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Group members


Head of the Earth Dynamics Research Group

Professor Zheng-Xiang Li


Co-leader of the Earth Dynamics Research Group

Dr Luc Doucet

Research Staff

Affiliated Research Staff

Visiting Research Staff

  • Mr Liang Zhang, Visiting PhD Student (UTSC) (2022.06 – 2023.12)
  • Ms Jianli Kang, Visiting Research Associate (UCAS) (2023.01 – 2024.01)
  • Mr Guodong Bao, Visiting PhD Student (IG,CEA) (2023.02 – 2024.02)
  • Mr Hu Wei, Visiting PhD Student (CUG) (2023.06 – 2024.06)

Previous visitors

  • Professor Paul Hoffman, Visiting Professor (2016 06-07)
  • Professor Brendan MurphyHaydn Williams Fellow (2017 01-05 & 2019 01-05)
  • Professor (emeritus) Cecilio Quesada-Ochoa, Visiting Professor (2019 01-05)
  • Professor Dmitri Ionov, Visiting Professor (2023 01-02)
  • Dr Taichi Sato, Visiting Researcher (2018.04 – 2019.03)
  • Ms Louise Hawkins, Visiting Researcher (2018.10 – 2019.03)
  • Mr Kai Wang, Visiting PhD Student (CAGS and PKU) (2017.10 – 2018.10)
  • Mr Zhongwei Wang, Visiting PhD Student (CUG) (2017.12 – 2018.06)
  • Mr Thomas Smets, Visiting PhD Student (ULB) (2022.09 – 2022.11)

PhD students

Current students

  • Ms Yuchi Cui, Joint PhD Student (Tongji University)
  • Ms Maëlys Privat, PhD Student
  • Mr Piero Azevedo Berquó de Sampaio, PhD Student

Previous students

  • Ms Camilla Stark, PhD Student
  • Ms Erin Martin, PhD Student
  • Mr Chong Wang, Joint PhD Student (IGG-CAS)
  • Mr Adam Nordsvan, PhD Student
  • Mr Yebo Liu, PhD Student
  • Ms Silvia VolantePhD Student
  • Mr Hamed Gamal El Dien, PhD Student
  • Mr Jiangyu LiPhD Student
  • Mr Daniel Brennan, PhD Student

Support Staff


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