Physics and dynamics of Earth's interior

Physics and dynamics of Earth’s interior studies the structure, chemical composition, dynamical processes, and evolution of the Earth’s interior, through a variety of geophysical methods, including theories, observations, experiments, and numerical simulations. The Earth's internal layers make up most material of Earth, and there is a large amount of material and energy exchange between the interior and surface layers including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Consequently, studying the physics and dynamics of Earth’s interior is of great importance to understanding the origin and evolution of the Earth system, the exploration and utilization of Earth resources, the prediction and prevention of natural disasters, and the protection and sustainable development of the environment.

Related research areas in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences include seismology, geodynamics, mineral and rock physics, geo-electromagnetism, and space geodesy. Specific research directions include, but are not limited to, the propagation of seismic waves and the internal structure of Earth, theoretical seismology and numerical techniques, generation of earthquakes and strong ground motion, measurements of crustal deformation and inversion of seismic sources, mechanical properties of rocks and rupture processes, physical properties of earth materials under extreme pressure and temperature conditions and the constituting materials of the interior, structure and evolution of the crust and lithosphere, plate tectonics and mantle convection, core dynamics and geodynamo, high precision inversion of Earth’s gravity field, and mass distribution and transport of the Earth system.

Name	Title	Research areas	Personal homepage
Xiaofei CHEN	Chair Professor, Department Head	Theoretical and computational geophysics, seismology	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/chenxf/
Yingjie YANG	Professor	Observational seismology, seismic tomography, ambient noise tomography	https://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/yangyj/
Kejie CHEN	Associate Professor	Geodesy, Seismology	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/chenkj/
Peng HAN	Associate Professor	Statistical seismology, Geo-electromagnetism, Earthquake forecast and risk analysis	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/hanp/
Jiashun HU	Associate Professor	Geodynamics, numerical simulation, data assimilation, plate motion, subduction dynamics	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/hujs/
Haoran MENG	Associate Professor	Earthquake Nucleation, Rupture Propagation, and Interactions; Fault Zone Structure Imaging; Urban and Environmental Seismology	https://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/menghr/
Ting YANG	Associate Professor	Geodynamics, mantle convection and mantle plume, slab subduction and plate tectonics	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/yangt3/
Lingling YE	Associate Professor	Earthquake Physics, Seismotectonics, Deep Earth Structure	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/yell/
Chunquan YU	Associate Professor	Observational seismology; Seismic imaging, migration and inversion; Earthquake source characterization	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/yucq/
Zhenguo ZHANG	Associate Professor	Earthquake physics, Seismic hazards, Computational seismology	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/zhangzg/
Xueyang BAO	Assistant Professor	Observational seismology, computational seismology, full-wave modelling and inversion, seismic amplitude attenuation	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/baoxy/
Jiangjun RAN	Assistant Professor	Space Geodesy	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/ranjj/
Shiqing XU	Assistant Professor	Earthquake Physics, Damage Mechanics and Fracture Mechanics, Rock Friction Experiments, Evolution of Fault Zones	http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/xusq3/

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Physics and dynamics of Earth's interior

Physics and dynamics of Earth's interior