Dr. Yu received his bachelor and master degrees in geophysics from Peking University in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He earned his PhD degree in geophysics from MIT in 2016. Between 2016 and 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Caltech Seismological Laboratory. In early 2019, he joined the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology as an Associate Professor. Dr. Yu’s main research interests include observational seismology, seismic imaging of Earth’s internal structures and earthquake source characterization. He has published more than 30 papers in journals such as Nature, Science Advances, Nature Communication, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, EPSL, GRL, JGR, GJI, SRL, BSSA etc. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for the AGU journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-Cubed) and general secretary of the Seismological Commission of the Chinese Geophysical Society.
Ph.D Geophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA 2010 - 2016
MSc. Geophysics Peking University China 2010
BSc. Geophysics Peking University China 2007
Associate professor Earth and Space Sciences, SUSTech 2019-now
Postdoctoral scholar Seismological Laboratory, Caltech 2016 - 2018
Professional internship Chevron 2014 summer