Stephan Sobolev, Sascha Brune
2023-2024: Freiberuflicher Lehrerin für Wissenschaft und Yoga
2024-heute: Wissenschaftliche Koordinatorin (GeoForschungsZentrum), Yuri Shpritz
Publication list:
1. Kendall, E., Faccenda, M., Ferreira, A.M.G., Chang., S-J., (2022). On the relationship between oceanic plate speed, tectonic stress and seismic anisotropy. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL097795. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097795
2. Kendall, E., Ferreira, A. M. G., Chang, S.-J., Witek, M., & Peter, D. (2021). Constraints on the upper mantle structure beneath the Pacific from 3-D anisotropic waveform modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020003. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020003
3. Kendall, E., Faccenda, M. and Ferreira, A.M.G. (2021). Anisotropy and melt from plume-lithosphere interactions beneath the Pacific. In prep for Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
4. Chang, S.‐J., Kendall, E., Davaille, A., & Ferreira, A. M. G. (2020). The evolution of mantle plumes in East Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB019929. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019929
5. Steinberger, B., Rathnayake, S., Kendall, E., (2021). The Indian Ocean Geoid Low at a plume-slab overpass. Tectonophysics, 817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229037
6. Cornwell, D.G., Rost, S., Thompson, Houseman, G.A., Millar, L.A., Kendall, E.,..(2021). Variations in lithospheric anisotropy across the North Anatolian Fault revealed by teleseismic shear wave splitting (in review at GRL).
7. Turner, A. R., Ferreira, A. M. G., Berbellini, A., Brantut, N., Faccenda, M., & Kendall, E. (2022). Across-slab propagation and low stress drops of deep earthquakes in the Kuril subduction zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098402. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098402
8. Download our 3-D shear-wave isotropic and radially anisotropic shear wave speed model of the Pacific upper mantle from 3-D anisotropic waveform modelling named SPacific-rani here: http://ds.iris.edu/ds/products/emc-spacific-rani/
9. Kendall, E (2019). Waveform modelling of global seismic anisotropy and geodynamical implications. PhD Thesis. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094069/
Werdegang / Ausbildung:
2011-2014: Bachelor of Physics (Universität Warwick)
2014-2015: MSc Geophysik (University College London), supervisor: Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni
Projekte:
- PhD in the London NERC DTP
- Postdoc in the ERC Synergy Project MEET http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~wiscsims/ERC/MEET/
- Previous organiser of Global Geophysics Seminars at UCL
- Co-organised Big Transition Workshop (2017) at UCL
Videos/Blogs/Outreach:
1. GFZ Section seminar: "Towards realistic models of plate tectonic evolution" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3pEU-4XVEE
2. Magnetic Mosaic: Ten female scientists will unravel some key pieces connected by the Earth’s magnetic field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shamiOBWSLE&t=214s
3. I wrote a blog on "The Indian Ocean Geoid Low at a plume-slab overpass: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2021/02/24/the-indian-ocean-geoid-low-at-a-plume-slab-overpass/
4. Check out by blog on why seismic images vary beneath different ocean floors? https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/2022/08/28/why-do-seismic-images-vary-beneath-different-ocean-floors/
5. I wrote a blog on the use of seismic data to constrain mantle convection:https://londonnerc- dtp.org/2016/06/27/a-journey-to-the-unrest-beneath-the-earths-mantle/
Auszeichnungen:
2021: Computational time (1212kNPL) on HLRN (Northern German Computing Alliance) for GFZ geodynamic modelling section
2019: CINECA, Italy Padova Computational time: 100,000 core hours
2019:Short-term Scientific mission (STSM) grant €900
2018:Royal Astronomical Grant £443 to present PhD results at European Geosciences Union