Areas of Focus
- Natural seismic cycle deformation
- Active tectonic deformation
- Fault multi-scale deformation and mechanisms
- Lithospheric rheology
- Fault interseismic locking coupling
- InSAR wide-area deformation data processing
Work Experience
- 2023-Present Nanjing University, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Full-time Research, Contact Professors: Qin Wang and Huihui Weng
- 2021-2023 Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Xinjian Shan
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2015-2021 PhD in Solid Earth Geophysics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Supervisor: Chunyan Qu
- 2018-2019 Joint training at University of California, Berkeley, Supervisor: Professor Roland Burgmann
- 2011-2015 Bachelor in Geomatics Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China)
Publications
- An Updated Fault Coupling Model Along Major Block‐Bounding Faults on the Eastern and Northeastern Tibetan Plateau From a Stress‐Constrained Inversion of GPS and InSAR Data, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Shan, X., Gong, W., Weng, H., Chen, H., & Wu, D., 2024
- Large-Scale Crustal Deformation, Slip-Rate Variation, and Strain Distribution Along the Kunlun Fault (Tibet) From Sentinel-1 InSAR Observations (2015-2020), Zhao, D., Qu, C., Bürgmann, R., Gong, W., Shan, X., Qiao, X., et al., 2022
- Characterizing Deep, Shallow, and Surface Fault Zone Deformation of the 2021 Mw 7.4 Maduo, China, Earthquake, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Bürgmann, R., & Shan, X., 2024
- Transient fault creep on the Xidatan (Tibet) fault driven by viscoelastic relaxation following the 2001 Kokoxili earthquake, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Shan, X., Bürgmann, R., Chen, H., Materna, K., 2023
- Post-seismic deformation of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake reveals a misaligned rheological boundary in the lower crust along the eastern Tibetan Plateau margin, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Bürgmann, R., Shan, X., Chen, H., Wu, D., & Gong, W., 2023
- Relaxation of Tibetan lower crust and afterslip driven by the 2001 Mw7. 8 Kokoxili, China, earthquake constrained by a decade of geodetic measurements, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Bürgmann, R., Gong, W., & Shan, X., 2021
- Tectonic and Geometric Control on Fault Kinematics of the 2021 Mw7. 3 Maduo (China) Earthquake Inferred From Interseismic, Coseismic, and Postseismic InSAR Observations, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Chen, H., Shan, X., Song, X., & Gong, W., 2021
- Multifault complex rupture and afterslip associated with the 2018 Mw 6.4 Hualien earthquake in northeastern Taiwan, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Shan, X., Bürgmann, R., Gong, W., Tung, H., et al., 2021
- New insights into the 2010 Yushu Mw6. 9 mainshock and Mw5. 8 aftershock, China, from InSAR observations and inversion, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Shan, X., Gong, W., Zhang, G., & Song, X., 2019
- InSAR and GPS derived coseismic deformation and fault model of the 2017 Ms7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake in the Northeast Bayanhar block, Zhao, D.Z., Qu, C.Y., Shan, X.J., Gong, W.Y., Zhang, Y.F., Zhang, G.H., 2018
- Broadscale postseismic deformation and lower crustal relaxation in the central Bayankala Block (central Tibetan Plateau) observed using InSAR data, Zhao, D.Z., Qu, C.Y., Shan, X.J., Zuo, R.H., Liu, Y.H., Gong, W.Y., Zhang, G.H., 2018
- Spatiotemporal evolution of postseismic deformation following the 2001 Mw7. 8 Kokoxili, China, earthquake from 7 years of InSAR observations, Zhao, D., Qu, C., Shan, X., Bürgmann, R., Gong, W., & Zhang, G., 2018
- 基于InSAR技术的同震形变获取、地震应急监测和发震构造研究应用进展, 赵德政, 屈春燕, 张桂芳, 龚文瑜, 单新建, 朱传华, 张国宏, 宋小刚, 2023
- 2001 年 M W 7.8 昆仑山地震震后形变观测, 机制与青藏高原中北部岩石圈流变: 认识与挑战, 赵德政, 屈春燕, 单新建, 张国宏, 李彦川, 龚文瑜, & 宋小刚, 2021
- 2001年昆仑山地震同震—震后效应与2021年玛多地震关系探讨, 屈春燕, 赵德政*（通讯作者）, 单新建, 岳冲, 陈晗, 吴东霖, 刘恋, 张国宏, 2023
- Coseismic Slip Model of the 2022 Mw 6.7 Luding (Tibet) Earthquake: Pre‐and Post‐Earthquake Interactions With Surrounding Major Faults, Li, Y., Zhao, D., Shan, X., Gao, Z., Huang, X., & Gong, W., 2022
- Fault geometry and low frictional control of the near-field postseismic deformation of the 2021 Mw 7.3 Maduo earthquake, Zhao, L., Xu, W., Xie, L., Zhao, D., Zhu, Z., Wu, P., & Guo, H., 2023
- InSAR Observations Reveal Variations in Shallow Creep on the Kangding Segment of the Xianshuihe Fault, Huang, X., Li, Y., Shan, X., Zhao, D., Gao, Z., Gong, W., & Qu, C., 2023
- InSAR-derived present-day crustal movement of Daliangshan on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, Gong, W., Song, X., Zhang, Y., Hua, J., Sun, H., Zhao, D., Zhu, C., & Shan, X., 2023
- 3-D coseismic displacement mapping of the 2015 Mw7. 8 Gorkha earthquake using multi-viewed InSAR, Chen, H., Qu, C., Zhao,
Awards
- Top Downloaded Article at JGR: Solid Earth (2022)
- Outstanding Young Scientific Achievement Award, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (2022)
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Geophysical Society (2022)
- National Scholarship, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (2021)
- First Class Academic Scholarship, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (2 times)
- Outstanding Student Paper Award at the Chinese Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (2017, 2020)
- Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, Chinese Society of Surveying and Mapping (2019, ranked 10/10)
- Outstanding Graduate, China University of Petroleum (East China) (2015)
- National Scholarship, China University of Petroleum (East China) (2014)
- National Inspirational Scholarship, China University of Petroleum (East China) (2013)
- Second Prize in the Shandong Regional National College Student Mathematics Modeling Contest (2013)
- National Inspirational Scholarship, China University of Petroleum (East China) (2012)
