Zhe Jia

Zhe  Jia
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences

Office: ROC
Mailcode: R2200

I am interested in using multi-geophysical data and modeling to understand earthquakes’ mechanisms and their related hazards. My team studies earthquakes from shallow, intermediate-, to deep depths, from continental fault systems to subduction zones, from tectonic to induced seismic events. Through careful analyses on a number of global large events, I discovered that many earthquakes happen as a series of ruptures spanning multiple faults in distinct episodes, rather than (as was previously assumed) a smooth unzipping of a planar fault.

My current research keeps untangling these enigmatic earthquake behaviors, and understanding their relationship with potentially controlling factors, including fault geometry, stress interactions, structural heterogeneities, regional tectonics, and fluids. I use an integrated research framework that covers 1) inversions of earthquake source processes using seismic and geodetic data, 2) numerical/dynamic models that interpret earthquake behaviors, and 3) quantitative assessment of seismic hazards using state-of-the-art earthquake source and Earth’s structural models. I also adopt new technologies including machine learning and distributed acoustic sensing.

I am actively looking for motivated students, postdocs, and visiting scholars, and there are co-advising opportunities! Please feel free to contact me to discuss research and applications.

See more on my personal website: https://jiazhe868.github.io/

Areas of Expertise

Earthquake source complexities and their controlling factors, seismic and tsunami hazards, subduction process, injection-induced seismicity, dense seismic/geodetic arrays. See more on my personal website: