Mantle Dynamics & Evolution

Faculty

	Thorsten Becker mantle convection; plate tectonics; structural seismology; numerical modeling; earthquakes; fluid dynamics
	Chenguang Sun Deep volatile cycling; magmatic and metamorphic processes; planetary differentiation and habitability

Research Faculty

	Xuesong Ding Basin stratigraphic modeling; Landscape evolution modeling; Tectonic geomorphology;
	Brent Elliott
	Krista M Soderlund Astrobiology, Cryosphere, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Planetary Science

Emeritus

	Stephen P Grand Seismic imaging of Earth's mantle, tomography, dynamics of flow in the mantle, regional seismic studies
	Douglas Smith Research on mantle evolution using tools of mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry.

Postdocs

	Duyi Li
	Shuo Zhang

Research Staff

Lijing Yao