缅北禁地

I am a senior lecturer in Applied Mathematics. My research area is the dynamics of planetary cores and the generation of planetary magnetic fields. 

Previous positions

• NERC Independent Research Fellow, 缅北禁地, UK (2016-2021)
• Postdoc, University of Leeds, UK (2013-2015)
• Postdoc, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA (2011-2012)

Qualifications

• PhD in Geophysics, Université de Grenoble, France (2010). Thesis Title: “Numerical study of planetary dynamos generated by surface shear or internal heating”
• Master in Geophysics, Université de Grenoble, France (2007)
• Licence in Physics and Earth Sciences, Université de Rennes I, France (2005)

Memberships

• Member of the NERC Peer Review College
• Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Fellow of Advance HE (D2)

I work on the fluid dynamics of planetary cores and their dynamo action using computational modelling. 

Research Interests

• Geophysical fluid dynamics
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Dynamo theory
• Rotating convection
• Double-diffusive convection
• Planetary dynamos
• Deep Earth Interior

Postgraduate supervision

• Robert Cooper (PhD, 2017-2021)
• Stephen Mason (PhD, 2018-2022)
• Martin Gray (started 2023)
• Rose Hinz (started 2023)
• Tom Shotton (started 2025)

Postdoctoral supervision

• Yue-Kin Tsang (started 2022)

Research grants

• NERC Independent Research Fellowship (PI), "A new model of the geodynamo: large-scale vortices in the Earth's core", 2016-2021, value: £432,973 ()
• STFC Consolidated grant (PI), "Double-diffusive convection in planetary cores and implications for observable magnetic fields", 2022-2025, value: £363,506 ()
• STFC Solar and planetary small award (Project lead) "The magnetic signature of double-diffusive convection in planets", 2025-2028, value: £407,824 ()

Undergraduate teaching (2025/26)

• ENG1001 Engineering Mathematics I
• MSP2803 Fluid Dynamics I

• Articles

  • Guervilly C, Dormy E. . Geophysical Research Letters 2025, 52(7), e2024GL111593.
  • Mason SJ, Guervilly C, Sarson GR. . Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2022, 116(5-6), 458-498.
  • Guervilly C. . Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 2022, 127(11), e2022JE007350.
  • Korre L, Brummell NH, Garaud P, Guervilly C. . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2021, 503(1), 362-375.
  • Cooper RG, Bushby PJ, Guervilly C. . Physical Review Fluids 2020, 5, 113702.
  • Guervilly C, Cardin P, Schaeffer N. . Nature 2019, 570, 368-371.
  • Favier B, Guervilly C, Knobloch E. . Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2019, 864, R1.
  • Bushby PJ, Käpylä PJ, Masada Y, Brandenburg A, Favier B, Guervilly C, Käpylä MJ. . Astronomy and Astrophysics 2018, 612, A97.
  • Guervilly C, Cardin P. . Geophysical Journal International 2017, 211(1), 455-471.
  • Guervilly C, Hughes DW, Jones CA. . Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2017, 815, 333-360.
  • Guervilly C, Hughes DW. . Physical Review Fluids 2017, 2, 113503.
  • Guervilly C, Cardin P. . Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2016, 808, 61-89.
  • Guervilly C, Hughes DW, Jones CA. . Physical Review E 2015, 91(4), 041001.
  • Guervilly C, Hughes DW, Jones CA. . Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2014, 758, 407-435.
  • Guervilly C, Wood TS, Brummell NH. . Physical Review E 2013, 88(5), 053010.
  • Guervilly C, Brummell NH. . Physical Review E 2012, 86, 046317.
  • Guervilly C, Cardin P, Schaeffer N. . Icarus 2012, 218(1), 100-114.
  • Guervilly C, Cardin P. . Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2010, 104(2-3), 221-248.
  • Garaud P, Guervilly C. . The Astrophysical Journal 2009, 695(2), 799-808.
  • Nicollin F, Gibert D, Bossart P, Nussbaum C, Guervilly C. . Geophysical Journal International 2008, 172(1), 226-239.