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Earth and Space Sciences

  • Xiaodong Ma

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    Xiaodong Ma, PhD Geomechanics Lab Homepage: https://ess.ustc.edu.cn/2022/1216/c32208a588685/page.htm Email: maxiaodong@ustc.edu.cn Biography: Dr. Xiaodong Ma conducted research and teaching at Stanford University and ETH Zürich. He is a lifetime member and Future Leader of American Rock Mechanics Association, and received its inaugural Distinguished Service Award. He currently leads international collaborative projects in Europe, China and North America.…

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  • Yujie Wang

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    Yujie Wang, Professor Lab of Plant Ecophysiology and Earth System Modeling (USTC-Emerald) Homepage: http://team.ustc.edu.cn/emerald/en/index.htm Email: wyujie@ustc.edu.cn Biography: Yujie graduated from the University of Utah in 2019, started his postdoctoral career in the California Institute of Technology in 2020, and was appointed as a research scientist in 2022. He came back to USTC in early 2025…

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  • Xing Meng

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    Xing Meng, Professor Ionospheric Physics Homepage: https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/xingmeng/en Email: xingmeng@ustc.edu.cn Biography: Professor Xing Meng earned her PhD from the University of Michigan and is a former NASA scientist. She is the lead architect and developer of WP-GITM, an open-source tsunami/earthquake-ionospheric model. She is the recipient of several NASA awards, including the prestigious NASA Early Career Achievement…

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  • Yamei LI

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    Yamei LI, Professor Lab Name: Mineral catalysis and organic evolution laboratory Homepage: https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/liyamei/zh_CN/index.htm Email: yamei.li@ustc.edu.cn Biography: Dr. Yamei Li is currently a professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. She has long been dedicated to experimental research on the evolution of organic matter in carbonaceous meteorites…

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  • Rajkumar Hajra

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    Rajkumar Hajra, Specially Appointed Professor Lab Name: CAS Key Lab of Geospace Environment Homepage: Email: rhajra@ustc.edu.cn Biography: I received PhD in space science from the University of Calcutta, India. I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Brazil, the Arecibo Observatory, USA, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique…

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  • Zhongwen Bao

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    Zhongwen Bao, Prof. Dr. Environmental Geochemistry Homepage: Email: zwbao@aiofm.ac.cn Biography: I obtained my PhD degree in Geoscience in 2017 at the University of Tübingen, Germany. From 2017-2023, I conducted a comprehensive research program involving hydrology, geochemistry, mineralogy, X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, and modelling to understand controls on the release of metal(loid)s at one of the…

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  • Yi-Xiang Chen

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    Yi-Xiang Chen, Professor LA-(MC)-ICPMS Lab Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yi_Xiang_Chen Email: yxchen07@ustc.edu.cn Biography: I am a geochemist and got my Bachelor and Ph.D from USTC. I have published 92 papers in the leading journals, and have a wide cooperations with the scientists from Europe, US, and Japan. I received the Excellent Young Scientist Grant of NSFC in 2016,…

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  • Gaopeng Lu

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    Gaopeng Lu (GP), Prof.&Dr. Lab of Atmospheric Electricity and Application of Lightning Detection Homepage: https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/lugaopeng/en/index.htm Email: gaopenglu@gmail.com Biography: Graduated from USTC in 2003, and earned PhD degree in Physics from New Mexico Tech. Published over 100 papers on peer-reviewed journals. Since early 2034, serve as Associate Editor for the comprehensive geoscientific journal Earth and Space…

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  • Fang Huang

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    Fang Huang, Professor Metal Stable Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory Homepage http://metalisotopes.ustc.edu.cn Email: fhuang@ustc.edu.cn Biography: He earned his B.S. and M.S. at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in the United States (UIUC). He then completed postdoctoral research at UIUC and ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Currently, he…

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  • Lu Pan

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    Lu Pan, Professor Planetary Surface Processes Laboratory Homepage https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/panlu/ Email: panlu@ustc.edu.cn Biography: Motivated by fundamental questions about how planets evolve and become habitable, my research focuses on analyzing planetary surfaces using remote sensing data. My work spans a broad range of topics, including stratigraphy, aqueous environments, crustal structures, and early impact records on Mars. Research…

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