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Associate professor, University of Helsinki
Institute of Seismology, Department of Geosciences and Geography
P.O. Box 68 (Pietari Kalmin katu 5)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
[email protected] - +358 (0)2 941 51617
davewhipp - 0000-0002-3820-6886 - David_Whipp - @dave_whipp
2003-2008
Ph.D., Geology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
1998-2002
B.S., Geology (Physics minor), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2017-present
Associate professor, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2013-2023
Adjunct of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2013-2016
Assistant professor, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2009-2012
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2008-2009
Postdoctoral fellow, Géosciences Rennes, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
2007
Geoscientist (intern), ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX, USA.
2003-2008
Research assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2001-2003
Laboratory assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2000-2002
Tech consultant and Sites rover, Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Publication list also available in Google Scholar. Asterisks indicate student lead authors.
H. Tenkanen, V. Heikinheimo, and D. M. Whipp. Introduction to Python for Geographic Data Analysis. CRC Press. In progress, online at https://pythongis.org/.
J. Schütt* and D. M. Whipp. Controls on continental strain partitioning above an oblique subduction zone, Northern Andes. Tectonics, in press.
D. Grujic, K. Ashley, M. Coble, I. Coutand, D. Kellett, K. Larson, D. Whipp, M. Gao, and N. Whynot. Deformational temperatures across the Lesser Himalayan Sequence in eastern Bhutan and their implications for the deformation history of the Main Central Thrust. Tectonics, in press.
2019
A. Koptev, T. A. Ehlers, M. Nettesheim, and D. M. Whipp. Response of a rheologically stratified lithosphere to subduction of an indenter-shaped plate: Insights into localized exhumation at orogen syntaxes. Tectonics. doi: 10.1029/2018TC005455, 2019.
D. M. Whipp and T. A. Ehlers. Quantifying landslide frequency and sediment residence time in the Nepal Himalaya. Science Advances, 5(4). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3482, 2019.
2018
M. Nettesheim*, T. A. Ehlers, D. M. Whipp, and A. Koptev. The influence of upper-plate advance and erosion on overriding
plate deformation in orogen syntaxes. Solid Earth, 9, 1207-1224. doi: 10.5194/se-9-1207-2018, 2018.
2016
K. R. Landry*, I. Coutand, D. M. Whipp, D Grujic, and J. K. Hourigan. Late Neogene tectonically driven crustal exhumation of the Sikkim Himalaya: Insights from inversion of multithermochronologic data. Tectonics, 35(3):833–859. doi: 10.1002/2015TC004102, 2016.
2014
D. M. Whipp, C. Beaumont, and J. Braun. Feeding the 'aneurysm': Orogen-parallel mass transport into Nanga Parbat and the western Himalayan syntaxis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(6):5077–5096. doi: 10.1002/2013JB010929, 2014.
M. A. Murphy, M. H. Taylor, J. Gosse, C. R. P. Silver, D. M. Whipp, and C. Beaumont. Limit of strain partitioning in the Himalaya marked by large earthquakes in western Nepal. Nature Geoscience, 7(1):38–42. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2017, 2014.
I. Coutand, D. M. Whipp, D. Grujic, M. Bernet, M. G. Fellin, B. Bookhagen, K. R. Landry, S. K. Ghalley, and C. Duncan. Geometry and kinematics of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Neogene crustal exhumation in the Bhutanese Himalaya derived from inversion of multithermochronologic data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(2):1446–1481. doi: 10.1002/2013JB010891, 2014.
2009
D. M. Whipp, T. A. Ehlers, J. Braun, and C. D. Spath. Effects of exhumation kinematics and topographic evolution on detrital thermochronometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 114(F4). doi: 10.1029/2008JF001195, 2009.
T. F. Schildgen, T. A. Ehlers, D. M. Whipp, M. C. van Soest, K. X. Whipple, and K. V. Hodges. Quantifying canyon incision and Andean Plateau surface uplift, southwest Peru: A thermochronometer and numerical modeling approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 114(F4). doi: 10.1029/2009JF001305, 2009.
2007
D. M. Whipp and T. A. Ehlers. Influence of groundwater flow on thermochronometer-derived exhumation rates in the central Nepalese Himalaya. Geology, 35(9):851–854. doi: 10.1130/G23788A.1, 2007.
K. W. Huntington, T. A. Ehlers, K. V. Hodges, and D. M. Whipp. Topography, exhumation pathway, age uncertainties, and the interpretation of erosion rates from thermochronometer data. Tectonics, 26(4) . doi: 10.1029/2007TC002108, 2007.
D. M. Whipp, T. A. Ehlers, A. E. Blythe, K. W. Huntington, K. V. Hodges, and D. W. Burbank. Plio-Quaternary exhumation history of the central Nepalese Himalaya: 2. Thermo-kinematic and thermochronometer age prediction model. Tectonics, 26(3). doi: 10.1029/2006TC001991, 2007.
Funding includes only amounts over 5000€
Academy Project, Academy of Finland, Finland, 599 648€. Sole PI.
Extracting the Record of mountain Erosion processes COntained in River Detritus (E-RECORD)
2014–2018
Academy Project, Academy of Finland, Finland, 451 763€. Sole PI.
What controls deformation in a ‘bent’ 3D orogen? The effects of spatially variable rock strength, erosion and mass transport on the tectonics of the Bolivian Andes
2014–2017
Three-Year Research Project, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 145 000€. Sole PI.
What controls strain partitioning at obliquely convergent ocean-continent margins? 3D dynamics of crustal deformation along the western Andean margin
2010-2012
ACEnet Research Fellowships Program, Atlantic Canada Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet), Canada, $40 000 [CAD]. Co-PI with C. Beaumont.
3-D plateau formation and evolution from numerical model experiments
2016
Faculty of Science internal infrastructure funding, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 90 000€. Sole PI.
Geosciences high-performance computing cluster (geo-hpcc)
2014
Department of Geosciences and Geography internal infrastructure funding, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 120 000€. Sole PI.
Computational infrastructure for Earth Sciences
2014
PRACE Preparatory Access, Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), Brussels, Belgium, 200,000 core-hours. Sole PI.
Nested DOUAR: Coupling high and low resolution finite element models to solve 3D geologic problems
2012
Compute Canada National Resource Allocation, Compute Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, 109 core-years. Co-PI with J. Allen and C. Beaumont.
Modelling the three-dimensional dynamics of geologic systems: From sub-sea salt to the Himalayan peaks
2014
Exceptional Reviewer for journal Lithosphere, Geological Society of America.
2007
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2006
Outstanding Student Paper Award, Tectonophysics Section, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
2003
Camp Davis Field Geologist Award, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2019
University of Turku, Department seminar, Department of Geography and Geology, Turku, Finland.
2018
16th International Conference on Thermochronology (Thermo 2018), Session 2: Diffusion / annealing kinetics and thermal modelling, Quedlinburg, Germany.
2017
University of Lausanne, Department seminar, Institute of Earth Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland.
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Session TS7.8: Mountain building processes, from top to bottom: the Zagros-Himalaya-Tibet orogenic system, Vienna, Austria.
2016
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Session T42B: Sedimentary Basin Records of Convergent Orogenic Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA.
University of Potsdam, Colloquium talk, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam, Germany.
2014
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Session EP23G: From High Peaks to Level Plains: Using Thermochronometry to Study the Evolving Geosphere, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2013
University of Tübingen, Earth System Dynamics Research Group seminar, Department of Geosciences, Tübingen, Germany.
2011
Joseph Fourier University, Grand séminaire, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble, France.
2009
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Session T46: Linking Shallow to Deep Crustal Processes in Arc and Collisional Orogens, Portland, OR, USA.
Joseph Fourier University, Seminar talk, Laboratoire de géodynamique des chaînes alpines, Grenoble, France.
2007
Dalhousie University, Department seminar, Department of Earth Sciences, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2017
Session chair, NetherMod 2017 - XV International Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, Putten, Netherlands.
“Global modelling of early and recent Earth”
2016
Session co-convener, Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Helsinki, Finland.
“Dynamics and evolution of the lithosphere from Archean to present”
“Interactions between climate, erosion and tectonics”
2014
Steering committee, Lithosphere 2014 symposium, Turku, Finland.
2013
Session co-chair, 28th Himalayan Karakorum Tibet Workshop and 6th International Symposium on Tibetan Plateau Joint Conference, Tübingen, Germany.
“Crustal Doming, Exhumation and Lateral Extrusion”
2010
Session co-convener, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA.
“Orogeny: From rigid plates to diffuse lithospheric deformation”, one of several sessions celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the GSA
Past 3 years. Asterisks indicate student lead authors.
2019
J. Singh*, R. S. Kumar, and D. M. Whipp. 1-D Numerical Model for Heat Transfer in Crust & Predicting Thermochronometer Age for Sedimentary Basin Subsidence & Uplift Rates for Hydrocarbon Exploration. Young Scientists Conference, India International Science Festival 2019, Kolkata, India, 5-8 November 2019.
D. M. Whipp, P. Uotila, I. Kukkonen, E. Koivisto, T. Luhta. New geophysics study programs at the University of Helsinki. XXIX Geophysics Days. Programme and Extended Abstracts, Rovaniemi, Finland, March 21–22, 2019, Geophysical Society of Finland, 2019.
2018
D. M. Whipp, I. Coutand, B. Bookhagen, D. Grujic, and T. A. Ehlers. Whence the age? Use of numerical models to extract the record of tectonic and erosional processes in detrital thermochronometer data. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Thermochronology, Quedlinburg, Germany, 17-21 September 2018 (invited).
A. Koptev, T. Ehlers, M. Nettesheim and D. Whipp. Impact of 3D subduction geometry and crustal rheology on deformation at orogen syntaxes: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-8463-1, 2018.
M. Nettesheim*, T. A. Ehlers and D. M. Whipp. Effects of subducting plate geometry and erosion on overriding plate deformation at plate corners (syntaxes). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-13467, 2018.
D. Whipp, H. Tenkanen, and V. Heikinheimo. Geo-Python: An open online introduction to programming in Python for geoscientists. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-15204, 2018.
Links: = course homepage, = course GitHub page, = course YouTube channel
2013-present
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
- - Current Topics in Global Geophysics Research
- - Geo-Python (with Henrikki Tenkanen)
- - Geodynamics
- - Introduction to Lithospheric Geodynamic Modelling (with Lars Kaislaniemi)
- - Introduction to Quantitative Geology
- - Lithospheric Structure and Dynamics (with Ilmo Kukkonen)
2018
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2017
Low-temperature thermochronology, GeoDoc short course, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-taught with Ilmo Kukkonen and invited lecturers Cécile Gautheron, Christoph Glotzbach, and Clare Warren.
2016
Introduction to lithospheric geodynamic modelling, Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-taught with Lars Kaislaniemi
2015
Software Carpentry Bootcamp, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-taught with Joona Lehtomäki
Introduction to Lithospheric Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland.
Co-taught with Lars Kaislaniemi
2019
Geo-Python, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku and Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
2010, 2019
Geochronology and Thermochronology, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2015-2018
Geological Processes/Dynamic Earth (Introductory geoscience course), Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2003–2007
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- - Earth Surface Processes and Soils laboratory
- - Geology of the Rockies, University of Michigan Camp Davis, WY, USA
- - Introduction to Geology laboratory/discussion
- - Introduction to Oceanography laboratory
2015-2018
Lars Kaislaniemi, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2019-present
Tuija Luhta, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Timo Tiira
2017-present
Matthias Nettesheim, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Co-supervised with Todd Ehlers
2014-2018
Jorina Schütt, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2019-present
Yijun Wang, Master's Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2018-present
Aleksi Rantanen, Master's Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2017-present
Lotta Ylä-Mella, Master's Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Ilmo Kukkonen
2017-2019
Nelli Metiäinen, Master's Program in Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2014-2016
Niclas Blomqvist, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Now: Geologist, Pöyry Finland Oy
2016–2018
Lotta Ylä-Mella, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2016–2017
Jennifer Hällsten, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Jorina Schütt
2017-present
Mehrnoosh Ghadimi, Department of Physical Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2019-present
Suoya Fan, Doctoral student, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
2018
Rémi Vachon, Doctoral student, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2011–2016
Janice Allen, Doctoral student, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Now: Imperial Oil, Canada
2012–2015
Gabe Creason, *Masters student, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Now: Ph.D. student, Oregon State University
2011–2014
Kyle Landry, Masters student, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2017-present
Leevi Tuikka, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2019
Christoph Brendel, Institute for Geology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Jugraj Singh, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2018
Marta Girbau, Department of Geology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
2016
Miro Pütz, Institute of Geophysics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
2014
Niclas Blomqvist, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2006–2008
Chris Spath, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Co-supervised with Todd Ehlers
2004
Nick Olds, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Co-supervised with Todd Ehlers
2016-2018
Judge, Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
2013-2016
Judge, Outstanding Student Paper Awards, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Did not attend/judge in 2015
2013-2015
Scientific expert in review panel, Fennovoima nuclear power company, Helsinki, Finland.
2007-present
Referee.
Journals: Basin Research, Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, G-cubed (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems), Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Geophysica, Journal of Geology, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Lithosphere, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, Science, Tectonics, Tectonophysics
Research project proposals: German Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, The Royal Society UK (International Collaboration Awards), US National Science Foundation (Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship program, Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics program, Tectonics program)
2018-present
Board member, Bachelor’s Programme in Science (in English), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Deputy member, Department of Geosciences and Geography mangagement group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Leader, Department of Geosciences and Geography well-being group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Member, Department of Geosciences and Geography communications group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2017-present
Board member, Masters program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2013-present
Co-coordinator geoscience seminar, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2017-2018
Preparatory group member, BSc of Science in English degree, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2015-2017
Department council member, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2014-2016
Co-coordinator of Solid Earth Geophysics Masters program, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
2007-2008
Graduate Student Mentor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
2020
Guest lecture, Kumpula Campus, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Introduction to the geodynamics of the Himalayan orogen for visiting high school students from the Germal School Helsinki
2015
Guest lecture, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Introduction to my general areas of research on mountain evolution for visiting high school students from Tampere, Finland
2013
Presenter, Science Bazaar, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Presentation on mountain systems to the audience of undergraduate students present for their orientation at the Kumpula Science Campus of the University of Helsinki
2007
Guest lecture, Melbourne High School, Melbourne, FL, USA.
Introduction to the geology and culture of Nepal related to reading of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air for eleventh grade English students
English: Native
Finnish: CEFR level A1.3
French: Basic knowledge
2014-present
European Geosciences Union
2005-present
Geological Society of America
2003-present
American Geophysical Union
Birth date: 9 March 1980
Citizenship: USA
Residence: Finland (Permanent resident)
Family: Married, two children
Last updated: February 2020