Virginia Tech Global Seismological Lab


3056A Derring Hall (Mail Code 0420)
Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061


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Name: Ying Zhou

Address: Department of Geosciences
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 001-(540)-231-0673
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Webpage: http://seismo.geos.vt.edu


Personal Information

Marital Status: Married, two children
Citizenship: Chinese citizen, US resident alien

CURRICULUM VITAE

Appointments
  • Associate Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech (2013-).
  • Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech (2007-).
  • Postdoctoral Researcher Seismological Lab, California Institute of Technology (2005-2006).

Education
  • 2005, Ph.D. in Geophysics, Princeton University, USA. Advisors: Tony Dahlen and Guust Nolet
  • 2001, M.A. in Geophysics, Princeton University, USA. Advisor: Robert A. Phinney
  • 1999, M.S in Geophysics, Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Advisor: Zhenxing Yao
  • 1996, B.S in Remote Sensing, Department of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, China.

Research Interests
  • Seismic Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Media
  • Global and Computational Seismology
  • Finite-Frequency Seismic Tomography
  • 3-D Anelasticity (Q) Structure in the Mantle
  • Seismic Anisotropy in the Upper Mantle and Transition Zone
  • Seismic Discontinuities in the Crust and Mantle (410 and 660)
  • Core-Diffracted Waves and Core-Mantle Boundary Structure
  • Signal Processing and Array Data Analysis

NSF Grants
  • High-Resolution Imaging of the Mantle Transition Zone using Earthscope USArray 07/2017-06/2019, US NSF EAR-1737737, $184K. PI: Zhou
  • Investigating Tomographic Resolution in Global Crustal Imaging, 05/2015-08/2017, US NSF EAR-1348131, $92K. PI: Zhou
  • Mapping elastic and anelastic structure in the global upper mantle, 09/2010-08/2015, NSF EAR-1013617, $215K, PI: Zhou
  • CSEDI: Testing resolution of deep earth seismic structure under the Pacific using geodynamic models,, 05/2010-08/2015, NSF EAR-0968965, $296K, PI:Zhou, Co-PI: King.
  • Mapping seismic anisotropy in the mantle transition zone, 07/15/2008-06/30/2012, NSF EAR-0809464, $180K. PI: Zhou


Updated July 2017 (Ying Zhou)