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.


Education

Ph.D     Geophysics    Massachusetts Institute of Technology    USA    2010 - 2016

MSc.     Geophysics    Peking University    China    2010

BSc.      Geophysics    Peking University     China    2007


Experience

Associate professor    Earth and Space Sciences, SUSTech    2019-now

Postdoctoral scholar     Seismological Laboratory, Caltech    2016 - 2018

Professional internship     Chevron    2014 summer