Elvira Mulyukova

Elvira Mulyukova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. She specializes in geodynamic modeling, focusing on microphysical processes governing planetary evolution. Her work bridges atomic-scale mineral grain physics with global-scale mantle dynamics, emphasizing the interplay between lithospheric deformation and tectonic plate boundary formation. She holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Potsdam, Germany) and completed her M.S. and B.S. in Physics at the University of Oslo (Norway).

Her research explores how microscale mechanisms like grain damage and phase mixing influence Earth’s climate stability and biological evolution through tectonic activity. She also investigates planetary habitability, particularly for Venus, by analyzing CO₂ regulation and tectonic regime impacts. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the text.

Dr. Mulyukova collaborates with colleagues like D. Bercovici on interdisciplinary projects, such as the Subduction Zone Initiation Database. Her advising activities and associated labs/teams are not detailed in the provided information.