David Rees Jones
Biography
I use mathematical analysis and computational simulations to understand a wide range of geophysical and environmental fluid flows. I focus on situations in which melting and solidification are significant, such as the generation and transport of molten magma from deep within the Earth, and the formation of sea ice in the Polar Oceans.
At St Andrews, I am part of the Vortex Dynamics Group at the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Before moving to St Andrews in 2019, I moved between Cambridge and Oxford, working with Andrew Wells, Richard Katz and John Rudge (postdoctoral positions) and Grae Worster (PhD).
PhD Opportunities: please email [email protected] to discuss possible project ideas. Details about applications (apply by early-January to start the following September) can be found on the School’s webpage.
Interests
- Geophysical fluid dynamics
- Sea-ice formation, ice-ocean interaction
- Magma dynamics
Education
- PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2010-2014, University of Cambridge
- MMath in Mathematics, 2006-2010, University of Cambridge
Research interests
Ice–ocean interaction
Frazil ice dynamics in mixed layers and subglacial plumes
Reactive flow instabilities
in porous media; sea ice and magmatic systems
Melt ponds
Convection, effect on sub-ice light and ecology
Sea-ice formation
Mushy-layer models, thermodynamics and brine drainage
Glacial cycles and magmatism
Magmatic response to glacial cycles, feedbacks through carbon outgassing
Subduction–zone magmatism
Thermal structure, volatiles and the location of arc volcanoes
Publications
For a full list of publications, see: Dr David W. Rees Jones.
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Contact
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematical Institute
North Haugh
St Andrews
Scotland
United Kingdom