Dr Jessica Irving
BA/MA, MSCi, PhD
Expertise
Jessica is a deep Earth and planetary seismologist. Her research encompasses Earth's core, mantle and oceans, as well as Mars and other planetary bodies.
Current positions
Associate Professor in Global Seismology
School of Earth Sciences
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Exploring Mars' Core with InSight Seismic Data Yrs2+3
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2022 to 31/03/2024
Exploring Mars' Core with InSight Seismic Data Yr 1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022
Exploring Mars' Core with InSight Seismic Data Yrs2+3
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2024
Thesis supervisions
Planetary Seismology on an Icy Moon
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
02/05/2023First observations of core-transiting seismic phases on Mars
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Global seismology in the interior of Enceladus
Icarus
Evidence for a Kilometer‐Scale Seismically Slow Layer Atop the Core‐Mantle Boundary From Normal Modes
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical evidence for an enriched molten silicate layer above Mars’s core
Nature
Recent publications
10/01/2026Hydroacoustic Observations of the 15 January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption
Journal of Geophysical Research
Exploring the integration of Generative AI in Higher Education:
Data-space cross-validation of mantle structure in global tomographic models underneath the Pacific Ocean
Geophysical Journal International
Seismic Wavefield Modeling of Enceladus
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Global seismology in the interior of Enceladus
Icarus
Teaching
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