Dr Zhi Wei

• I simulate coda-correlation wavefield and calculate the sensitivity kernels of the features in the coda-correlation wavefield.
• I apply ambient noise full-waveform inversion to image the 3-D S-wave velocity of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Macquarie Ridge Complex using OBS data.
• I have been working on building high-resolution 3-D seismic velocity models for the lithosphere of the Sichuan-Yunnan region (China) using adjoint tomography method since 2020.
• Developing 3-D velocity models for the uppermost mantle beneath the Australian continent and lithosphere of the Sichuan-Yunnan region based on the ray-based method.
• Numerical simulation of the high-frequency ground motion caused by earthquakes in the Sichuan-Yunnan region and Australian continent.
• Imaging the crustal Lg-wave attenuation of the Australian continent and Sichuan-Yunnan region.
• Exploring the seismic characteristics of some special earthquakes such as the earthquakes caused by the 15 February 2013 bolide explosion in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and the nuclear explosion in North Korea.

Education

• Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

         Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics                     Sept/2013-June/2018

         Thesis: S-wave velocity structure of the uppermost mantle and crustal Lg-wave attenuation beneath the Australian continent

• Australian National University  

         Visiting Student                                     Sept/2016 - Oct/2017

• China University of Mining and Technology

         Bachelor of Science in Geophysics                      Sept/2009 - June/2013

         Thesis: Characteristics of reverse vertical seismic profile of karst collapse column

Academic Position

• Peking University     

          Postdoc                                            July/2018 -Dec/2022

• Australian National University

          Postdoc                                            Feb/2023 - present

Funds

• ANU Early Career Researcher Travel Grant (Grant: Q4706011)
• The 3-D S-wave attenuation model of the uppermost mantle beneath the Sichuan-Yunnan region. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant:41904043, 2019-2022). (PI)
• The high-frequency ground motion induced by earthquakes in the Sichuan-Yunnan region. The 65th China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019-2020). (PI)

Teaching Experience

• Software Training Courses, such as Obspy, GMT, SAC, and Shell (2018-2021)
• English Presentation for Geophysical Research, TA (2019)
• Global Seismology, TA (2018)

Journal Articles

• Wei, Z., Wang, S., Tkalčić, H., et al. 2024. Sensitivity Kernels of Features in Coda-Correlation Wavefield. In preparation.
• Wei, Z., Zhao, L., Tkalčić, H., et al. 2024. Adjoint Tomography of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath the Yunnan Region (China). In preparation.

• Wei, Z., Tkalčić, H., Pham, T-S., et al. 2024.The Central Macquarie Ridge Complex in 3D From Full-waveform Ambient Noise Tomography. ESS Open Archive. doi: 22541/essoar.171838416.63873305/v1
• Wei, Z., & Zhao, L. ^*, 2022. P-wave Velocity Structure of the Lower Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath the Sichuan-Yunnan (China) Region. Seismological Research Letters, 93 (4): 2161-2175, doi:1785/0220210357.
• Wei, Z., & Zhao, L. ^*, 2019. Lg-Q model and its implication on high-frequency ground motion for earthquakes in the Sichuan and Yunnan region. Earth and Planetary Physics,3(6), 526-536, doi: 26464/epp2019054.
• Wei, Z., Zhao, L. F. ^*, Xie, X. B., Hao, J. L., & Yao, Z. X., 2018. Seismic characteristics of the 15 February 2013 bolide explosion in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Earth and Planetary Physics, 2(5), 420-429， doi: 26464/epp2018039.
• Wei, Z. ^*, Kennett, B. L. N., & Sun, W. J., 2018. Sn-wave velocity structure of the uppermost mantle beneath the Australian continent. Geophysical Journal International, 213(3), 2071-2084, doi: 1093/gji/ggy109.
• Wei, Z. ^*, Kennett, B. L. N., & Zhao, L. F., 2017. Lg-wave attenuation in the Australian crust. Tectonophysics, 717, 413-424, doi: 1016/j.tecto.2017.08.022.
• Kennett, B. L. N. ^*, & Wei, Z., 2017. High-frequency ground motion from Australian earthquakes. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64(6): 769-777, doi: 1080/08120099.2017.1364294.
• Liang, X. F. ^*, Tian, X. B., …, Wei Z., ... & Wang, G. C., 2016. SANDWICH: a 2D broadband seismic array in central Tibet. Seismological Research Letters, 87(4), 864-873, doi: 1785/0220150243