HONG-FENG YANG 楊宏峰

Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D., Seismology, Saint Louis University, 2010

M.S., Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2004

B.S., Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2000

Academic Employments:

2014 – present, Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2013 – 2014, Research Scientist, Georgia Institute of Technology

2010 – 2012, Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Research Fields and Current Research Interests:

Rupture dynamics and earthquake physics

Subduction zone dynamics and megathrust earthquakes

Induced earthquakes

High-resolution imaging of crustal fault zones and subsurface structure

Monitoring crustal changes using active sources

Honours and Awards:

2018 Fuchengyi Young Scientist Award by CGS

2016 Editors Citation for Excellence in Refereeing-Geophysical Research Letters

Nominee for the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, Saint Louis University, 2012

Poster Presentation Prize, Graduate Research Symposium, Saint Louis University, 2010, 2008, 2007

College Affiliation in CUHK:

New Asia College

Professional Activities:

Associate Editor: Seismological Research Letters

Editorial board: Earth and Planetary Physics, Earthquake Research

Steering committee member for China Earthquake Experimental Site

Committee Member: Marine Geophysics, China Geophysics Union; Seismology, China Seismological Society; Tectonophysics, China Seismological Society

Journal reviewer for BSSA, EPSL, EPP, GRL, JGR, PAGEO, Nature Scientific Reports, Science China Earth Sciences, SRL, GJI, MGR, Tectonophysics

Proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation, USA 2012-2015

Research Grants at CUHK:

Modeling rupture segmentation and tsunamigenic rupture scenarios along the Cascadia megathrust, 10/2019-9/2022, RGC GRF, PI

Inferring frictional properties on seismogenic faults from kinematic and dynamic earthquake source modeling, 01/2019-12/2021, RGC GRF, PI

Investigation of fault zone structure and evolution from waveforms recorded at a dense seismic network, 01/2018-12/2020, RGC GRF, PI

Source characteristics of induced earthquakes associated with shale gas production in Weiyuan, Sichuan, 01/2017-12/2020, RGC/NSFC joint scheme, PI

Investigation of shallow seismogenesis on the southern Mariana megathrust, 01/2017-12/2019, RGC GRF, PI

Seismicity induced by underground injection and extraction of natural gas, 06/2016-11/2017, CUHK-UoM Research Fund, PI

Investigation of characteristics and mechanism of earthquakes associated with the Hutubi gas reservoir, 01/2016-12/2019, RGC/NSFC joint scheme, co-I

Dynamic Controls on Megathrust Slip: Details from the Nicoya 2012 Earthquake, 2016/01-2018/12, RGC ECS, PI