Rate My Professor Rhodri Davies

Professor Rhodri Davies is a Professor and Associate Director for Research and Engagement in the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. He earned his PhD in Computational Geodynamics from Cardiff University in 2008, focusing on multi-resolution numerical methods for geodynamics. His career trajectory includes a Research Assistant position funded by Shell at Cardiff University (2008-2009), NERC Research Fellow and 1851 Research Fellow at Imperial College London (2010-2012), and progressive roles at ANU since 2013: Research Fellow (2013-2014), ARC Future Fellow (2015-2018), Associate Director for Honours and Masters (2018-2021), Associate Professor (2019-2022), and Professor since 2023. Davies is an internationally recognized computational geodynamicist whose research links the evolution of Earth’s surface to dynamical processes within its mantle across diverse spatial and temporal scales. He has pioneered advanced simulation tools, including Fluidity for geodynamical modeling and the G-ADOPT framework for inverse geodynamics, integrating geophysical, geological, and geochemical datasets to investigate intra-plate volcanism mechanisms, dynamic topography responses to mantle flow, force balances in surface tectonics, and constraints on mantle structure.