Ruijia Wang is an assistant professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology. Before joining SUSTech, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 2018 and worked at the University of Western Ontario for a year, followed by a two-year postdoc at the University of New Mexico. Ruijia is interested in intraplate earthquakes, especially those associated with industrial or human activities. She has published 30 peer-reviewed articles on such topics and served as an editor or reviewer for multiple geophysical journals. She has won several student presentation awards from SSA, AGU, and CGU, and has been recognized as an outstanding reviewer by SRL, JGR, and ERA.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

Assistant Professor Southern University of Science and Technology, China         Dec. 2021 –

Postdoctoral Fellow University of New Mexico, U.S.                                             May 2019 – Nov. 2021

Postdoctoral Associate University of Western Ontario, Canada                            May 2018 – April 2019

Ph.D. in Seismology University of Alberta, Canada                                                2018

B.Sc. in Exploration Geophysics China University of Petroleum (Beijing), China    2013

AWARDS AND HONORS

University Outstanding Teaching Award | Southern University of Science and Technology    2023

ERA Outstanding Reviewer Awards | Earthquake Research Advances                                      2022

AGU Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing | JGR-Solid Earth                                     2021

SRL Outstanding Reviewer | Seismological Research Letters                                                    2020

ES-SSA Best Student Paper Award | Seismological Society of America (Eastern Section)        June 2018

SEG Best Student Oral Presentation | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (Hefei, China)      June 2017

Graduate Student Teaching Award | FGSR, University of Alberta                                             April 2017

AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award | American Geophysical Union                                 Jan. 2017

Graduate Student Travel Award | FGSR, University of Alberta                                                  Nov. 2016

AAPG Foundation Grants-in-Aid | American Association of Petroleum Geologists                 May 2016

IGR Roy Dean Hibbs Scholarship | Institute for Geophysical Research, University of Alberta  April 2016

CAPP Graduate Scholarship in Geophysics | Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers   Dec. 2015

Roy Dean Hibbs Memorial Travel Award | Institute for Geophysical Research, University of Alberta    Oct. 2015

University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship | FGSR, University of Alberta             2014-2015

Professional Development Award | FGSR, University of Alberta                                                Sept. 2014

CGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award | Canadian Geophysical Union                        May 2014

Best Student Award | China University of Petroleum (Beijing)                                                   2010, 2011, 2012

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Associate Editor | Earthquake Research Advances (地震研究进展)      2022 –   

Reviewer for GRL, SRL, JGR(Solid Earth), BSSA, GJI, JPSE, Tectonophysics, Front. Earth Sci., TSR (The Seismic Record), Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, Scientific Reports, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (地球物理学报) , AIIG, Earthquake Science, Acta Seismologica Sinica(地震学报) ,IEEE Trans, IEEE GRSL

Guest editor | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America special section on induced seismicity

Convener for induced-seismicity related sessions in AGU (2018, 2019), SSA (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), and GSA (2020)

Member of Seismological Society of China-Young Scientists (中国地震学会青年科技工作委员会第十届委员)   2021 – 2026

Member of Geophysical Society of China-Seismology (中国地球物理学会地震学会第一届委员)                        2022 – 2027

Member of Geophysical Society of China-Statistical Prediction (中国地震学会数值预测专业委员会委员)          2023 – 2026

Member of Young Earth Scientists China (世界青年地球科学家联盟中国委员)                                                    2023 – 2026