Research output
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Publications
In preparation (selected)
Herrick R. , Byrne B. , Crane K., and Gülcher, A. J. P. (on behalf of the entire VExAG Steering Committee), Roadmap for long-term Venus Exploration
Boan, P. C., Miles, E. L., Gülcher, A. J. P., Brounce, M., Kane, S. R., Ostberg, C., Byrne, P. K. and Hahn, R. M., Molten Maps: Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Volcanoes on Venus’ Elevated Terrains
And many more..
Submitted/in press.
Desiderio, M., Gülcher, A. J. P., and Ballmer, M. D., Under Review for Solid Earth), The control of basalt properties on the preservation of recycled and primordial heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle
Published
[18] Maia, J., Plesa, A-C, van Zelst, I., Ghail, R., Gülcher, A. J. P., Panning, M., Näsholm, M. P., De Toffoli, B., Horleston, A., Smolinski, K., Klaasen, S., Herrick, R., and Gracia, R., (2025), The Seimogenic Thicknes of Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 130 (7), e2025JE009065, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JE009065
[17] Gülcher, A. J. P., Gurnis, M., and Smrekar, S. E. (2025), Dynamics of Venusian rifts and their interactions with plumes and intrusions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 667, 119514, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119514
[16] Cascioli*, G., Gülcher*, A. J. P., Marzarico, E., and Smrekar, S. E., (2025), A spectrum of tectonic processes at coronae on Venus revealed by gravity and topography. Science Advances, vol. 11 (20), eadt5932, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt5932 (* co-lead authorship)
[15] Gülcher, A. J. P., Sabbeth, L., E. Stofan, and Smrekar, S. E. (2025), Coronae on Venus: an updated global database and insights into morphological, geologic, and lithospheric properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, vol. 130 (5), e2024JE008749. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008749
[14] Gillman, C., Arney, G., Avice, G., Dyar, M. D., Golabek, G. J., Gülcher, A. J. P., Lefèvre, M., Johnson, N., and Widemann, T. (2025), Venus. Chapter in: Treatise on Geochemistry (3rd edition), Elsevier, vol. 7, pp. 289-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00099-1
[13] VExAG Strategic Working Group (Gülcher, A. J. P.) (2024), Strategy for enabling Venus science, technology, and exploration in the near future, arXiv:2412.06830, 10.48550/arXiv.2412.06830
[12] Garcia, F. R., Van Zelst, I., Kawamura, T., Näsholm, S. P., Horleston, A., Klaasen, S. Solberg, C. M., Plesa, A-C., Brissaud, Q., Maia, J., Stähler, S., Lognonne, P., Panning, M., Gülcher, A. J. P., Ghail, R., De Toffoli, B. (2024), Seismic wave detectability on Venus using ground deformation sensors, infrasound sensors on balloons and airglow imagers. Earth and Space Science), vol. 11(11), e2024EA003670, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EA003670
[11] Schouten, T. L. A., Gebraad, L., Noe, S., Gülcher, A. J. P. , Thrastarson, S., van Herwaarden, D-P., and Fichtner, A. (2024), Full-waveform inversion reveals diverse origins of lower mantle positive wave speed anomalies, Scientific Reports, 14, 26708, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77399-2
[10] Ghail, R., Smrekar, S., Wideman, T., Byrne, P., Gülcher, A. J. P., et al. (2024), Volcanic and Tectonic Constraints on the Evolution of Venus, Space Science Reviews, vol. 220, 36, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01065-2 (Chapter in book ‘Venus: Evolution through Time‘, Springer)
[9] O’Rourke, J., Wilson, C., Ghail, R., et al. (Gülcher, A. J. P.) (2023), Venus, the Planet: Introduction to Earth’s Sister Planet. Space Science Reviews, vol. 219, 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00956-0 (Chapter in book ‘Venus: Evolution through Time‘, Springer)
[8] Gülcher, A. J. P., Yu, T-Y., and Gerya, T. V. (2023), Tectono-magmatic evolution of asymmetric coronae on Venus: Topographic classification and 3D thermo-mechanical modelling, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(11), e2023JE007978, DOI: 10.1029/2023JE007978
[7] Rolf, T., Weller, M., Gülcher, A. J. P., et al. (2022), Venus mantle dynamics and evolution through time. Space Science Reviews, vol. 218, 70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00937-9 (Chapter in book ‘Venus: Evolution through Time‘, Springer)
[6] Gülcher, A. J. P., Golabek, G., Thielmann, M., Ballmer, M.D., and Tackley, P.J. (2022) Narrow, fast, and “cool” mantle plumes caused by strain-weakening rheology in the lower mantle, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC010314. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC010314
[5] Gülcher, A. J. P., Ballmer, M.D., and Tackley, P.J. (2021) Coupled dynamics and evolution of primordial and recycled heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle. Solid Earth, vol. 12, pp. 2097-2107, 10.5194/se- 12-2087-2021
[4] Cutts, J. A., et al. (Gülcher, A. J. P.) (2020) Venus Coronae and Tessera Explorer (VeCaTEx) Mission Concept Investigating the Surface of Venus from beneath the Clouds, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4). 10.3847/25c2cfeb. 5aa5704a (White paper for the 2023-2032 Planetary Science Decadal Survey)
[3] Gülcher, A. J. P., Gerya, T.V., Montési, L.G.J. and Munch, J. (2020) Corona structures driven by plume- lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus. Nature Geoscience, vol. 13, pp. 547-554, 10.1038/s41561-020-0606-1
[2] Gülcher, A. J. P., Gebhardt, D., Ballmer, M.D. and Tackley, P.J. (2020). Variable dynamic styles of primordial heterogeneity preservation in Earth’s lower mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 536, 116160, 10.1016/j.epsl.2020. 116160
[1] Gülcher, A. J. P., Beaussier, S. J. and Gerya, T.V., (2019). On the formation of oceanic detachment faults and their influence on intra-oceanic subduction initiation: 3D thermomechanical modeling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 506, pp. 195-208, 10.1016/ j.epsl.2018.10.042
Media coverage (selected)
05.2025
Venus Isn’t (Geologically) Dead, Scientific American
05.2025
Vivant, l’intérieur de Vénus possède encore de l’activité tectonique, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
05.2025
NASA’s Magellan Mission Reveals Possible Tectonic Activity on Venus, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
01.2025
11.2024
Three Ways to Track Venusquakes, from Balloons to Satellites, Eos (news from AGU)
03.2023
Lava für die Liebesgöttin, the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
01.2021
Vénus coronae et panaches actifs, L’Astronomie, vol. 145, pp. 4-7
09.2020
Venus: Science! Today!, EGU Geodynamics blog
07.2020
Venus has crown-shaped hotspots that form its own ‘Ring of Fire’, CNN Space + Science
07.2020
07.2020
The Venus ‘Ring of Fire’, ETH News
07.2020
Volcanoes are still active on Venus, Cosmos Magazine
07.2020
Invited/keynote presentations
06.2025
Invited Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Biogeodynamics, Bratislava, Slovakia
(Declined due to conflict of schedule)
05.2025
Invited Seminar Speaker, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Geological Sciences Institute Colloquium
05.2025
Invited Seminar Speaker, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany, DLR Seminar
10.2024
Invited Seminar Speaker, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, CSH/WP Colloquium,
09.2024
Invited Seminar Speaker, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA, Lithosphere dynamics seminar series
09.2024
Invited Keynote Speaker, Ada Lovelace Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle and Lithosphere dynamics, Sete, France
04.2024
Invited Seminar Speaker, Institute of Geophysics, University of Münster, Germany, geophysics seminar
04.2024
Invited Seminar Speaker, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Science, Göttingen, Germany, planetary science seminar
02.2024
Invited Seminar Speaker, Dept. of Environmental, Earth, and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Brown University, DEEPS colloquium
12.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Earth and Planetary Sciences department, UC Riverside, Hewett Club Lecture Series
11.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Geo-physics Seminar, Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
10.2023
Invited speaker, 31st Venus Exploration and Analysis Group meeting, status report on ‘Venus data accessibility’
10.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Dept. of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Lunch Bunch seminar series
10.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences , Yale University, EPS Colloquium
10.2023
Invited keynote speaker, Geological Society of America (GSA), invited as keynote speaker for ‘Venus: Earth’s hotter twin’ session
(Declined due to conflict of schedule)
10.2023
Invited seminar speaker, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Institute seminar
08.2023
Invited speaker, Humans2Venus foundation, Venus speaker series
03.2023
Invited keynote speaker, LPI Venus Surface and Atmosphere meeting, invited as keynote speaker for ‘Venus Tectonism’ session
(Declined due to conflict of schedule)
12.2022
Invited speaker, AGU Fall Meeting, session ‘Advances in Mantle Convection and Planetary Evolution’
11.2022
Invited seminar speaker, Charles University Prague geophysics seminar
04.2022
Invited speaker, VExAG “Second Planet Second Tuesdays” Colloquium, Contemporary and Historic Volcanism and Tectonic Activity on Venus
08.2021
Invited keynote speaker German/Swiss Geodynamics Workshop 2021, Bad Belzig, Germany
03.2021
Invited keynote speaker and panelist, NAS Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, open session ‘Venus Geodynamics’ (virtual)
03.2021
Invited seminar speaker, Imperial College Earth and Planets Seminar (virtual)
02.2021
Invited seminar speaker, Zehijang University Earth and Data seminar (virtual)
02.2021
Invited seminar speaker, Oxford University Geophysics seminar (virtual)
11.2020
Seminar speaker, ETH Zürich Planetary Geophysics seminar (virtual)
10.2020
Invited seminar speaker, University of Maryland, Department of Geology seminar series (virtual)
08.2020
Invited speaker and panelist, NASA GISS mini-conference ‘Venus Science Today’ (virtual)
07.2020
Invited seminar speaker, IGCP seminar series ‘Supercontinent Cycles and Global Geodynamics’ (virtual)
Other science output
Data and supplementary materials
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2023), Venus coronae topographic (a)symmetry classification (from Gülcher et al., 2023, JGR Planets). Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.8316805
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2022) Dataset “Narrow, fast, and “cool” mantle plumes caused by strain-weakening rheology in Earth’s lower mantle” (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems). Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.6805415
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2021) Coupled dynamics and evolution of primordial and recycled heterogeneity in Earth’s lower mantle – Supplementary Videos. Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.4298777
Gülcher, A. J. P., Montési, L. G. V., Gerya, T. V., and Munch, J. (2020) Venus Database for coronae activity classification. Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.3241326
Scientific software
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2022) Numerical code for strain ellipse evolution calculations, used in Gülcher et al., (2022, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems). Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.6772071
Gülcher, A. J. P., (2022) Annaguelcher/ StagLab-OS: STAGLAB-OS release for Gülcher et al., (2022, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems). Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.6801104: new methodology on mantle convection data analysis, feature extraction, and visualisation
STAGLAB 5.0 and 6.0, open-source Geodynamic diagnostics and scientific visualisation software (Crameri, F., 2018, 10.5194/gmd-11-2541-2018): developed new features for reading scientific data, retrieving key mantle convection information, and visualisation thereof
StagPy v0.15, open-source Python module StagPy (Morison et al., 2021, GitHub release, documentation): contribution to additional features