Professor | Benjun Wu | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Benjun Wu
Contact Information	benjunwu@nju.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Jiangsu

Name

Benjun Wu

Contact Information

benjunwu@nju.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
Faculty	Earth sciences
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
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

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

School of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Faculty

Earth sciences

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

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

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
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

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

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

Subduction Mantle Dynamics Plate Tectonics Deep Earth Mars Geodynamics Machine Learning Physical Modelling Earth Structure Geophysics Geodynamics

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