Yijian ZHOU

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EDUCATION

2020/09-2024/09, Ph.D. (Geophysics)

University of California, Riverside
Advisor: Abhijit Ghosh
Dissertation: Connecting the Pre-, Co-, and Post-Seismic Fault Behavior with High-Resolution Seismic Catalog, Statistics, and Source Spectra Analysis

2017/09-2020/07, M.S. (Geophysics)

Peking University, Beijing, China
Advisor: Shiyong Zhou & Han Yue
Thesis: Earthquake Detection Method and Fault Zone Imaging base on Seismicity

2013/09-2017/07, B.S. (Geophysics)

Peking University, Beijing, China
Advisor: Shiyong Zhou
Thesis: Detection of Micro-seismicity in Xiaojiang Fault Zone, Yunnan, China


WORKING EXPERIENCE

2024/10-now, Post-doc

California Institute of Technology, California
Supervisor: Jean-Philippe Avouac
Projects: Observation and modelling of induced seismicity

2023/07-2023/09, Graduate Student Intern

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
Collaborator: Qingkai Kong & Arben Pitarka
Projects: Comparative studies on AI phase pickers

2020/08-2021/08, Research Assistant

Institute of Geophysics, CEA, Beijing, China
Collaborator: Lihua Fang
Projects: Seismic data processing and mentoring

2018/06-2018/08, Research Visit

Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, UC Berkeley, California
Collaborator: Qingkai Kong & Richard Allen
Projects: Developing AI earthquake detection method


AWARDS

2024

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
SSA Annual Meeting Student Presentation Award
Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award (UC Riverside)
Outstanding Student Presentation in AI Seismology Seminar
SCEC Research Travel Award

2023

Roland Blanchard Award (UC Riverside)
SCEC Research Travel Award

2022

Shawn Biehler Distinguished Graduate Award (UC Riverside)

2020

Outstanding Presentation (China Seismic Experimental Site Conference)
Outstanding Graduates (Peking University)

2019

TIEJIN Scholarship (Peking University)
Special Graduate Student Scholarship (Peking University)
Excellent Graduate Student Award (Peking University)

2018

National Scholarship (Peking University)
Excellent Graduate Student Award (Peking University)

2016

Outstanding Field Work Award (Peking University)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

T.A., Undergraduate, Structural Geology (17 students), UCR Winter 2023
T.A., Undergraduate, Active Tectonics and Remote Sensing (4 students), UCR Spring 2022
T.A., Undergraduate, Natural Hazards and Disasters (300 students), UCR Winter 2022 & Spring 2023
T.A., Undergraduate, Earthquake Country (300 students), UCR Fall 2021-2023
T.A., Undergraduate, Seismology (20 students), PKU Spring 2019
T.A., Undergraduate, Academic Writing in Geophysics (15 students), PKU Spring 2019
T.A., Undergraduate, Experiments of Seismology (20 students), PKU Spring 2018
T.A., Undergraduate, Introduction of Earthquakes (500 students), PKU Spring 2018-2019
T.A., Undergraduate, Field Training on Seismology (20 students), PKU Summer 2017-2019


FIELD EXPERIENCE

Death Valley, “GEO 116. Structural Geology” field trip (2023/03)
Anninghe Fault Zone, 100 short-period instruments (2020/07)
Ningxia, China, 24 broad-band instruments (2018/10)
Xi’an, North China craton, 21 broad-band instruments (2017/09 & 2018/09)
Jiuzhaigou aftershock monitoring, 100 short-period instruments (2017/10 & 2018/01)
Xiaojiang Fault Zone, 20 broad-band instruments (2016/09)


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