Jing (Jill) YANG
Jing Yang ( Jill )
Contacts
Address: 5333 Connecticut Ave NW, APT 514, Washington DC 20015
Phone: +512-994-9965
email: jyang@carnegiescience.edu
Education and Position
Jul 2017 Postdoctoral Associate
—Now Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute for Science Advisor: Yingwei Fei
Jul 2011 —2017 Ph.D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin Advisor: Prof. Jung-Fu Lin
Sep 2009 —June 2011 M.S. in School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Advisors: Prof. Shan Qin and Prof. Xiang Wu
Sep 2005 —July 2009 B.S. in Department of Gemology, China University of Geosciences
Research Experience
Jul 2011 — Jun 2017 Research Assistant, Mineral Physics Laboratory,
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
Sep 2009 —Jul 2011 Research Assistant, High Temperature and High Pressure Laboratory,
School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Feb 2011 — Mar 2011 Visiting Scholar, Geodynamics Research Center,
Ehime University, Japan
Teaching Experience
Fall 2016 ANT 301WB, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2015 GEO 416K, Earth Material, The University of Texas at Austin Fall 2014 GEO 416K, Earth Material, The University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2014 GEO 303, Introduction of Geology, The University of Texas at Austin Fall 2013 GEO 390R, Electron Micro-beam analyses, The University of Texas at
Austin
Spring 2010 Mineralogy, Peking University
Certificates
• Gemmologist Diploma, Gemmological Institute, China University of Geosciences (GIC)
• Diploma in Gemmology, The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (FGA)
Laboratory Skills and Experience
Diamond Anvil Cell, Multi-Anvil Press, Piston Cylinder, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Electron Probe Mircron-Analyzer(EPMA), Raman Spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction, Synchrotron X-Ray Emission, Conventional X-Ray Diffraction, Brillouin Light Spectroscopy, Impulsive Stimulated Light Scattering
Synchrotron Experience
• Beijing Synchrotron Facility Radiation, China 4W2 (XRD) — 2009, 2010
• KEK, The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan BL 13A (XRD) — 2010
• Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Sector 13 IDD (XRD, Laser Heating) — 2011-2, 2013-2, 2014-2, 2015-1, 2015-2, 2015-3, 2016-1,
2016-2, 2017-3, 2018-3
Sector 13 BMD (BLS) — 2012-2, 2012-3, 2013-1, 2013-2, 2013-3, 2014-1, 2014-2, 2014-3, 2017-3,
2018-1
Sector 16 IDD (XES, SMS) — 2012-1, 2013-2, 2015-2, 2017-3
Sector 16 IDB (XRD, Laser Heating) — 2018-3 Sector 3 IDB (SMS) — 2015-2, 2017-3
Sector 30 ID (IXS) — 2015-2
Publications
• Yang, J., Fei, Y.. Interstitial Carbon in Solid Fe at High Pressures: Implications for Carbon Content in the Earth’s Inner Core (2019) (in revision)
• Fu, S.*, Yang, J.*, Tsujino, N., Okuchi, T., Narangoo Purevjav, N., Lin, J-F.. Single-crystal elasticity of (Al,Fe)-bearing bridgmanite and seismic shear wave radial anisotropy at the topmost lower mantle, Earth and Plantary Science Letters (2019)(accepted)
• Fu, S., Yang, J., Zhang, Y., Liu, J., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V., Okuchi, T., Lin, J-F.. Melting behavior of the lower-mantle ferropericlase across the spin crossover: Implication for the ultra-low velocity zones at the lowermost mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2018)
• Lin, J.F., Mao,Z., Yang, J., Fu,S.. Elasticity of the Lower-Mantle Bridgmanite, Nature (Com- munications Arising) (2018).
• Fan, D., Fu, S., Yang, J., Tkachev, S., Prakapenka, V.B., Lin, J-F.. Elasticity of single-crystal periclase at high pressure and temperature: the effect of iron on the elasticity and seismic parameters of ferropericlase in the lower mantle, American Mineralogist (2018)
• Fu, S., Yang, J., Zhang, Y., Okuchi T., McCammon C., Kim, H.-I., Lee, S.K., Lin, J-F.. Abnor- mal elasticity of Fe-bearing bridgmanite in the in Earth’s lower mantle, Geophysical Research Letters (2018)
• Fu, S., Yang, J., Lin, J-F.. Abnormal elasticity of single-crystal magnesiosiderite across the spin transition in Earth’s lower mantle, Physical Review Letters (2017)
• Kim, J., Ahmad, R., Pandey,T., Rai, A., Feng, S., Yang, J., Terrones, M., Banerjee, S. K., Singh, A. K., Akinwande, D., Lin,J-F.. Towards Band Structure and Band Offset Engineering of Monolayer Transition Metal Disulfides via Strain and Composition, 2D Materials (2017).
• Lu, P.*, Kim, J.*, Yang, J., Gao, H., Wu, J., Shao, D., Li, B., Zhou, D., Sun, J., Akinwande, D., Lin, J-F., Xing, D.. Origin of the superconductivity of WTe2 under pressure, Physical Review B (2016)
• Yang, J., Lin, J-F., Jacobsen, S.D., Tkachev, S.N., Prakapenka, V.B.. Thermally Induced Seis- mic Heterogeneity of Ferropriclase in the Earth’s Lower-mantle, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth (2016)
• Mao, Z., Wang, F., Lin, J-F., Fu, S.Y., Yang, J., Wu, X., McCammon, C., Okuchi, T., Tomioka, N., Prakapenka, V.B., Xiao, Y.M., Chow, P.. Effect of Fe and Al on the Electronic Spin State and Equation of State of Lower-Mantle Bridgmanite, American Mineralogist (2016)
• Wu, Y., Yang, J., Wu, X., Lin, J-F., Song, M., Yoshino, T., Zhai, S., Qin, S., Huang, H.. Elas- ticity of single-crystal NAL phase at high pressure: A potential source of the seismic anisotropy in the lower mantle, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth (2016)
• Lin, J-F., Mao, Z., Yang, J., Liu, J., McCammon, C., Xiao, Y., Chow, P., Zhao, J., Okuchi, T.. High-Spin Fe2+ and Fe3+ in Single-Crystal Aluminous Bridgmanite in the Lower Mantle, Geophysical Research Letters (2016)
• Beam, J., Yang, J., Liu, J., Liu, C., Lin, J-F.. Elasticity of Methane Clathrate Phases at High Pressure, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2016)
• Yang, J., Tong, X.Y., Lin, J-F., Okuchi, T., Tomioka, N.. Elasticity of Ferropericlase across the Spin Crossover in the Earth’s Lower Mantle, Scientific Report (2015).
• Mao, Z., Fan, D.W., Lin, J-F., Yang, J., Tkachev, S.N., Prakapenka, V.B.. Elasticity of Single- Crystal Olivine at High Pressure and Temperatures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2015).
• Fan, D.W., Mao, Z., Yang, J., Lin, J-F.. Determination of the Full Elastic Moduli of Single- Crystals Using Shear Wave Velocities by Brillouin Spectroscopy, American Mineralogist (2015).
• Mao, Z., Lin, J-F., Yang, J., Inoue, T.. Effects of the Fe3+ Spin Transition on the Equation of State of Bridgmanite, Geophysical Research Letter (2015).
• Yang, J., Mao, Z., Lin, J-F., Prakapenka, V.B.. Single-Crystal Elasticity of the Deep-Mantle Magnesite at High Pressure and Temperature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 392 (2014), 292-299.
• Mao, Z., Lin, J-F., Yang, J., Bian, H., Liu, J., Watson, H.W., Hunag, S., Chen, J.H., Prakapenka, V.B., Xiao, Y., and Chow, P.. (Fe, Al)-Bearing Post-perovskite in the Earth’s Lower Mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 403 (2014), 157-165.
• Mao, Z., Lin, J-F., Yang, J., Wu, J.J., Watson, H. C., Xiao, Y.M., Chow, P., Zhao, J.Y.. Spin and Valence States of Iron in Al-bearing Silicate Glass Studied by Synchrotron X-ray Emission and Mössbauer Spectroscopy, American Mineralogist 99 (2014), 415-423.
• Scott, H.P., Doczy, V.M., Frank, M.R., Hasan, M., Lin, J.-F., Yang, J.. Magnesite formation from MgO and CO2 at the pressures and temperatures of Earth’s mantle, American Mineralogist 98 (2013), 1211-1218.
• Wei, S., Ma, M., Fan, D.W., Yang, J., Zhou, W., Li, B., Chen, Z., Xie, H..Compressibility of mimetite and pyromorphite at high pressure, High Pressure Research 33(2013), 27-34.
• Yang, J., Wu, X. and Qin, S.. P-V Equation of State of (Fe0.03Ni0.97)8(Si0.79P0.21)3(in Chinese), Chinese Journal of High Pressure Physics, (2011), 25(3).
• Yang, J., Gu, T. , Zhu, F. and Wu, X., et al. A high-pressure study of cryolite Na3AlF6: synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction and ab initio calculation (in Chinese), Nuclear techniques, (2011), 34(6).
• Zhang, Q., Yang, J., Wu, X., and Qin, S. Phase stability and elasticity of Sc2O3 at high pressure, The European Physical Journal, (2011), B84, 11-16.
• Wu, X., Qin, S., Gu, T., Yang, J., and Manthilake, G.. Structural and elastic properties of CaGeO3 perovskite at high pressure, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors, (2011), 189, 151-156.
• *contributed equally
Talks
• Elasticity of Lower Mantle Minerals: Implications to Seismic Observations of the Deep Earth, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC (2017)
• Elasticity of ferropericlase and seismic heterogeneity in the Earth’s lower mantle, COM- PRES 2016, Albuquerque, NM (2016)
• Abnormal Sound Velocities of Ferropericlase across the Spin Crossover in the Earth’s Lower Mantle (invited talk), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (2014)
• Elasticity of Deep-Mantle Magnesite, DCO meeting, Stanford University (2013)
Posters
• Yang, J., Fei, Y.. Interstitial Carbon in Solid Fe at High Pressure: Implication for the Carbon Content in the Earth’s Inner Core, 2018 COMPRES Meeting
• Yang, J., Lin, J-F., Jacobsen, S.D., Tkachev, S.N., Prakapenka, V.B.. Elasticity of ferroperi- clase and seismic heterogeneity in the Earth’s Lower-mantle, 2016 COMPRES Meeting
• Yang, J., Lin, J., Okuchi, T., Tomioka, N., Single-Crystal Elasticity of Fe-Bearing Bridgman- ite in the Lower Mantle, 2015 COMPRES Meeting
• Yang, J., Lin, J., Okuchi, T., Tomioka, N., Single-Crystal Elasticity of Fe-Bearing Bridgman- ite in the Lower Mantle, 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
• Yang, J., Tong, X.Y., Lin, J.F., Okuchi, T., Tomioka N., Spin crossover induced elastic anoma- lies of ferropericlase at lower mantle conditions, 2014 COMPRES meeting
• Yang, J., Mao, Z., Lin, J.F., Prakapenka, V.B., Single-Crystal Elasticity of the Deep-Mantle Magnesite at High Pressure and Temperature, 2013 Fall AGU meeting
• Fan, D., Mao, Z., Lin, J.F., Yang, J., Determination of the full elastic moduli of single crystals using shear wave velocities by Brillouin spectroscopy, 2013 Fall AGU meeting
• Mao, Z., Lin, J.F., Fan, D., Yang, J., Zhuravlev, K., Tkachev S., Single-Crystal Elasticity of San Carlos Olivine in the Earth’s Mantle, 2013 Fall AGU meeting
• Yang, J., Mao, Z., Lin, J.F., Prakapenka, V.B., Elasticity of Deep-Mantle Magnesite, 2013 SSAA Symposium
• Yang, J., Lin, J.F., Liu, J., Jacobs, C. Vitali B. Prakapenka, Spin transition of iron in deep- mantle ferromagnesite, 2012 COMPRES meeting
• Yang, J., Lin, J.F., Liu, J., Jacobs, C. Vitali B. Prakapenka, Spin transition of iron in deep- mantle ferromagnesite, 2011 Fall AGU
• Liu, Y., Yang, J., Wu, X., Qin, S. Stable phase of CaGe2O5 in the lower mantle: evidence from ab initio studies, 2010 TANDEM
• Yang, J., Wu, X. and Qin, S. Structural stability of B-site ordered fluoropervoskite under high pressure, 2010 TANDEM
Honor and Awards
June 2016 Best Poster Award, 2016 COMPRES meeting
Summer 2015 Ronald K. DeFord Field Scholarship Fund, The University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2009 May 4th Scholarship, Peking University
Spring 2007 Top Student of Academic Records, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Fall 2006 First Prize Scholarship of CUG, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Fall 2006 National Scholarship, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Languages
Chinese: Native English: Fluent
Programming Skills
C/C++, MATLAB, LaTeX.
Professional Activities
• Review: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, American Mineralogist, AGU Books
• Member, American Geophysical Union.
• ALS Rietveld Workshop, UC Berkeley, 2012.