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2025
July 1
Welcome summer intern students, Tzu-Yi and Ya-Zhu, joining the ECL!
June 18
Congrats to Yen-Yu on winning a Student Poster Award in TGA 2025!
February 25
Congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2024 Outstanding Research Award, National
Science and Technology Council!
January 27
We experimentally found that hydrous aluminous post-stishovite and CF phase are poor
thermal conductors in a slab, promoting water transportation to the deep mantle. See more
details in JGR Solid Earth!
January 23
Congratulations to Jen-Chien for successfully defending his master thesis!
January 21
Congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2024 Leap Fellowship from the Foundation for
the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship!
2024
December 16
We recently found that Fe alloys don't obey the Wiedemann-Franz law with the ideal Lorenz
number at high pressures. See more details in APL!
October 22
We hosted a symposium "Exploring the Earth's Interior" where Profs. Bill McDonough and
Eiji Ohtani were distinguished speakers.
August 30
Big congrats to our summer intern students, Chiao-Chen and Chen-Yun, on winning the
Best Poster Presentation Award!
July 1
Welcome summer intern student, Chen-Yun, joining the ECL!
June 28
Congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the International Outstanding Young Scholars
Research Program, National Science and Technology Council, 2024-2027!
June 19
We recently find that antigorite's anisotropic thermal conductivity induces anisotropic thermal
evolution in a slab, affecting seismicity of intermediate-depth earthquakes. See more details in
Nature Communications. Congrats, Vincent!
May 8
Jen-Chien and Hsun-Yun, respectively, win a Student Poster Award in Taiwan's GeoMeeting.
Ji-Ching receives a prestigious Thesis Award from the Geological Society in Taiwan. Congrats!
March 21
We show the first direct evidence for a thermally conductive Martian core with Fe-S alloys,
which contributes to its dynamo cessation at ~4.3 to 3.6 Ga. Check it out in Science Advances!
January 23
Our work on the basaltic glasses' thermal conductivity at high pressure and temperature with
implications to Earth's primitive magma ocean evolution is accepted by Journal of
Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. Congrats, Yun-Yuan!
January 9
Welcome new student, Chiao-Chen, from NCKU Earth joining the ECL!
2023
December 2
Welcome new student, Yi-Ting, from NTU Phys/Geo joining the ECL!
October 27
We celebrate the 10th birthday (officially on October 22) of our lab ECL ! Great to see so many
alumni coming back!
September 21
Our recent work on the first direct thermal conductivity measurements on hydrogen at high
pressure and temperature with implications to gas giant planets is published in Geophysical
August 31
Big congrats to our summer intern students, Chu-Wei and Hsun-Yun, on winning the
Best Poster Presentation Award!
August 16
Prof. Suki Dorfman of MSU visits ECL for her sabbatical leave. Welcome!
June 30
Welcome summer intern students, Chu-Wei and Hsun-Yun, joining the ECL!
April 13
Our work on a series of aluminous garnets' thermal conductivity at high pressure-temperature
conditions offers new, comprehensive data for better understanding and modelling the thermal
profile and dynamics in pyrolitic mantle. This work is published in American Mineralogist.
Congrats, Yu-Ping! We will always remember you!
March 22-31
Prof. Eiji Ohtani of Tohoku University visits ECL and gives two exciting talks on (1) effects of
water on slab dynamics and (2) core composition.
February 1
Welcome new research assistant, Ji-Ching, joining the ECL!
2022
September 22
Congrats to Wen-Pin on being promoted to Research Fellow!
August 1
Welcome new graduate students, Yueh-Lin, Yen-Yu, and Jen-Chien, joining the ECL!
June 27
We recently find a low thermal conductivity of hydrous phase D and numerically demonstrate
its important effects on the thermal evolution of a subducting slab. This work is published in
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
June 24
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2022 Academia Sinica Presidential Scholars
Program.
May 6
Our work on the brucite's thermal conductivity at high pressures that offers new insights to the
influences of hydrous minerals on thermal and seismic anomalies in shallow lower mantle is
published in American Mineralogist. Congrats, Vincent and Kai-Chi!
March 9
Our work on the low thermal conductivity of carbon dioxide up to ~70 GPa that offers important
data for modeling thermal evolution within icy planets containing carbon dioxide is published
in Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets.
February 26
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2021 Outstanding Research Award, Ministry
of Science and Technology.
February 25
We recently find an exceptionally high thermal conductivity of SiO2 stishovite along a slab
geotherm, which promotes rapid warming of a sinking slab in Earth's mantle. This work is
published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
February 16
Our work on the thermal conductivity and compressional velocity of methane at high pressures
that advances modeling of thermal and structural evolution of icy planets is published in
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets. Congrats, Dylan!
2021
October 29
Our work on the high PT thermal conductivity of NaCl that provides fundamental data for
modeling heat transfer within an NaCl-loaded DAC is published in Scientific Reports.
October 27
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2022 Academia Sinica Investigator Award!
September 25
Big congrats to Yu-Ping (Grace) upon receiving the Poster Award at the National Earth System
Project Competition!
February 22
Welcome our new research assistant, Jen-Wei, joining the ECL!
January 4
Welcome our new postdoc, Dr. Suhail Majid, joining the ECL!
2020
August 28
Congrats to Yu-Ping (Grace) upon receiving the Best Poster Award at IES Summer Intern
Program!
July 14
Prof. Afu Lin of UT Austin visits Academia Sinica and ECL! Welcome Afu!
July 3
Our work on the thermal conductivity of Fe and Fe-Si alloy for core thermal evolution is
published in Nature Communications.
July 3
Our work on the thermal conductivity of hydrous ringwoodite with implications for slab
dynamics is published in Geophysical Research Letters.
July 1
Welcome summer intern student, Grace Hung, joining the ECL!
February 14
Our work on the thermal conductivity of δ-phase across the spin transition of iron is published
in Geophysical Research Letters.
2019
September 3
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (similar to the
PECASE in US), Ministry of Science and Technology, 2019
August 13
Welcome new postdoc, Dr. Wei Sun, joining the ECL!
August 1
Welcome new research assistant, Mr. Chun-Hung Lin, joining the ECL!
July 19
Farewell and best of luck for Keng-Hsien on his new graduate life at University of Hawaii,
Manoa.
July 1
Welcome new research assistant, Ms. Sophia Yang, and summer intern students, Chi-Bo Li,
Kai-Chi Wei, and Du-Ting Cheng, joining the ECL!
April 15
A workshop on Earth's deep interior was held in IES, Academia Sinica.
April 11
Prof. Eiji Ohtani visits Academia Sinica and ECL.
April 1
Prof. Sean Shieh visits Academia Sinica and ECL.
March 21
Welcome our new research assistant, Mr. Ryan Wang, joining the ECL!
January 31
Our work on the anomalous thermal conductivity of siderite across spin transition of iron is
published in Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
2018
September 11
Welcome our new postdoc, Dr. Dylan Meyer, joining the ECL!
August 3
Congrats to Yun-Yuan on being promoted to Assistant Research Fellow of IES!
July 20
Congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the Outstanding Junior Investigators Research
Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2018-2021!
July 19
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2018 Young Scholars’ Creativity Award,
Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship!
http://www.faos.org.tw/News/news_163.html
June 14
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2018 Academia Sinica Research Award for
Junior Research Investigators!
https://www.sinica.edu.tw/ch/news/5876
https://news.pts.org.tw/article/396869
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TO6gd47YaU
June 11
Prof. Eiji Ohtani visits Academia Sinica and ECL.
June 8
Big congratulations to Keng-Hsien on successfully defending his Master thesis, the first
graduate in ECL!
June 5
Wen-Pin is promoted to Associate Research Fellow with tenure, congrats!
May 28
Prof. Jin Zhang visits ECL and TVO.
April 17
Big congratulations to Dr. Yun-Yuan Chang on receiving the 2017 MOST Postdoctoral
Research Award!
March 8
Our work on the effects of iron on the thermal conductivity of Earth's lower mantle and
dynamics is accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
USA (PNAS) 115, 4099 (2018).
January 15
Welcome our new research assistant, Mr. Yi-Chi Tsao, joining the ECL!
2017
June 16
Our work on Reduced lattice thermal conductivity of Fe-bearing bridgmanite is accepted for
publication in Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
March 16
Our work on hydration-reduced lattice thermal conductivity of olivine is accepted for
publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS) 114, 4078
(2017).
February 6
Welcome our new postdoc, Dr. Su-Ying Chien, joining the ECL!
2016
December 14
Big congratulations to Yu-Hsiang on the Outstanding Student Poster Award for AGU 2016
meeting sponsored by MOST!
October 26
Big congratulations to Wen-Pin on receiving the 2017 Career Development Award of
Academia Sinica!
April 6
Welcome new member, Cindy Hsieh, joining the ECL!
2015
October 24
Our work on thermal conductivity of H2O-CH3OH mixtures at high pressures is published
in Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 120, 1697 (2015).
August 3
Welcome new master student, Keng-Hsien Chao, joining the ECL!
July 17
Big congratulations to Yu-Hsiang on the 2015 Taiwan International Graduate Program PhD
fellowship!
July 13
We have set a new record and successfully measured the thermal conductivity to 123 GPa,
about 2700 km deep within the Earth. Here we come, D" layer!
July 2
Big congratulations to Dr. Yun-Yuan Chang on receiving the 2015 AGU Mineral and Rock
Physics Graduate Research Award!
July 1
Welcome new research assistant, Chao-Chih Chen, and summer intern students, Sheng-Chih
Chuang (NCKU Earth), Jhih-Ying Chen (NTU Geosciences), and Yu-Han Yang (NCU
Earth), joining the ECL!
June 16
Our work on thermal conductivity of silicone oil and methanol-ethanol mixture at high
pressures is published in Journal of Applied Physics 117, 235901 (2015).
April 16
We have successfully measured the thermal conductivity of a material to 81 GPa, about 2000
km deep within the Earth. The ECL is now the most "stressful" place in Taiwan!
February 23
The first paper from the ECL on high pressure Raman spectroscopy of H2O-CH3OH
mixtures is published in Scientific Reports 5, 8532 (2015). Congrats, Yu-Hsiang!
2014
December 1
Welcome our new and the first postdoc, Dr. Yun-Yuan Chang, joining the ECL!
July 7
The TDTR in the ECL is now fully operational.
March 1
Welcome our new and the first full-time research assistant, Yu-Hsiang Chien, joining the
ECL!
January 16
Our work on photo-induced monoclinic metallic VO2 under high pressure is published in
Applied Physics Letters 104, 021917 (2014).
2013 and before
Nov. 8, 2013
Our work on high pressure Raman spectroscopy of phase change materials is published in
Applied Physics Letters 103, 191908 (2013).
Nov. 7, 2013
The webpage of ECL is officially launched.
Oct. 22, 2013
Wen-Pin officially starts his new position as an assistant research fellow at IES, Academia
Sinica.
Dec. 22, 2011
Wen-Pin gave an invited colloquium talk in the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica,
Taiwan.
Aug. 1, 2011
Wen-Pin officially starts his postdoc at Stanford and SLAC.
Jul. 6, 2011
Wen-Pin passed his final thesis defense.
Mar. 4, 2011
Wen-Pin interviewed a postdoc position in Stanford/SLAC and got the offer.
Feb. 21, 2011
Wen-Pin was awarded the Ovshinsky Student Travel Award, APS Division of Materials
Physics.
Jan. 25, 2011
Wen-Pin's first personal webpage is launched.
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