Dalhousie Quake Group

Co-supervised HQP (out of the group)

Helen Lau, Research Associate, Dalhousie, Co-supervised with Mladen Nedimović‬

2021 – 2023

Xitong Zhang, PhD summer intern at LANL, Co-supervised with Youzuo Lin

2020 - 2022 (meeting weekly)

Will Reichard-Flynn, Post-graduate at LANL, Co-supervised with Youzuo Lin

2021 - 2023 (meeting weekly)

Past Members

Wanpeng Feng,  Visiting Professor

Home Institute: Sun Yat-sen University

Jan. 2025 - March 2025

Elahe Sirati, Ph.D. Student

Sept. 2022 - June 2024

Dewei Li, Visiting Ph.D. Student

Home Institute: China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing

Sept. 2022 – Sept. 2023

Now Postdoc at Zhejiang University

Ming Zhao, Visiting Scholar

Home Institute: Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration

Aug. 2022 – Aug. 2023

Now associate scientist at the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration

Megan MacDonald, Honours Undergraduate Student (thesis) and Research Assistant

Sept. 2022 – April 2023 (Honours Student)

May 2023 - Aug. 2023 (Research Assistant)

Min Liu, OFI Postdoc Fellow

Oct. 2021 – Dec. 2022

Now faculty member at China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

Yanna Zhao, Visiting Scholar

Home Institute: Geophysical Exploration Center, China Earthquake Administration

Sept. 2021  – Sept. 2022

Now researcher at Geophysical Exploration Center, CEA

Tian Feng, Visiting Ph.D. Student

Home Institute: Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration 

May 2021  – May 2022

Now faculty member at Zhejiang Ocean University

Aliya Anderson, Undergraduate Student (thesis)

Sept. 2021 – April 2022

Min Liu, Visiting Ph.D. Student

Home University: China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

Jun. 2019 – Aug. 2020

Now faculty member at China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

Canada Foundation for Innovation Funded Equipments

96 smartsolo 3C nodal seismometers (5 HZ, 64 GB)

6 high performance CPU and GPU workstations (each 20 cores/40 threads, 3.1GHz, RXT3080)

HPC cluster (8 nodes, 320 CPU cores, 2.5GHz CPU)

Opportunities

Looking for motivated Postdocs and PhD students. 

PhD student Requirements:

- Completed MSc (preferred) or BSc (high GPA) in Geophysics, Geosciences, Physics or related field

- Background in math, physics, and geophysics

- Experience in computer programming (e.g., Python and C)

- Knowledge of signal processing and seismic data analysis

- iBT >= 92 or IELTS >=7.0

- GPA > 3.5 out of 4.3 (GPA calculation see formula)

Extra opportunity for PhD students  

New scholarship: Dalhousie Research Excellence Scholarship (by Jan 15, 2025)

Scholarships at Dalhousie

2025 Earth Sciences Doctoral Award (Jan. 1, every year)

Potential postdoc fellowship opportunities:

see instructions: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/gradstudies/postdoctoral-fellows/postdoctoral-fellowships.html 

OFI International Postdoc Fellowship (upcoming)

Dalhousie Killam Postdoc Fellowship (Dec. 15, every year)

MEOPAR Postdoc Fellowship (Jan. 10, 2025)

NSERC Postdoc Fellowship (Oct. 17, every year)

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (Sept. 21, every year)