Professor of Geophysics
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
| 2016 - Present | Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2011 - 2016 | Associate Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2006 - 2011 | Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2004 - 2006 | Postdoctoral Researcher | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2004 | Ph.D., Geophysics | University of Southern California |
| 2002 | M.S., Electric Engineering | University of Southern California |
| 1998 | B.S., Geophysics and Computer Application | University of Science and Technology of China |
| 2011 - 2013 | Member | Data Services Standing Committee |
| 2012 | Member | IRIS ad-hoc Publication Review Committee |
| 2006 - Present | IRIS Member Representative | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2015 - Present | Secretary | Eastern Section, SSA |
| 2013 - Present | Editor-in-Chief | Seismological Research Letters |
| 2013 - Present | Member/Chair | SSA Charles Richter Award Committee |
| 2011 - 2013 | Associate Editor | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| 2010 - 2013 | Associate Editor | Bulletin of SSA |
| 2012 | Member | SSA Strategic Planning Committee |
Like many other seismologists, my academic career connects with various components of IRIS. My first few papers were based on seismic data collected by a PASSCAL RAMP experiment following the 1999 Izmit earthquake, and my current research on detecting earthquake triggering and microseismic events mostly utilizes continuous waveforms archived at IRIS DMC. I also hosted several IRIS summer interns and contributed to DMC’s data products and special event webpages. As the editor-in-chief of Seismological Research Letters (SRL), I recently worked together with IRIS to open a new SRL column titled “Data Mine” to document (and promote open sharing) data collected during recent seismic experiments. These activities also demonstrate my willingness to serve IRIS and the seismological community. In the next few years, IRIS will face exciting challenges associated with the re-competition in 2018, and communities’ increasing need to maintain core programs and explore new opportunities. These include high-performance computing, massive-scale data-mining, “Large-N” and seafloor deployments. If elected, I would like to work together with others to balance between core functions and emerging opportunities. It would be my great honor to have the chance to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and ensure continuing successes of IRIS for next-generation seismologists.
