Tilly Woods
MMath
Status
Postgraduate Student
Research groups
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Major / recent publications
Woods, T. and Hewitt, I. J.: A model of the weathering crust and microbial activity on an ice-sheet surface, The Cryosphere, 17, 1967–1987, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1967-2023, 2023.
Research interests
I am interested in mathematical modelling in geoscience, in particular modelling ice sheets and glaciers. My research is focussed on small-scale ice sheet surface processes, aiming to improve our understanding of what impacts surface melting and runoff. In my current work, I am looking at how the presence of microbes on the ice sheet surface - in a water-saturated, porous layer called the 'weathering crust' - can affect surface melting and lead to a potential positive feedback. I am supervised by Ian Hewitt.
Teaching
Teaching assistant:
- Part C Mathematical Geoscience (MT2020, MT2021)
- Part C Elasticity and Plasticity (HT2021)
- Prelims Dynamics (HT2021)
- Part C Perturbation methods (MT2021)
College tutor (New College):
- Part A Differential Equations 1 (MT2020)
- Prelims Dynamics (HT2022, HT2023)
- Part A Fluids and Waves (HT2022, HT2023)
- Part A Mathematical Modelling in Biology (TT2022, TT2023)