DrTom Davison

- Teaching Fellow in Computational Data Science, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2022-present
- Research Fellow, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2018-present
- Research Associate, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2013-2018
- Arthur H. Compton Lecturer, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 2012
- Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 2011-2013
- PhD: Numerical modelling of heat generation in porous planetesimal collisions, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2007-2010
- MSci (Hons): Geology and Geophysics, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2002-2006

Research Interests
My research interests focus on early Solar System processes. I aim to understand the evolution of the first solid bodies that formed around our Sun. These bodies, called planetesimals, were the building blocks of planets; those that remain in the Solar System today are known as asteroids. In my research, I use numerical models to quantify the collateral effects of hypervelocity collisions between planetesimals on their thermal and compaction histories. Projects that I am interested in include:

- Simulations of collisions between self-gravitating porous planetesimals and the subsequent evolution of the thermal signatures left by impacts
- Monte Carlo modelling to estimate the early impact histories of meteorite parent bodies
- Mesoscale numerical modelling of compaction in primitive Solar System materials
- Investigation of the effects of impact angle and target curvature upon cratering processes, including impact heating and crater morphology
- Validation of the iSALE and iSALE3D hydrocodes against laboratory experiments
- Numerical modelling of impacts into the oceans to determine the effect of the water depth on crater size and morphology