Dr. Auggie Marignier

Dr. Auggie Marignier

Research Software Engineer

Auggie obtained his PhD in Data Intensive Science at University College London, studying probabilistic inversion techniques to reconstruct seismic images of the Earth’s upper mantle and, looking beyond Earth, maps of dark matter around distant galaxy clusters. These methods, while computationally expensive, provide uncertainty information that is commonly lacking in other methods but is crucial for the scientific interpretation of the images.

Following his PhD, he spent two years as a postdoc at the Australian National University developing new methods to seismically measure the thickness of sediments at continental scales, and improving the resolution of mineral deposits for geophysical exploration. He is currently a Schmidt AI in Science Fellow studying the seismic structure of the Earth's Inner Core.

Throughout his research Auggie has developed a keen interest in software engineering in aid of open and collaborative research. He joined OxRSE in 2026.