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Education

• Ph.D. in Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2016-2021
  • Thesis: De-noising and inversion of transient electromagnetic data based on the deep learning methods
  • Advisor: Dr. Qinghua Huang
• B.S. in Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, China, 2012-2016
  • Enrolled in the Special Class for the Gifted Young (for age 16 and under)

Appointments

• 2025-present: Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
  • Supervisor: Dr. Laurent Demanet, Dr. Aimé Fournier
  • Geothermal system characterization; Uncertainty quantification; Borehole acoustic logging
• 2023-2025: Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, TX, USA
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, TX, USA
  • Supervisor: Dr. Jiajia Sun, Dr. Jiefu Chen
  • Uncertainty quantification; Oceanic crust formation; Natural hydrogen exploration; Geothermal system imaging; Seawater intrusion monitoring
• 2021-2023: Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China
  • Supervisor: Dr. Qinghua Huang
  • Machine learning in electromagnetic geophysics; Uncertainty quantification; Real-time subsurface imaging

Research Interests

• Artificial intelligence in geophysics: machine learning, Bayesian inference, and uncertainty quantification for large-scale electromagnetic, seismic, gravity, and magnetic data integration.
• Sustainable resources and energy systems: exploration and monitoring of geothermal, critical mineral, and natural hydrogen and geological carbon storage systems.
• Hydrogeophysics and near-surface processes: groundwater flow, salinity and contamination, CO₂-brine interactions, time-lapse monitoring, and quantitative characterization of near-surface heterogeneity.
• Crustal and lithospheric dynamics: multi-physics imaging of crust and upper-mantle structure, melt and fluid distribution, and fluid-rock interactions that link deep Earth dynamics to resource distribution and geothermal activity.

Publications and Talks

See the Publications page for journal articles, preprints and conference papers, and the Invited Talks page for talks.

Research Grants

1. Co-Principal Investigator. Grants to Enhance and Advance Research at the University of Houston. An integrated framework for natural hydrogen reservoir identification through geophysical, geological, and machine learning approaches. Project period: 04/2025-10/2026. Funding: 40,000 USD.
2. Principal Investigator. National Natural Science Foundation of China. No. 42204074. De-noising of airborne transient electromagnetic data based on deep learning. Project period: 01/2023-12/2024. Funding: 200,000 RMB.
3. Principal Investigator. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. No. 2022M720214. Bayesian inversion of airborne electromagnetic data based on deep learning. Project period: 01/2023-12/2024. Funding: 80,000 RMB.
4. Collaborator. National Natural Science Foundation of China. No. U2239201. Study on the spatiotemporal characteristics of seismic electromagnetic anomalies in the Sichuan-Yunnan region and their relationship with seismic activity. Project period: 01/2023-12/2026. Funding: 2,870,000 RMB.
5. Collaborator. National Natural Science Foundation of China. No. 42274088. Study on the electrical structure of the middle to upper mantle in the Chinese Mainland based on geomagnetic diurnal variations. Project period: 01/2023-12/2026. Funding: 560,000 RMB.
6. Collaborator. National Natural Science Foundation of China. No. 41874082. Study of joint methodology integrating wavelet analysis and probability tomography of self-potential data and the application in landslide monitoring. Project period: 01/2019-12/2022. Funding: 650,000 RMB.
7. Collaborator. National Natural Science Foundation of China. No. 41804072. Three-dimensional forward modeling of global and regional-scale ocean tidal electromagnetic signals. Project period: 10/2019-12/2020. Funding: 250,000 RMB.

Honors and Awards

• 2025 GWH Award for Excellence in Electrical Geophysics, Hohmann Wannamaker Trust
• 2022 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Chinese Geophysical Society
• 2021 Excellent Graduate Award, Peking University
• 2020 Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Chinese Geosciences Union Annual Meeting
• 2020 Hai Liang Scholarship, Peking University
• 2020 Merit Student Award, Peking University
• 2019 Outstanding Student Presentation Award, Chinese Geophysical Society
• 2019 Award for Scientific Research, Peking University
• 2018 Award for Scientific Research, Peking University

Teaching Experience

• 2025 Graduate course, Data science for energy transition (50 students), University of Houston
• 2024 Graduate course, Data science for energy transition (50 students), University of Houston
• 2020 Graduate course, Electromagnetic Field Experiment (2 students), Peking University
• 2019 Undergraduate course, Introduction to Seismology (320 students), Peking University

Field Experiences

• 2025 Houston, TX, USA: Frequency-domain electromagnetic (FEM) measurements to investigate saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers.
• 2025 Boise, ID, USA: Drone-based electromagnetic measurements to investigate the critical zone resistivity structures and groundwater systems.
• 2024 Houston, TX, USA: Drone-based electromagnetic and magnetic measurements to investigate groundwater systems and processes.
• 2020 Tangshan, China: Magnetic and FEM measurements to investigate the underground structure beneath a large-scale surface collapse.
• 2018 Jingdezhen, China: Magnetotellurics (MT) and controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) measurements to investigate the world’s largest known tungsten deposit.

Services

Professional organizations and meetings

2026

• Session co-chair for EM 1 New Advancements in Electromagnetic Applications. IMAGE, Houston, TX, USA

2025

• Session co-chair for GM 2 Interpretation and Case Studies. IMAGE, Houston, TX, USA
• Session co-chair for NEF 2 Geothermal and Critical Minerals. IMAGE, Houston, TX, USA
• Session co-chair for NEF P4 Geologic Hydrogen 2. IMAGE, Houston, TX, USA

2024

• Session convener for T001-I. Advances in machine learning applications in marine geosciences: from data acquisition and analysis to interpretation across varied marine environments and scales. AGU, Washington, D.C., USA
• Session co-convener for NS008. Advances in Multimethod Geophysical Data Interpretation and Other Applications of Machine Learning. AGU, Washington, D.C., USA
• Guest Editor for special issue on Frontiers in Electromagnetic Geophysics, Geophysics
• Session co-chair for NEF P1 Emerging Energy: Building the Future on the Past 2. IMAGE, Houston, TX, USA
• Session co-chair for EM 1 Modeling and Inversion. IMAGE, Houston, TX, USA

2023

• Session co-chair for S-EM14 Electric, magnetic and electromagnetic survey technologies and scientific achievements. JpGU Geoscience Union Meeting, Chiba, Japan

Reviewer for journals

• Science Advances
• Geophysical Journal International
• IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
• IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
• Geophysics
• Geophysical Prospecting
• Earth, Planets and Space
• Pure and Applied Geophysics
• Chinese Journal of Geophysics