I generally teach on geophysical topics, such as geodynamics and seismology, and foundational skills in maths, physics, and chemistry. On this page, I list my experience with respect to teaching on university level. For teaching experience related to secondary school education, please see Outreach.
Together with a team of early-career geodynamicists, I led the development of the course 'Geodynamics 101', which is an introductory short course into geodynamic modelling at the EGU General Assembly. Since its conception in 2018, the course is given annually by a team of enthusiastic early-career geodynamicists.
In 2020, I led the effort to develop this short course into a comprehensive and concise review paper to expand the material and make it fully accessible for everyone, regardless of their ability to travel to Vienna for the General Assembly. This resulted in the open-access educational review paper Van Zelst et al. (2022), which has been well-received by the community. It is currently being used as the lecture notes and required reading in several MSc courses and seminar series on geodynamic modelling (e.g., at Utrecht University; UC Davis).
Since 2023, I have been part of the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) Education Working Group, which aims to promote access to educational materials for geodynamics.
• 101 geodynamic modelling: how to design, interpret, and communicate numerical studies of the solid Earth
• Glossary 101 geodynamic modelling
| 2023 | Mind your head: Scared of giving presentations? |
| 2022 | Geodynamics 101: numerical modelling |
| 2022 | Outreach: how to get your science out there? |
| 2021 | Geodynamics 101: numerical models |
| 2019 | Geodynamics 101B: large-scale dynamic processes |
| 2019 | Geodynamics 101A: numerical methods |
| 2018 | Geodynamics 101: how to use and interpret numerical models of the solid Earth |
| 2018 | Seismology for non-seismologists |
| 2015 | Differential equations in the Earth sciences |
| 2014 | Continuum mechanics |
| 2014 | Programming and modelling of Earth processes |
| 2014 | Physics |
| 2014 | System Earth 1 |
| 2013 | Programming and modelling of Earth processes |
| 2013 | Differential equations in the Earth sciences |
| 2013 | Linear algebra and vector analysis |
| 2013 | Physics |
| 2013 | Chemistry of the Earth 2 |
| 2012 | Linear algebra and vector analysis |
| 2022 | Geodynamic modelling | PhD level | TRR 170 Summer School 2022 on Planetary Geodynamics |
| 2021 | Geodynamics | BSc level | Utrecht University |
| 2018 | Dynamic Earth | BSc level | ETH Zürich |
| 2023 | Edoardo Viero | Interior-atmosphere evolution of Venus with C-O-H species |
Internship | DLR | |
| 2022 | Rajani Shrestha | Outreach & science communication | Mentoring | University of Delaware | |
| 2021 | Angus Brown | Modelling the influence of sediment type on the subduction interface of the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand |
Thesis | University of Leeds | |
| 2020 | Euan Miles | Modelling the dynamic triggering of outer rise earthquakes |
Internship | University of Leeds | |
| 2017 | Sunniva Moris | Simulating earthquake-generated subduction zone tsunamis |
Thesis | ETH Zürich |
| 2022 | Moritz Spühler | Towards estimating the frequency of volcanic eruptions and quakes on Venus | Internship | DLR |