Xie Hu 胡 燮
Assistant Professor
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Peking University
Beijing, China
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My research focuses on using geodetic tools, e.g., SAR and GPS, to characterize ground deformation associated with hydrologically driven geohazards and surface processes in various landscapes and geodynamic settings (e.g., landslides, aquifers, delta, dams, mines, and earthquakes). I am also engaged in investigating their natural or anthropogenic triggers and mechanisms using statistical, analytical, and numerical models. My interdisciplinary research spans the fields of geodesy, geophysics, hydrology, geology, tectonics, civil and environmental engineering.
Before I joint the Peking University, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston (2020-2021), a postdoc in the Active Tectonic group, UC Berkeley (2018-2020) led by Dr. Roland Bürgmann. I obtained my Ph.D in 2018 Spring from Dr. Zhong Lu's lab in Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX.
I am looking for highly motivated students and postdoctoral researchers who have research experience in remote sensing or other geodetic tools | machine learning | numerical models | geophysical models. Research topics on landslides, coastal resilience, and other aspects of geohazards and surface processes are welcome and supported. The successful applicants should have a strong background in mathematics and have some programming skills. Specific scholarship and fellowship are available for outstanding international applications. Please email me if you are interested and engaged to learn!
NEWS
Welcome to submit abstract to our 2022 EGU session Remote Sensing Big Data Analysis and Applications in Geoscience https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43347
2/2022 Awarded the PAZ's satellite imagery program: Joint DLR-INTA Scientific Announcement of Opportunity
1/2022 Awarded JAXA's satellite imagery program: The 3rd Research Announcement on the Earth Observations
Qingyu started his PhD program at the Southern Methodist University
Invited talk in the Forum of Satellite Gravity and Hydrology on 1/15
12/2021 Our AGU poster on the crustal surgery in Yan'an (NH15D-0488) and on the 2021 Texas winter storm (GG45B-0411)
11/2021 Our paper on machine-learning characterization of the natural and anthropogenic sources of ground deformation in California was published in JGR
Our paper on elastic stress perturbations relating to the 2020 M5.7 Magna earthquake from centrurial industrial mine waste transport and surface water variations was accepted by JGR
10/2021 Our paper on the unprecedented mountain excavation and city construction in Yan'an China was published in GRL
9/2021 Virtual seminar talk at UTIG - UT Austin
8/2021 Our paper on the shift of hydrological forcing in the movements of Guobo Slope besides the Laxiwa hydropower station in China was published in RSE
7/2021 I moved to Peking University. I'm grateful for all help and kindness from the teams that I was in.
Conducted the ground-based InSAR survey at the Slumgullion landslide, CO
A talk in 2021 CYWater
6/2021 Poster presentation in FRINGE 2021
5/2021 Our paper on phase unwrapping in extraordinary high-gradient scenarios such as at the Slumgullion landslide was published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Seminar talks
4/2021 Our 2021 vEGU session NH6.2 : SAR remote sensing for anthropogenic and natural hazards was held successfully.
Delighted to join the Editorial Board of Pure and Applied Geophysics
3/2021 Awarded NASA New (Early Career) Investigator Program (NIP) in Earth Science
2/2021 Our paper led by Dr. Guoqiang Shi on decadal spatiotemporal ground deformation in response to the restrictions of groundwater pumping in Suzhou, China was published in RSE
1/2021 Seminar talks
2021
12/2020 AGU talks on Poroelastic and elastic deformation and stress changes in the seismically active Salt Lake City region (G015-07), and Forcings and kinematics of slow-moving landslides revealed by airborne and spaceborne SAR data (G024-01).
Invited talk in the 3rd Global Water Cycle and Remote Sensing Big Data - China
Seminar talk at Tsinghua University
11/2020 Invited talk in the 18th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction / 4th Gu Dezhen Lecture
10/2020 Virtual seminar talk at the University of Oregon
Our paper led by Dr. Zheming Shi on the hydromechanical coupling associated with underground coal mining was published in J. Hydrology
9/2020 Our poster on the hydrological and industrial processes and their potential correlation with the seismicity in Salt Lake City was presented at SCEC. Registration required for viewing
8/2020 Our paper on the internal kinematics of the landslide system, including automated boundary extraction, and controls of the formation of secondary structures such as the pull-apart basin, was published in RSE
Invited talk in CYWater
7/2020 Our paper on the Sentinel-1-observed seasonal deformation and poroelastic deformation and stress modeling of the dynamic aquifer in the seismically active Salt Lake Valley was published in EPSL
6/2020 Our paper on quantifying surface and subsurface geometry and hydrometeorological forcing of the Slumgullion landslide from ground, air and space was published in Nature Communications. Read News in NASA and NASA Earth Observatory
4/2020 Our paper on quantifying landslide rheology from high resolution UAVSAR InSAR and LiDAR DEM was published in GRL
1/2020 Visit Texas!
2020
2019 X'mas holiday Some talks in China
12/9/2019 Our work on the Slumgullion landslide, CO presented at AGU
6/10-14/2019 Attended the Crustal Deformation workshop in Golden, CO
6/8-9/2019 Had a field trip to the STARRING Slumgullion landslide, CO
5/2019 Some talks in China
5/11/2019 Our Active Tectonics Group Party & Run
5/4/2019 Attended the award ceremony for the Chinese government award for outstanding self-finance
students abroad, the Consulate General of China in Huston, TX
5/1/2019 Gave a talk at Berkeley Seismology Lab Earthquake Research Affiliates meeting
4/24-25/2019 Attended a landslide workshop in Seattle, WA
3/26/2019 Gave a talk at my home school CUG (Wuhan)
3/20/2019 Gave a seminar talk at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
2018 X'mas holiday Back to China and give talks at SUSTech and CEA
Since 2019
Hope everyone stay healthy and stay safe ♡