Li Mei(M. Li)
Email: mei_seis@163.com
Tel: 010-88015264
Senior Researcher, Institute of Earthquake Forecasting, China Earthquake Administration (CEA) & Key Laboratory of Earthquake Forecasting and Risk Assessment, Ministry of Emergency Management, Beijing, China.
An internationally recognized expert in earthquake forecasting, with more than 20 years of experience in earthquake forecasting, seismo-ionospheric coupling, using spacesbornes (e.g., CSES, DEMETER, Swarm) and GNSS observations. Developing earthquake prediction methods and models, and has coordinated seismic monitoring networks covering several hundred stations across China. Current work focuses on: Using electromagnetic, geomagnetic, and ionospheric monitoring data to detect earthquake precursors; Investigating electromagnetic generation and propagation mechanisms during seismic activity; Statistical analysis of seismo-ionospheric disturbances; Developing lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere coupling models for improved hazard forecasting.
Peer-reviewed more than 20 publications in international journals, and actively collaborates on global earthquake prediction initiatives.
Education:
B. Sc. Applied Geophysics, Jianghan Petroleum University, Jingzhou (1996-2000);
M. Sc. Earth Exploration and Information Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing (2001-2004);
Ph. D. Geophysics, China University of Geosciences, Beijing (2011-2015).
Employment:
Assistant Engineer, Associate Researcher, China Earthquake Networks Center, Beijing (2004-2023); Visiting Scholar, CNRS-LPC2E, Orleans, France (2011-2012);
Researcher, Institute of Earthquake Forecasting, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing (2023- ).
Main Projects:
National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI, 41204057(2013-2015), 41774084 (2018-2021), 42474118 (2025-2028).
Selected Publications(last five years):
1. Li, M., Yan, H., and Liu, T. (2024). Automatically detected CSES ionospheric precursors before part of the strong aftershocks of the 23 January 2024 Wushi MS7.1 earthquake in northwest China. Remote Sens., 16, 4182. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224182.
2. Li, M., Yan, H., and Zhang, Y. (2024). Topside ionospheric structures determined via automatically detected DEMETER ion perturbations during a geomagnetically quiet period. Geosciences, 14, 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14020033.
3. Li, M., Jiang, X., Li, J., Zhang, Y., and Shen, X. (2024). Temporal-spatial characteristics of
seismo-ionospheric influence observed by the CSES satellite. Adv. Space Res., 73, 607–623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2023.07.044.
4. Zhang, Y., Li, M., Huang, Q., Shao, Z., Liu, J., Zhang, X., Ma, W., and Parrot, M. (2023). Statistical correlation between DEMETER satellite electronic perturbations and global earthquakes with M ≥ 4.8. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 2001118.
5. Lu, J., Xie, T., Li, M., Ye, Q., Yao, L., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Yu, C., Liu, J., and Chai, J. (2023). Improved geoelectrical resistivity monitoring for earthquake precursors near the Xinfengjiang reservoir of southern China, with a fixed Wenner array of downhole electrodes in four separated boreholes. Geophysics, 88(6), 189–198. https://doi.org/10.1190/GEO2022-0627.1.
6. Li, M., Yang, Z., Song, J., Zhang, Y., Jiang, X., and Shen, X. (2023). Statistical seismo-ionospheric influence with the focal mechanism under consideration. Atmosphere, 14, 455. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/atmos14030455.
7. Li, M., Wang, H., Liu, J, and Shen, X. (2022). Two large earthquakes registered by the CSES satellite during its earthquake prediction practice in China. Atmosphere, 13, 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13050751.
8. Li, M., Shen, X., Parrot, M., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Yu, C., Yan, R., Liu, D., Lu, H., Guo, F., and Huang, J. (2020). Primary joint statistical seismic influence on ionospheric parameters recorded by the CSES and DEMETER satellites. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 125, e2020JA028116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028116.
9. Li, M., Lu, J., Zhang, X., and Shen, X. (2019). Indications of ground-based electromagnetic observations to a possible lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere electromagnetic coupling before the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan MS 8.0 earthquake. Atmosphere, 10(7), 355. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10070355.
10. Li, M., Yao, L., Wang, Y. L., Parrot, M., Hayakawa, M., Lu, J., Tan, H. D., and Xie, T. (2019). Anomalous phenomena in DC–ULF geomagnetic daily variation registered three days before the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan MS 8.0 earthquake. Earth Planet. Phys., 3(4), 330–341. http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2019034.
11. Shi, P., Li, M.*, Li, Y., Liu, J., Shi, H., Xie, T., and Yue, C. (2019). A Taylor's power law in the Wenchuan earthquake sequence with fluctuation scaling. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1119–1127. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1119-2019.
