·   2010.09-2014.07：Peking University, Geophysics, B.Sc

·   2015.01-2016.07: Oklahoma University, Geophysics, M.Sc

·   2016.08-2021.08: University of Southern California, Geophysics, Ph.D

·   2021.10-2024.02: University of California, Berkeley，Postdoc      

·   2022.04-2022.11: Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals, Inc., Geophysics consultant                     

·   2024.03-  ：Tongji University，Professor

Teaching

Courses：

《Science and Method》(DingDingDang Academic App in China)

《Be A Scientist》(Middle School Science Class)

Students

Robert Ni, University of California Berkeley, Undergraduate Research

Yair Franco, University of California Berkeley, Undergraduate Research

Laurene Ville, Imperial College London, Undergraduate Research

Research Interests

·   Earthquake source properties: Utilizing high performance computing and machine learning techniques to measure fundamental source parameters of small earthquakes, like fault orientation, slip direction, rupture dimension, stress drop, and rupture directivity

·   Fault zone mechanics and tectonic activities: Integrating seismic, geodetic, and numerical modeling tools to comprehensively understand fault zone behavior under different geological environments and its implication to tectonic activities

·   Array seismology: Applying dense seismic array monitoring technology to monitor seismic activities associated with earthquake, landslide, urban area, and ocean environment.

Publications

·         Cheng, Y., Allen, R. M., & Taira, T. A. (2023b). A New Focal Mechanism Calculation Algorithm (REFOC) Using Inter‐Event Relative Radiation Patterns: Application to the Earthquakes in the Parkfield Area. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(3), e2022JB025006. 

·         Cheng, Y., Hauksson, E., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2023a). Refined Earthquake Focal Mechanism Catalog for Southern California Derived With Deep Learning Algorithms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(2), e2022JB025975.

·         Wan, Z., Wang, D., Zhang, J., Li, Q., Zhao, L., Cheng, Y., ... & Peng, Y. (2023). Two‐Staged Rupture of the 19 October 2020 M w 7.6 Strike‐Slip Earthquake Illuminated the Boundary of Coupling Variation in the Shumagin Islands, Alaska. Seismological Society of America, 94(1), 52-65.

·         Cheng, Y., Wang, X., Zhan, Z., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2021). Isotropic source components of events in the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(18), 2021.

·         Cheng, Y., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2020). Variations of earthquake properties before, during and after the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(18), 2020.

·         Cheng, Y., Ben-Zion, Y., Brenguier, F., Johnson, C. W., Li, Z., Share, P., ... & Vernon, F. (2020). An automated method for developing a catalog of small earthquakes using data of a dense seismic array and nearby stations, Seismological Research Letters, 91(5), 2862-2871, 2020. 

·         Cheng, Y., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2019). Transient Brittle‐Ductile Transition Depth Induced by Moderate‐Large Earthquakes in Southern and Baja California. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(20), 11109-11117.

·         Li, F., Valero, M., Cheng, Y., & Song, W. (2019). High-Frequency Time-Lapse Seismic Spatial Autocorrelation Imaging Shallow Velocity Variations. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.

·         Li, Y., Wang, D., Xu, S., Fang, L., Cheng, Y., Luo, G., ... & Mori, J. (2019). Thrust and Conjugate Strike‐Slip Faults in the 17 June 2018 M JMA 6.1 (M w 5.5) Osaka, Japan, Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 90(6), 2132-2141. 

·         Cheng, Y., Ross, Z. E., & Ben‐Zion, Y. (2018). Diverse volumetric faulting patterns in the San Jacinto fault zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(6), 5068-5081.

·         Cheng, Y., & Chen, X. (2018). Characteristics of seismicity inside and outside the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(4), 1877-1888.

·   Visiting Professors/Post-doc Fellowship at Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, 2021

·   USC Graduate School Fellowship, 2020

·   Best Poster at ConocoPhillips Student Research Symposium, 2015

·   Daiwa Securities Scholarship, Japan, 2013

·   Founder Scholarship, 2011