Areas of Focus
- Subduction processes
- Dynamics of the Earth's Mantle
- Plate tectonics on the early Earth
- The structure of the deep Earth's interior
- The internal structure and geodynamics of Mars
- Integration of machine learning and physical modelling
Work Experience
- 2013 – now, Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University
- 2011 – 2013, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 – 2011 Ph.D: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
- 2003 – 2006 M.Sc.: Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University
- 1999 – 2003 B.Sc.: Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University
Publications
- Rayleigh wave tomography of central and southern Mongolia, X. Wang, H. Wu, H. Wang, Benjun Wu*, Z. Huang*, 2022
- Settling of Immiscible Droplets: A Theoretical Model for the Missing Link Between Microscopic and Outcrop Observations, Z. Zhang, Benjun Wu, T. Wang, H. Hui*, 2020
- Subducting slab morphology and mantle transition zone upwelling in double-slab subduction models with inward-dipping directions, T. Lyu, Z. Zhu, Benjun Wu*, 2019
- Simulation of core phases from coda interferometry, Benjun Wu, H. H. Xia, T. Wang*, X. Shi, 2018
- A Statistical Boundary Layer Model for the Mantle D Region, Benjun Wu, P. Driscoll, P. Olson, 2011
- Shear-driven upwelling induced by lateral viscosity variations and asthenospheric shear: A mechanism for intraplate volcanism, C. P. Conrad*, Benjun Wu, E. I. Smith, T. A. Bianco, A. Tibbetts, 2010
- Reconciling strong slab pull and weak plate bending: The plate motion constraint on the strength of mantle slabs, Benjun Wu, C. P. Conrad*, A. Heuret, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, S. Lallemand, 2008
