2023.12-至今：同济大学，教授，博导

2020.06-至今：同济大学，海洋地质国家重点实验室，副主任

2022.11-2023.11：同济大学，准聘教授，博导

2018.12-2022.10：同济大学，副教授，博导                                  

2017.08-2017.11：日本东北大学，访问学者

2016.05-2018.11：同济大学，助理教授 

研究兴趣

借助天然地震学与大数据智能处理的特色方法，反演板内与板缘裂谷地区的深部壳幔构造，揭示“沧海桑田”演化的内在动力学机制。

科研项目

1. 国家级青年人才项目，2023.01-2027.12，负责人；

2. 上海市青年科技启明星计划（22QA1409600），2022.06-2025.05，负责人；

3. 奥卡万戈裂谷和伍德拉克裂谷的壳幔各向异性研究，国家自然科学基金面上项目（42074052），2021.01-2024.12，项目负责人；

4. 印支半岛岩石圈变形机制及对南海演化的启示，上海佘山地球物理国家野外科学观测研究站（2020K04），2020年7月-2022年6月，负责人；

5. 东亚大陆边缘灾害性火山、地震活动及其关联海啸（GASI-GEOGE-05-02），201701-202006，国家海洋局科技司，子课题负责人；

6. 俯冲构造对南海演化的影响（MG20190103），2019.01-2020.12，海洋地质国家重点实验室自主课题探索类项目，负责人；

7. 基于南海海盆被动源海底地震数据（OBS）的接收函数方法研究（41606043），201701-201912，国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，负责人；

8. 利用接收函数方法反演印支半岛的壳幔构造（kx0135020171801），201701-201912，同济大学优秀青年基金项目，负责人（结题优秀）；

研究成果

发表的期刊论文（一作或通讯作者）

(1) Wu, S., Yu, Y.*, Yang, T., Xue, M., Tilmann, F., and Chen, H. (2022), Crustal structure of the Indochina Peninsula from ambient noise tomography, Journal of Geophysical Research, 127, e2021JB023384. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023384

(2) Sun, M., Yu, Y.*, Gao, S.S., and Liu, K.H. (2022), Stagnation and tearing of the subducting Northwest Pacific slab, Geology, 50(6), 676–680. https://doi.org/10.1130/G49862.1

(3) Yu, Y., Tilmann, F., Zhao, D., Gao, S.S., and Liu, K.H. (2022), Continental break-up under a convergent setting: Insights from P wave radial anisotropy tomography of the Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098086. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098086

(4) Yu, Y.*, Xu, Z., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., and Gao, J. (2021), Layered mantle heterogeneities associated with post-subducted slab segments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 571, 117115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117115

(5) Song, W., Yu, Y.*, Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., and Fu, Y. (2021), Seismic anisotropy and mantle deformation beneath the central Sunda plate, Journal of Geophysical Research, 126, e2020JB021259. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021259

(6) Yu, Y., Gao, S. S., & Liu, K. H. (2020). Topography of the 410 and 660 km discontinuities beneath the Cenozoic Okavango rift zone and adjacent Precambrian provinces. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB019290. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB019290

(7) Yu, Y., Gao, S. S., Zhao, D., & Liu, K. H. (2020). Mantle structure and flow beneath a young continent rift: Constraints from P-wave anisotropic tomography. Tectonics, 39, e2019TC005590. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005590

(8) Yu, Y., Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., & Zhao, D. (2020). Foundered lithospheric segments dropped into the mantle transition zone beneath southern California, USA. Geology, 48, 200–204. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46889.1

(9) Gao, J., Yu, Y.*, Song, W., Gao, S. S., & Liu, K. H. (2020). Crustal modifications beneath the central Sunda plate associated with the Indo-Australian subduction and the evolution of the South China Sea. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 306, 106539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106539

(10) Song, W., Yu, Y.*, Shen, C., Lu, F., & Kong, F. (2019). Asthenospheric flow beneath the Carpathian-Pannonian region: Constraints from shear wave splitting analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 520, 231-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.045

(11) Yu, Y., & Zhao, D. (2018). Lithospheric deformation and asthenospheric flow associated with the Isabella anomaly in Southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, 8842–8857. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018JB015873

(12) Yu, Y., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Yang, T., Xue, M., Le, K. P., & Gao, J. (2018). Characteristics of the mantle flow system beneath the Indochina Peninsula revealed by teleseismic shear wave splitting analysis. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19, 1519-1532. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007474

(13) Yu, Y., Hung, T. D., Yang, T., Xue, M., Liu, K. H., & Gao, S. S. (2017). Lateral variations of crustal structure beneath the Indochina Peninsula. Tectonophysics, 712, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.05.023

(14) Yu Y., Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., Yang, T., Xue, M., & Le, K. P. (2017). Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Indochina Peninsula: Implications for slab subduction and mantle upwelling. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 7159–7167. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073528

(15) Yu, Y., Zhao, D., & Lei, J. (2017). Mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the Tien Shan. Geophysical Journal International, 211, 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx287

(16) Yu, Y., Liu, K. H., Huang, Z., Zhao, D., Reed, C. A., Moidaki, M., Lei, J., & Gao, S. S. (2017). Mantle structure beneath the incipient Okavango rift zone in southern Africa. Geosphere, 13, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01331.1

(17) Yu, Y., Song, J., Liu, K. H., & Gao, S. S. (2015). Determining crustal structure beneath seismic stations overlying a low-velocity sedimentary layer using receiver functions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, 3208-3218. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011610

(18) Yu, Y., Liu, K. H., Moidaki, M., Reed, C. A., & Gao, S. S. (2015). No thermal anomalies in the mantle transition zone beneath the incipient Okavango Rift: Evidence from stacking of receiver functions. Geophysical Journal International, 202, 1407-1418. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv229

(19) Yu, Y., Gao, S. S., Moidaki, M., Reed, C. A., & Liu, K. H. (2015). Seismic anisotropy beneath the incipient Okavango rift: Implications for rifting initiation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 430, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.009

(20) Yu, Y., Liu, K. H., Reed, C. A., Moidaki, M., Mickus, K., Atekwana, E. A., & Gao, S. S. (2015). A joint receiver function and gravity study of crustal structure beneath the incipient Okavango Rift, Botswana. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 8398-8405. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065811

其他：

[1] Song, J., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Sun, M., Yu, Y., Kong, F., and Mickus, K. (2022), Crustal structure and subsidence mechanism of the intracratonic Williston Basin: New constraints from receiver function imaging, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 593, 117686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117686

[2] Hung, T. D., Yang, T., Le, B. M., Yu, Y., Xue, M., Liu, B., et al. (2021). Crustal structure across the extinct mid‐ocean ridge in South China Sea from OBS receiver functions: Insights into the spreading rate and magma supply prior to the ridge cessation. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL089755. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089755

[3] Zheng, T., Gao, S.S., Ding, Z., Liu, K.H., Chang, L., Fan, X., Kong, F. and Yu, Y. (2021). Crustal azimuthal anisotropy and deformation beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas: Insights from receiver function analysis. Tectonophysics, 816, 229014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229014

[4] Sun, M., Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., Mickus, K., Fu, X., and Yu, Y. (2021), Receiver Function Investigation of Crustal Structure in the Malawi and Luangwa Rift Zones and Adjacent Areas, Gondwana Research, 89, 168-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.08.015

[5] Hung, T. D., Yang, T., Le, B. M., & Yu, Y. (2019). Effects of Failure of the Ocean‐Bottom Seismograph Leveling System on Receiver Function Analysis. Seismological Research Letters, 90, 1191-1199. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180276

[6] Lemnifi, A. A., Browning, J., Elshaafi, A., Aouad, N. S., & Yu, Y. (2019). Receiver function imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities and the origin of volcanism beneath Libya. Journal of Geodynamics, 124, 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2019.01.009

[7] Zou, Y., Tian, X., Yu, Y., Pan, F., Wang, L., & He, X. (2019). Seismic evidence for the existence of an entrained mantle flow coupling the northward advancing Indian plate under Tibet. Earth and Planetary Physics, 3, 62-68. https://doi.org/10.26464/epp2019007

[8] Xiao, H., Xue, M., Yang, T., Liu, C., Hua, Q., Xia, S., Huang, H., Le, B., Yu, Y., Huo, D., Pan, M., Li, L., & Gao, J. (2018). The characteristics of microseisms in South China Sea: Results from a combined dataset of OBSs, broadband land seismic stations, and a global wave height model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, 3923–3942. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2017JB015291

[9] Reed, C. A., Liu, K. H., Yu, Y., & Gao, S. S. (2017). Seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath the Malawi Rift Zone, East Africa. Tectonics, 36, 1338–1351. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004519

[10] Lemnifi, A. A., Elshaafi, A., Karaoglu, O., Salah, M. K., Aouad, N., Reed, C. A., & Yu Y. (2017). Complex seismic anisotropy and mantle dynamics beneath Turkey. Journal of Geodynamics, 112, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2019.01.009

[11] Reed, C. A., Liu, K. H., Chindandali, P., Massingue, B., Mdala, H., Mutamina, D., Yu, Y., & Gao, S. S. (2016). Passive rifting of thick lithosphere in the southern East African Rift: Evidence from mantle transition zone discontinuity topography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013131

[12] Reed, C. A., Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., & Yu, Y. (2016). The mantle transition zone beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent regions: Implications for mantle plumes and hydration. Geophysical Journal International, 205, 1756-1766. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggw116

[13] Lemnifi, A. A., Liu, K. H., Gao, S. S., Elsheikh, A.A., Reed, C. A., Yu, Y., & Elmelade, A. A. (2015). Azimuthal anisotropy beneath north central Africa from shear wave splitting analyses. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 16, 1105-1114. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005706

[14] Wu, J., Zhang, Z., Kong, F., Yang, B. B., Yu, Y., Liu, K. H., & Gao, S. S. (2015). Complex seismic anisotropy beneath western Tibet and its geodynamic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 413, 167-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.002

[15] Mohamed, A. A., Gao, S. S., Elsheikh, A. A., Liu, K. H., Yu, Y., & Fat-Helbary R. E. (2014). Seismic imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath the northern Red Sea and adjacent areas. Geophysical Journal International, 199,648-657.https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu284

[16] Elsheikh, A. A., Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., Mohamed,A. A., Yu, Y., & Fat-Helbary, R. E. (2014). Seismic anisotropy and subduction-induced mantle fabrics beneath the Arabian and Nubian plates adjacent to the Red Sea. Geophysical Research Letters,41, 2376-2381. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059536

[17] Liu, K. H., Elsheikh, A., Lemnifi, A., Purevsuren, U., Ray, M., Refayee, H., Yang,B., Yu,Y., & Gao, S. S. (2014). A uniform database of teleseismic shear wave splitting measurements for the western and central United States. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 15, 2075-2085. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005267

[18] Yang, B. B., Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., Elsheikh, A. A., Lemnifi, A. A., Refayee, H. A., & Yu, Y.(2014). Seismic anisotropy and mantle flow beneath the northern Great Plains of North America.Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119,1971-1985.https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010561

[19] Gao, S. S., Liu, K. H., Reed, C. A., Yu, Y., Massinque, B., Mdala, H., Moidaki, M., Mutamina, D., Atekwana, E. A., Ingate, S., & Reusch, A. M. (2013). Seismic arrays to study African rift initiation. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 94, 213-214. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO240002

教学情况

主讲课程：

《海洋地球物理》(本科生)

《固体地球物理学II》(本科生)

《地球物理实验（下）》(本科生)

《地球物理学》全英文（博士生）《地球物理学进展》(博士研究生，承担部分)

指导研究生与合作研究博士后 

每年招收对天然地震学或海洋地球物理感兴趣的博士后1-2名，博士生2名和硕士生2名。

博士后：

郭雪豹（2022-至今），孙沐晨（2019-2022）

在读博士：

席家骥（2021-至今）

在读硕士：

许惠凯（2022-至今），刘毅（2022-至今）

已毕业学生：

高佳（2019-2022），英特尔半导体(大连)有限公司

《地震学报》的“海洋地球物理”专辑召集人之一；NC、EPSL、GRL、JGR、GJI、JAES等期刊审稿人

2022年，入选国家级高层次青年人才计划

2022年，上海市青年科技启明星计划

2020年，德国洪堡学者

2020年，傅承义青年科技奖

2020年，同济大学本科生优秀导师

2019年，刘光鼎地球物理青年科学技术奖