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Qiu Hongrui

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Honors and Titles : Guo Mo-Ruo Medal for Distinguished Academic Achievements in 2012
AGU Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for 2021, 2022, and 2023

Gender : Male
Alma Mater : University of Southern California
Education Level : Doctoral Degree in Education
Degree : Doctoral Degree in Science
Status : Employed
School/Department : School of Geophysics and Geomatics
Date of Employment : 2023-09-01
Discipline : Geophysics
Business Address : China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, Base Building Room 204
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Personal Profile

Hongrui Qiu got his Bacholar of Science degree from University of Science and Technology of China under the supervison of Dr. Xiaofei Chen in 2013. His dissertation title is "Topographic correction for 2D SH Case and its application based on the GGRTM Method". Then, he went to University of Southern California for Ph.D. degree and his advisor is Dr. Yehuda Ben-Zion. He defended his Ph.D. dissertaion titled "Multi-scale imaging and monitoring of crustal and fault zone structures in southern California" in 2019. From 2019-2023, he worked as a Postdoctoral researcher in Rice University (with Prof. Fenglin Niu), MIT and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (with Dr. Nori Nakata) after graduation. Now he is a Professor at the School of Geophysics and Geomatics in China University of Geosciences in Wuhan.


Hongrui has worked on various topics in seismology, including multi-scale imaging and monitoring of fault zones and the surroudning area using dense seismic arrays, applications of machine learning algorithms in seismology, seismic hazard evaluation etc. He has more than 20 research articles published in SCI journals and served as reviewers for several well-known journals (e.g., JGR, GRL, GJI, SRL). He got AGU Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for two successive years (2021 and 2022).

Education Background

  • 2013.8 -- 2019.8

    University of Southern California       Geophysics       Doctoral Degree       Doctoral Degree in Science      PhD advisor: Dr. Yehuda Ben-Zion; Dissertation: Multi-scale imaging and monitoring of crustal and fault zone structures in Southern California

  • 2009.9 -- 2013.7

    University of Science and Technology of China       Geophysics       Bachelor's Degree       Bachelor's Degree      Advisor: Dr. Xiaofei Chen; Dissertation: Topographic correction for 2D SH Case and its application based on the GGRTM Method

Work Experience

  • 2022.8 -- 2023.8

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory      Earth and Environmental Sciences Area      Postdoctoral research      Resigned

  • 2021.8 -- 2022.7

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology      Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences      Postdoctoral researcher      Resigned

  • 2019.8 -- 2021.7

    Rice University      Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences      Postdoctoral research      Resigned

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Research Focus

  • Ambient noise based surface wave tomography
  • Seismic hazard evaluation associated with Geothermal activities, CCS, and landslide
  • Applications of machine learning methods in seismology (e.g., tomographic inversion and velocity model evaluation)
  • Multi-scale imaging and monitoring of fault zones and the surrounding area using dense seismic arrays