Research Description

My research focuses on the understanding of structural behavior and physical properties of materials under extreme pressure and temperature conditions using high pressure experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Materials currently under investigations span from critical minerals that are vital for modern technologies, economies, and national security, to Earth minerals that are crucial for understanding the composition and physical processes of the Earth’s deep interior. 

Education

1986, BSc in Geophysics, Univ. of Science and Technology of China

1989 Certificate, UNESCO Training Course on Earthquake Seismology (GFZ, Germany)

1996, Ph. D in Geophysics, Stony Brook University

Employment 

2018-present   Professor, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University

1997-present   Faculty, Mineral Physics Institute (MPI), Stony Brook University

7/2006-8/2006     Visiting Scientist, Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Japan

1996-1997     Postdoctoral Research Associate,MPI, Stony Brook University

1986-1990     Researcher, Institute of Earthquake Research, China Earthquake Administration

Teaching 

GEO 105 Energy for the 21st Century (Undergraduate)

GEO 107 Natural Hazards (Undergraduate)

GEO 552 Physics of the Earth II (Graduate)

GEO 556 Solid-State Geophysics (Graduate)

GEO 607 Topics in Geophysics (Graduate)

ESS 542 Tectonic Environment (Graduate)

Recent Publications

Chen, Sibo; Wang, Siheng; Qi, Xintong; Xu, Man; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin; Li, Baosheng; ",Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),122, 49, e2506548122,2025.

Wang, Siheng; Chen, Sibo; Xu, Man; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin; Li, Baosheng; Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for the cores of Moon and several planets, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 649, 119118, 2025.

Gulick, Brian; Qi, Xintong; Wang, Ran; Li, Baosheng; Sound Velocities in Vanadium Reveal Complex Elastic Behavior at High Pressures, Metals,15, 427, 2025

Wang, Ran; Gulick, Brian; Li, Baosheng; Elastic constants in monocrystalline tungsten under quasi-hydrostatic pressures to 11.3 GPa, Journal of Applied Physics, 138, 4, , 2025.

Wang, Ran; Li, Baosheng; Sound velocity of hematite up to 13 GPa, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,130,12, e2025JB031718, 2025

Chen, Sibo; Wang, Siheng; Qi, Xintong; Xu, Man; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin; Li, Baosheng; Sound velocities of stishovite at simultaneous high pressure and high temperature suggest an eclogite‐rich layer beneath the Hawaii hotspot, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107700, 2024.

Wang, Siheng; Chen, Sibo; Qi, Xintong; Xu, Man; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin; Li, Baosheng; Reassessment of Birch's law on hcp‐Fe from ultrasonic sound velocity measurement and implications on the velocity profiles of Earth's inner core, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,129,5,e2023JB027979,2024.

Full List of Baosheng Li's publications on Google Scholar 

Faculty webpage of Department of Geosciences