Anthony Osei Tutu
University of Arizona,
Department of Geosciences,
Tucson, AZ 85721
1. Professional experience
2018 – Present -- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, USA.
2014 – 2017 -- Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and University of Potsdam, Germany.
2013 – 2014 -- Guest Scientist, GFZ-Potsdam, Global Gravity field and Geomonitoring group, Munich, Germany.
2010 – 2011 -- Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
2. Education
2017 -- Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Potsdam and GFZ-Potsdam, Germany.
2013 -- M.Sc. Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
2010 -- B.Sc. Geomatic Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
3. Publications
Submitted/In review/In prep
Osei Tutu A. and C. Harig : Evaluating thermal and dynamic influence of the Antarctica upper mantle structure on Glacial isostatic adjustment predictions.
Osei Tutu A., and C. Harig: Regional mantle viscosity constraints for North America, reveal upper mantle strength differences across the continent. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-2021-151 [pre-print]
Osei Tutu A. and C. Harig: Variations in Earth's 1D viscosity structure in different tectonic regimes. https://doi.org/10.31223/X5WG9Q [pre-print]
Peer-reviewed
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, S. V. Sobolev, I. Rogozhina and A. A. Popov (2018): Effects of upper mantle heterogeneities on lithospheric stress field and dynamic topography. Solid Earth Journal, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-649-2018.
Osei Tutu A., S. V. Sobolev, B. Steinberger, A. A. Popov and I. Rogozhina (2017): Evaluating the influence of plate boundary friction and upper mantle viscosity on plate motion and lithosphere net rotation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007112.
B. Steinberger, C. P. Conrad, Osei Tutu A., and M. J. Hoggard(2017): On the amplitude of dynamic topography at spherical harmonic degree two. Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto. 2017.11.032.
Thesis
Osei Tutu, A. 2017 (PhD. Thesis) Linking global mantle dynamics with lithosphere dynamics using the geoid, plate velocities and lithosphere stress state as constraints advisor: Dr. Bernhard Steinberger. https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/40705.
Osei Tutu, A. 2013 (MSc. Thesis) Height datum alignment using global models satellite only GOCE model and EGM2008 advisor: Prof. F. Sanso’ https://www.politesi.polimi.it/handle/10589/80704
4. Invited Presentations
2021 --- University College of London, Department of Earth Sciences, UK. "Regional viscosity constraints of the North America mantle, using mantle flow and postglacial models"
2021 --- Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, USA. "Variations in Earth's 1D viscosity structure for different tectonic regimes"
2019 --- University of Maryland, Department of Geology, USA. "The significance of plate boundary rheology to global plate motions"
2018 --- The International Training Course for Hazards Assessment by GFZ-Potsdam, University of Ghana, Ghana Atomic Commission and Ghana Geological Surveys. "Looking at Africa from numerical modeling point of view"
2017 --- University of Bremen, MARUM, Germany. "Linking global mantle dynamics with lithosphere dynamics using the geoid, plate velocities and lithosphere stress state as constraints"
2017 --- University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. "Evaluating the influence of plate boundary brittle deformation and mantle viscosity on plate velocities"
2016 --- University of Potsdam, Germany. "Evaluating the influence of plate boundary brittle deformation and mantle viscosity on plate velocities and lithosphere net rotation"
5. Conference Abstracts and Presentations
Oral
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Evaluating the influence of plate boundary friction and upper mantle viscosity on plate motion and lithosphere net rotation. DGG Conference, 2017, Potsdam, Germany.
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: The effect of the upper mantle heterogeneities on the lithospheric stress field and dynamic topography, AGU Fall Meeting 2016.
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Constraining lithosphere stress field and topography with World stress map, GeoSim Annual Conference 2016.
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, and I. Rogozhina: Linking global mantle dynamics with lithosphere dynamic using the geoid as a major constraint, Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary Conference-LAB, 2014, Austria
Posters
Osei Tutu A., C. Harig: Inference of mantle viscosity using local models of slab and convective geoid. AGU Fall Meeting, 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA
Osei Tutu A., C. Harig: Inference of mantle viscosity using local models of slab and convective geoid. Gordon Research Conference, Boston, USA
Osei Tutu A., S. Webb, B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina: Using uplift rates and lithosphere stress pattern for the past 200 Ma to quantify deep and shallow mantle contributions to the present-day southern African topography. AGU Fall Meeting, 2017, San Francisco, CA, USA
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Evaluating the influence of plate boundary friction and upper mantle viscosity on plate motion and lithosphere net rotation. NetherMod Conference, 2017, Putten, The Netherlands.
Osei Tutu A., Sobolev, S. V., B. Steinberger, Popov, A. A and I. Rogozhina: Evaluating the influence of plate boundary friction and upper mantle viscosity on plate motion and lithosphere net rotation. AGU Fall Meeting, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Effect of plate boundary friction and asthenosphere viscosity on plate motion. GeoBerlin Conference, 2015, Berlin, Germany.
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Effect of plate boundary friction and asthenosphere viscosity on plate motion. EGU General Assembly, 2015, Vienna, Austria.
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Constraining lithosphere stress field and topography with World Stress Map. British Geophysical Association Conference 2015, London, UK.
Osei Tutu A., B. Steinberger, I. Rogozhina, and S. V. Sobolev: Constraining upper mantle rheology with lithosphere observables. GeoMod Conference 2014, Potsdam,
Germany.
6. Project
2019 --- Present I am the principal investigator for Glacial Isostatic Adjustment development in the project ’Mapping/Measuring/Modeling Antarctic Geomorphology and Ice Change in Dronning Maud Land’[ https://www.magicdml.net])