Publications

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  • Javaheri, P., & Lowman, J. P. (2026). A random walker algorithm for plate boundary detection in spherical mantle convection models and global geophysical data sets: Application to Euler vector determination. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131, e2025JB032259. doi.org/10.1029/2025JB032259.

  • Guerrero, J. M., Fairservice, C. W., Javaheri, P., Lowman, J. P., & Tackley, P. J. (2025). A rapid tectonic plate reorganization event driven by changes at subduction locations in a mantle convection model. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 32316. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-14903-2.

  • Guerrero, J. M., Ojo, T. T., Fairservice, C. W., Javaheri, P., & Lowman, J. P. (2024). Utilizing Euler poles for the evaluation of plate rigidity in numerical mantle convection models. Geophysical Journal International, 238(3), 1269-1290. doi:10.1093/gji/ggae219.

  • Javaheri, P., Lowman, J. P., & Tackley, P. J. (2024). Spherical geometry convection in a fluid with an Arrhenius thermal viscosity dependence: The impact of core size and surface temperature on the scaling of stagnant-lid thickness and internal temperature. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 349, 107157. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107157.

  • Javaheri, P., Rein, H., & Tamayo, D. (2023). WHFast512: A symplectic N-body integrator for planetary systems optimized with AVX512 instructions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.05683. doi:10.21105/astro.2307.05683 (arXiv server link).

Conferences

  • 2026 European Geosciences Union General (EGU) Assembly, Vienna, Austria

    Geodynamics: Mantle and Core of the Earth; structure, dynamics and interactions, oral presentation (May 4, 2026)

    Implementing Platerecipy: an open access tool utilizing a graph theory method for detecting tectonic plate boundaries in geophysical data sets and numerical model output.

    P. Javaheri (presenter) and J. P. Lowman Link to abstract

  • 2024 REBOUND Conference

    Integrators & Tools, invited talk (July 8, 2024)

    WHFast512: A symplectic N-body integrator for planetary systems optimized with AVX512 instructions.

    P. Javaheri (presenter), H. Rein, and D. Tamayo Link to program

  • 2024 European Geosciences Union General (EGU) Assembly, Vienna, Austria

    Dynamics, structure and evolution of Earth and rocky planets from formation to the present day session, PICO presentation (April 15, 2024)

    Spherical geometry convection in a fluid with an Arrhenius thermal viscosity dependence: the impact of core size and surface temperature on the scaling of stagnant-lid thickness and internal temperature.

    P. Javaheri (presenter), J. P. Lowman, and P. J. Tackley Link to abstract

  • 2023 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU), Banff, Alberta

    Solid Earth section, oral presentation (May 10, 2023)

    Spherical shell geometry convection in a fluid with an Arrhenius viscosity: the impact of core size on the thermal structure of terrestrial bodies.

    P. Javaheri (presenter), J. P. Lowman, and P. J. Tackley Link to abstract

Awards and Scholarships

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS; 2025)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology (QEII-GSST; 2024)
  • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA; Summer 2023)
  • University of Toronto Excellence Award for Natural Sciences and Engineering research fund (UTEA-NSE; Summer 2021)
  • Samuel Beatty Scholarship - University of Toronto Scholar (departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics; Sep. 2020)
  • CPS Summer Scholarship, University of Toronto; Centre for Planetary Sciences research scholarship (Summer 2020)

Undergraduate Research Experience

  • Summer Research, Centre for Research in Earth System Science (CRESS), University of Toronto Scarborough

    Implementation of continents in high-resolution three-dimensional mantle convection models

    Online webpages: UofT Research Revealed Gallery; Supervisor: Prof. J. Lowman

  • Research Assistant, Dept. of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough

    Exploring the impact of dense material on the formation of stagnant-lid in an Earth-like mantle

    Supervisor: Prof. J. Lowman

  • Summer Research, Centre for Planetary Sciences (CPS), University of Toronto Scarborough

    Modelling mantle convection with an Arrhenius rheology in spherical annuli

    Online webpages: Page 1, Page 2; Supervisor: Prof. J. Lowman