Anthony Osei Tutu

oseitutu@arizona.edu

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])