Qinya Liu
J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics
Department of Physics & Department of Earth Sciences
University of Toronto
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Research Group

 

Geophysics Seminar Schedule (2022-2023), 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020

 

Joubin-James Lectures and short courses (2018-2019)

 

Research Interests (primarily in Seismology)
  1. Numerical simulations of 3-D seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous/anisotropic medium based upon the spectral-element method (SEM).
  2. Full waveform inversions (adjoint tomography) based upon SEM simulations at both regional and continental scales, using earthquake data, ambinent-noise and teleseismic scattered waves.
  3. Nonlinear inversion/optimization methods; model resolution analysis.
  4. Acoustic Emission, microseismics and induced seismicity: event detection, source localization, source mechanism inversions.

 

Education/Experience
 Jun 2007 -- Aug 2008: Green Scholar (Postdoc), Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
 Jun 2006 -- May 2007: Assistant Scientist, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
 July 2000 -- May 2006: Ph. D. in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
   Advisor: Jeroen Tromp
   Thesis : Spectral-element Simulations of 3D Seismic Wave Propagation
                and Applications to Source and Structural Inversions
 July 1995 -- Jun 2000: B.S. in Geophysics, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Department of SCGY, University of Science and Technology of China, China

 

Current* and former group members (Computer Handbook, Research Handbook)

M.Sc. students: Alexandra Korolev (2022, now at ESG), Gang Yang (2021), Talha Quadri (2020, now at UFV), Mostafa Khorshidi (2019, Now at NWMO), Na Wang (2015), Lin Zheng (2013, Now at CGG), Mehdi (Sherveen) Ghofrani Tabar (2009)
Ph.D. students: Mohammad Hosein Khosravi (2023-)*, Nanqiao Du (2021-)*, Gang Yang (2021-)*, Ting Lei (2020-)*, Tianshi Liu (2018-)*, Afeez Popoola (2019-)*, Ramin Saleh*, Xin Song (2013-2019), Chuangxin Lin (2013-2019)
Postdocs: Ding Liang (2021-)*, Bin He (2020-2022, now at UTDallas), Kai Wang (2018-2019, now at USTC), Piero Basini (2012-2014, now at Total), Ping Tong (2012-2014, now at NTU)
Undergraduates: Jamie Chow (2024, USRA, ES thesis), Bahareh Doroudiani (2020, USRA), Lyndon Boone (2020, ES thesis), Jia Yoong Chong (2019, ES thesis), Yiru Zhou (2018, ES thesis), Shujuan Mao (2014, Mitacs), Qi Zhao (2012, thesis, now at HK Polytech U), Alex Bing (2010, EngSci thesis)

Visiting grad students: Kai Zhang (2022-2023), Yuanxie Lee (2021-2022), Rezvan Mortezanejad (2019-2020), Liang Ding (2018-2020), Shan Wu (2018), Chao Zhang (2016, now at Hohai), Changyi Yu (2016, now at TPEI), Qiang Zhang (2014-2016, now at IWHR), Felix Halpaap (2015), Jiupeng Hu (2015), Xueyuan Huang (2014, now at BTBU), Yunfeng Chen (2014, Now at ZJU)
Visiting scholars: Majid Bagheri (2019), Farzam Yamini Fard (2018), Langping Zhang (IES, CEA), Biao Guo (IG, CEA), Xueting Zhang (2013, HDU), Weifeng Yang (2013, CUMT), Shu-Huei Hung (all the time)