师资
南方科技大学地球与空间科学系教授、博士生导师，教育部长江讲席学者。2000年于中国科学技术大学获地球物理学士学位，2003年和2006年在美国布朗大学分别获得硕士、博士学位，2006-2010年在美国科罗拉多大学历任助理研究员、高级助理研究员，2010-2021年在澳大利亚麦考瑞大学历任讲师、高级讲师、副教授。2021年11月回国工作，入职南方科技大学地球与空间科学系担任教授。主要从事地震和背景噪声层析成像以及岩石圈结构演化动力学研究。在Science, Nature, Nature Geoscience, Geology等SCI杂志发表研究论文100多篇，Google Scholar引用10000多次，H指数45。入选爱思唯尔2022年中国高被引学者和2022年度全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单。2013年获澳大利亚研究理事会未来杰出学者称号（Future Fellow），2015年获澳大利亚科学院安东海尔斯（Anton Hales） 奖章，2022年获教育部长江讲席学者称号，2021获深圳市高层次人才“鹏城孔雀计划”项目A类。现任国际杂志JGR-Solid Earth和Exploration Geophysics副主编，Earth and Planetary Physics和Earthquake Science等杂志编委。
教育背景
2003-2006， 美国布朗大学， 地球物理博士
2000-2003， 美国布朗大学， 地球物理硕士
1995-2000， 中国科学技术大学，地球物理学士
工作经历
2021/11-至今 教授， 南方科技大学
2015-2021 副教授, 澳大利亚麦考瑞大学
2010-2015 讲师/高级讲师， 澳大利亚麦考瑞大学
2008-2010 高级助理研究员, 美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校
2006-2008 助理研究员, 美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校
荣誉奖项
2021 深圳市高层次人才“鹏城孔雀计划”项目A类
2015 澳大利亚科学院Anton Hales 奖章
2013 澳大利亚研究理事会Future Fellowship
2016-2020 中国地质大学（武汉）楚天学者讲座教授
2016 Earth and Planetary Science Letter 杂志杰出审稿人
2014 Geophysical Journal of International杂志杰出审稿人
2010 Geophysical Journal of International杂志杰出审稿人
学术兼职
2023-至今，中国地球物理学会地震学专业委员会副主任
2022-至今, Journal of Geophysical Research-SE杂志副主编
2023-至今， Earthquake Science杂志副主编
2015-至今, Exploration Geophysics杂志副主编
2017-至今, Earth and Planetary Physics杂志编委
研究领域
地震波和背景噪声层析成像
地壳浅层结构以及地震灾害研究
岩石圈结构以及深部成矿机制
火山结构与成因
论文专著：
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(Citations 9170 and h-index: 43 from Google scholar; citations 6059 and h-index 38 from Web of Science)
100. Wu, S.*, Yang, Y., Xu Y., Afonso, J.C., and Zhang, A. (2023). A fossil oceanic lithosphere preserved inside a continent, Geology, DOI:10.1130/G50656.1.
99. Yang, Y. and Chen, X. (2022), A seismic meteor strike on Mars, Science, Vol 378, Issue 6618 360-361.
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92. Chen, Y., Ai, Y., Jiang, M., Yang, Y., & Lei, J. (2021). New insights into potassic intraplate volcanism in Northeast China from joint tomography of ambient noise and teleseismic surface waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8), e2021JB021856.
91. Xie, J.##, Luo, Y., & Yang, Y. (2021). Retrieving PmP travel times from a persistent localized microseismic source. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094827.
90. Wang, K.#, Yang, Y., Jiang, C., Wang, Y., Tong, P., Liu, T. and Liu, Q. (2021). Adjoint tomography of ambient noise data and teleseismic P waves: methodology and applications to central California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, p.e2021JB021648.
89. Zhang, A., Guo, Z., Afonso, J. C., Handley, H., Dai, H., Yang, Y., & Chen, Y. J. (2021). Lithosphere–asthenosphere interactions beneath northeast China and the origin of its intraplate volcanism. Geology.
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87. Zhao, Y., Guo, Z., Wang, K., and Yang, Y. (2021). A Large Magma Reservoir beneath the Tengchong Volcano Revealed by Ambient Noise Adjoint Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2021JB022116.
86. Rao, H., Luo, Y., Zhao, K., & Yang, Y. (2021). Extracting surface wave dispersion curves from asynchronous seismic stations: method and application. Geophysical Journal International, 226(2), P1148–1158.
85. Chen, G., Cheng, Q., Luo, Y., Yang, Y., Xu, H., & Deng, X. (2021). Seismic imaging of Caosiyao giant porphyry molybdenum deposit using ambient noise tomography. Geophysics, 86(6), 1-45.
84. Yang, X., Li, Y., Afonso, J.C., Yang, Y. & Zhang, A. (2021). Thermochemical State of the Upper Mantle beneath South China from Multi‐observable Probabilistic Inversion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, p.e2020JB021114.
83. Li, G.†, Yang, Y., Niu, F., & Chen, M. (2021). 3‐D sedimentary structures beneath southeastern Australia constructed by passive seismic array data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB019998, 2021.
82. Zhao, K.##, Luo, Y., Yang, Y., & Yang, X. (2021). High-resolution lithospheric structures of the Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt: Implications for deep subduction and delamination of continental lithosphere. Tectonophysics, 228799.
81: Movaghari, R.##, JavanDoloei, G., Yang, Y., Tatar, M., & Sadidkhouy, A. (2021). Crustal Radial Anisotropy of the Iran Plateau Inferred from Ambient Noise Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB020236.
80. Xu, H., Luo,Y., Yang, Y., Shen W., Yin, X., Chen, G., Yang, X., & Sun S. (2020). 3D crustal structures of the Shanxi Rift constructed by Rayleigh wave dispersion curves and ellipticity: Implication for sedimentation, intraplate volcanism and seismicity, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2020JB020146. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020146.
79. Zhao, K.##, Yang, Y., & Luo, Y. (2020). Broadband Finite Frequency Ambient Noise Tomography: A Case Study in the Western United States Using USArray Stations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(6), e2019JB019314.
78. Wang, K.#, Jiang, C., Yang, Y., Schulte‐Pelkum, V., & Liu, Q. (2020). Crustal deformation in southern California constrained by radial anisotropy from ambient noise adjoint tomography. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(12), e2020GL088580.
77. Xie, J.##, Yang, Y., & Luo, Y. (2020). Improving cross-correlations of ambient noise using an RMS-ratio selection stacking method. Geophysical Journal International, 222(2), 989-1002.
76. Luo, Y. ##, Yang, Y., Xie, J., Yang, X., Ren, F., Zhao, K., & Xu, H. (2020). Evaluating Uncertainties of Phase Velocity Measurements from Cross-Correlations of Ambient Seismic Noise. Seismological Research Letters, 91(3), 1717-1729.
75. Zhang, A.*, Guo, Z., Afonso, J. C., Yang, Y., Yang, B., & Xu, Y. (2020). The deep thermochemical structure of the Dabie orogenic belt from multi-observable probabilistic inversion. Tectonophysics, 787, 228478.
74. Xu, Y., Yang, B., Zhang, A., Wu, S., Zhu, L., Yang, Y., Wang, Q., & Xia, Q. (2020). Magnetotelluric imaging of a fossil oceanic plate in northwestern Xinjiang, China. Geology, 48(4), 385-389.
73. Wang, K.#, Liu, Q., & Yang, Y. (2019). Three-Dimensional Sensitivity Kernels for Multi‐component Empirical Green's Functions from Ambient Noise: Methodology and Application to Adjoint Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(6), 5794-5810.
72. Li, G.*, Niu, F., Yang, Y., & Tao, K. (2019). Joint inversion of Rayleigh wave phase velocity, particle motion and teleseismic body wave data for sedimentary structures. Geophysical Research Letter, 46(12), 6469-6478.
71. O'Donnell, J. P., Stuart, G. W., Brisbourne, A. M., Selway, K., Yang, Y., Nield, G. A., Whitehouse, P. L., Nyblade, A. A., Wiens, D. A., & Aster, R. C. (2019). The uppermost mantle seismic velocity structure of West Antarctica from Rayleigh wave tomography: Insights into tectonic structure and geothermal heat flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 522, 219-233.
70. Zhang, A.*, Afonso, J., Xu, Y., Wu, S., Yang, Y., & Yang, B. (2019). The deep lithospheric structure of the Junggar terrane, NW China: Implications for its origin and tectonic evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(11), 11615-11638.
69. O'Donnell, J. P., Brisbourne, A. M., Stuart, G. W., Dunham, C. K., Yang, Y., Nield, G. A., Whitehouse, P. L., Nyblade, A. A., Wiens, D. A., & Anadakrishnan, S. (2019). Mapping crustal shear wave velocity structure and radial anisotropy beneath West Antarctica using seismic ambient noise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(11), 5014-5037.
68. Guo, Z. #, Wang, K.*, Yang, Y., Tang, Y., Chen, Y. J., & Hung, S. H. (2018). The origin and mantle dynamics of quaternary intraplate volcanism in Northeast China from joint inversion of surface wave and body wave. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(3), 2410-2425.
67. Luo, Y. ##, Lin, J., Yang, Y., Wang, L., Yang, X., & Xie, J. (2018). Joint Inversion of Active Sources and Ambient Noise for Near‐Surface Structures: A Case Study in the Balikun Basin, China. Seismological Research Letters, 89(6), 2256-2265.
66. Xie, J., Chu, R., & Yang, Y. (2018). 3-D Upper-Mantle Shear Velocity Model Beneath the Contiguous United States Based on Broadband Surface Wave from Ambient Seismic Noise. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175(10), 3403-3418.
65. Wang, K.*, Yang, Y., Basini, P., Tong, P., Tape, C., & Liu, Q. (2018). Refined crustal and uppermost mantle structure of southern California by ambient noise adjoint tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 215(2), 844-863.
64. Li, S.##, Guo, Z., Chen, Y. J., Yang, Y., & Huang, Q. (2018). Lithospheric structure of the Northern Ordos from ambient noise and teleseismic surface wave tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(8), 6940-6957.
63. Qashqai, M. T.*, Afonso, J. C., & Yang, Y. (2018). Physical State and Structure of the Crust Beneath the Western‐Central United States From Multiobservable Probabilistic Inversion. Tectonics, 37(9), 3117-3147.
62. Wu, S.*, Huang, R., Xu, Y., Yang, Y., Jiang, X., & Zhu, L. (2018). Seismological evidence for a remnant oceanic slab in the western Junggar, Northwest China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(5), 4157-4170.
61. Li, G.*, Niu, F., Yang, Y., & Xie, J. (2018). An investigation of time–frequency domain phase-weighted stacking and its application to phase-velocity extraction from ambient noise's empirical Green's functions. Geophysical Journal International, 212(2), 1143-1156.
60. Guo, Z. #, Yang, Y., & Chen Y. J. (2016). Crustal radial anisotropy in Northeast China and its implications for the regional tectonic extension. Geophysical Journal International, 207(1), 197-208.
59. Qashqai, M. T.*, Afonso, J. C., & Yang, Y. (2016). The crustal structure of the Arizona Transition Zone and southern Colorado Plateau from multiobservable probabilistic inversion. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(11), 4308-4332, doi: 10.1002/2016GC006463.
58. Afonso, J. C., Rawlinson, N., Yang, Y., Schutt, D. L., Jones, A. G., Fullea, J., & Griffin, W. L. (2016). 3‐D multiobservable probabilistic inversion for the compositional and thermal structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle III: Thermochemical Tomography in the Western‐Central US. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(10), 7337-7370, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013049.
57. Guo, Z. #, Afonso, J. C., Qashqai, M. T., Yang, Y., & Chen, Y. J. (2016). Thermochemical structure of the North China Craton from multi-observable probabilistic inversion: Extent and causes of cratonic lithosphere modification. Gondwana Research, 37, 252-265.
56. Jiang, C.*, Yang, Y., Rawlinson, N., & Griffin, W. L. (2016). Crustal structure of the Newer Volcanics Province, SE Australia, from ambient noise tomography. Tectonophysics, 683, 382-392, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.06.
55. Jiang, C.*, Yang, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2016). Crustal structure in the junction of Qinling Orogen, Yangtze Craton and Tibetan Plateau: implications for the formation of the Dabashan Orocline and the growth of Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Journal International, 205(3), 1670-1681.
54. Xing, G., Niu, F., Chen, M., & Yang, Y. (2016). Effects of shallow density structure on the inversion for crustal shear wave speeds in surface wave tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 205(2), 1144-1152.
53. Wang, K.*, Luo, Y., & Yang, Y. (2016). Correction of phase velocity bias caused by strong directional noise sources in high-frequency ambient noise tomography: a case study in Karamay, China. Geophysical Journal International, 205(2), 715-727.
52. Xie, J.*, Yang, Y., & Ni, S. (2016). On the accuracy of long-period Rayleigh waves extracted from ambient noise. Geophysical Journal International, 206(1), 48-55, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw137.
51. Xu, Y., Zhang, S., Griffin, W. L., Yang, Y., Yang, B., Luo, Y., Zhu, L., Afonso, J. C., & Lei, B. (2016). How did the Dabie Orogen collapse? Insights from 3-D magnetotelluric imaging of profile data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(7), 5169-5185, doi:10.1002/2015JB012717.
50. Li, G.*, Chen, H., Niu, F., Guo, Z., Yang, Y., & Xie, J. (2016). Measurement of Rayleigh wave ellipticity and its application to the joint inversion of high‐resolution S‐wave velocity structure beneath northeast China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(2), 864-880, doi: 10.1002/2015JB012459.
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46. Luo, Y.##, Yang, Y., Xu, Y., Xu, H., Zhao, K., & Wang, K. (2015). On the limitations of interstation distances in ambient noise tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 201(2), 652–661.
45. Li, X., Ouyang, L., Li, H., Yang, Y., Zheng, D., Lü, Q., Zhou, M., Tan, J., Sun, S., & Zhang, G. (2015). A Broadband Seismic Network in the Middle–Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China. Seismological Research Letters, 86(3), 941-947.
44. Jiang, C.*, Yang, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2014). Penetration of mid-crustal low velocity zone across the Kunlun Fault in the NE Tibetan Plateau revealed by ambient noise tomography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 406, 81-92.
43. Yang, Y. (2014). Application of teleseismic long-period surface waves from ambient noise in regional surface wave tomography: a case study in western USA. Geophysical Journal International, 198(3), 1644-1652.
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