Dr. Hejun Zhu
Associate Professor of Geophysics
Department of Geosciences, ROC21
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Rd
Richardson, TX, 75080-3021
Email: hejun.zhu@utdallas.edu
Tel: 972-882-2810
Fax: 972-883-2537
Education:
2008-2013 Ph.D. in Geophysics
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, NJ, USA
Advisor: Prof. Jeroen Tromp
2005-2008 M.S. in Geophysics
Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Advisor: Prof. Xiaofei Chen
2001-2005 B.S. in Geosciences
Department of Earth Sciences, Sun-Yet sen University, Guangzhou, China
Advisor: Prof. Xiaofei Chen
Academic Positions:
2023 Visiting Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
2022 Visiting Professor
Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2021-present Associate Professor of Geophysics
Department of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA
Department of Physics (Affiliated), The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA
2015-2021 Assistant Professor of Geophysics
Department of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA
2013-2015 Jackson School Distinguished Postdoc fellow
Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
Advisors: Prof. Sergey Fomel, Prof. Omar Ghattas, Prof. Mrinal Sen and Prof. Steve Grand
Research Interests:
Earth Structure
Environmental Seismology
Earthquake Physics
Awards:
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2023
Earthquake Research Institute long-term visiting associate professor, 2022
National Science Foundation CAREER award, 2021
J. Clarence Karcher award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2019
Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Referring- Geophysical Research Letters, 2019
Best poster paper presented by a student at the annual SEG meeting (coauthor), 2015
Jackson School Distinguished Postdoctoral fellowship, 2013
Chinese government award for outstanding self-financed students abroad, 2012
University fellowship for the first year graduate students, Princeton University, 2008-2009
Memberships:
American Geophysical Union
European Geosciences Union
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Geological Society of America
Service:
Associate Editor of Geophysics since 2019
Associate Editor of Scientific Report since 2022
Member of Research Committee of SEG since 2020
Representative of UTD for Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) since 2019