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Mathieu Dumberry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta, where he also serves as Director of the Institute for Geophysical Research and Chair of the Study of Earth's Deep Interior division within the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. He earned a B.Sc. in Physics from Université de Sherbrooke (1994), an M.Sc. in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia (1998), and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Harvard University (2004). A NERC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Leeds (2004-2007), he joined the University of Alberta as Assistant Professor in 2008 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014.
Research Interests: Dumberry's work focuses on planetary interior dynamics, particularly Earth's fluid and solid cores, Mercury, and the Moon. His research explores rotational dynamics, magnetic field generation, core convection, and fluid-solid interactions. He investigates how core flows affect Earth's rotation, gravity, and magnetic field, and extends these studies to exoplanets, emphasizing tidal dissipation and librations. His theoretical approach combines numerical simulations with observational data to probe planetary structure and evolution.
Scientific Awards:
- Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets (2016)
- Best Young Scientist Award, Canadian Geophysical Union (2013)
- Zatman Lecture (Young Scientist Award), Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI) (2008)
Students: He supervises current graduate students Roman Bukatiuk (MSc), Huifeng Zhang (PhD), Ian MacPherson (MSc), and undergraduate Logan Smith. Former advisees include Colin More (PhD), Christopher Stys (MSc), and several others now in academia, industry, and government roles.
Article Trends: His recent publications (2023-2025) emphasize core-driven rotation changes, climate-rotation interactions, and libration-induced dissipation in Mercury, the Moon, and TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets. Keywords span geophysics, planetary science, fluid dynamics, and magnetic field studies.
