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Youyi Ruan
  • Career:  Associate professor Career:   副教授
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Personal Profile

Educational Background

2007 - 2012  Ph.D., Geophysics, Virginia Tech
2004 - 2007   M.S.,  Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China
1999 - 2003   B.S.,  Physics, Hubei University

Work Experience

2018 – Present     Associate Professor, Nanjing University

2026 (Aug – Nov) Visiting Professor, University College London

2014 – 2017  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton University

2012 – 2014  Departmental Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brown University

Academic Service

2026.08 -- Current  Handling Editor of Seismica

Research Interests

1. Computational Seismology:

2. Marine Geophysics:

3. Theoretical Seismology:


Teaching

Undergraduate Course:

·2026 Computational Geophysics and Inverse Theory

·2025 Computational Geophysics and Inverse Theory

·2024 Computational Geophysics ans Inverse Theory

·2023 Computational and Exploration Geophysics

·2022 Computational and Exploration Geophysics

·2021 Computational and Exploration Geophysics

·2020 Computational and Exploration Geophysics

·2019 Exploration Seismology

·2018 Exploration Seismology

Graduate Course:

·2024 Seismology

·2022 Seismology

·2021 Seismology

·2020 Seismology

·2019 Seismology


Research Projects

Publications

#Postdoc / * Student author  

[26] Li, C.*, J. Hammond, L. Wang, Y. Ruan, Post-eruptive transient velocity decrease inside the magma reservoir of Axial Seamount: Implications for magma mixing, Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2026GL124369, https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL124369.

[25] Zhao J., Q. Wang, Y. Ruan, W. Jiang, A. G. Webb (2025), Structure, Serpentinization and Seismic Reflectivity of the Crust-Mantle Boundary at Fast- and  Intermediate-Spreading Ridges, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025jb032120.

[24] Zhu, H., J. Wang, Y. Ruan, Q. Wang, G. Cheng, D. Tan, J. Yang, B. Shi (2025), Real-time campus resilience monitoring with distributed acoustic sensing: A case study, Sci China Tech Sci, 68: 2020704, doi: 10.1007/s11431-025-3030-7

[23] Wang, L.*, Q. Wang, Y. Ruan (2025), Monitoring Dynamic Magma Movement in the Lower Crust During the 2015 Eruption of Axial Seamount, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030481, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030481.

[22] Wang, Y.*, Y. Ruan (2025), Improving the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Single-Channel Earthquake Data with an Attention-Based UNet3+ and Phase-Difference Mask, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 63, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2025.3555661

[21] Jiang, W.#, Y. Ruan (2024), A progressive data assimilation strategy in full-waveform adjoint tomography, Exploration Geophysics, 55(2), 107-124.

[20] Deng X., Y. Xu, S. Hao, Y. Ruan, Y. Zhao, W. Wang, S. Ni, Z. Wu (2023), Compositional and thermal state of the lower mantle from joint 3D inversion with seismic tomography and mineral elasticity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (26), doi: 10.1073/pnas.2220178120.

[19] Shi, B.,B. Wang, C. Zhang, K. Gu, Y. Ruan,  G. Li, Q. Wang, G. Wei, D. Zhang, H. Zhu, G. Cheng, Y. Chen (2022),  Multi-physical distributed fiber optic observation in a 3211-m-deep  scientific borehole at Jiajika lithium mine, western Sichuan,  Chinese Science Bulletin, 67(23), 2719-2726, https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2021-1380.

[18] Xu, M., Yu, D., Huang, Z., Tong, P., Hao, S., Ruan, Y.,  & Han, C. (2022). Crustal and uppermost mantle heterogeneities  across the Ailaoshan Red River shear zone, SE Tibet: Implications for  Cenozoic magmatic activity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, doi:10.1029/2021JB023656

[17] Jiang W.#, C. Xi, W. Wang,Y. Ruan (2021), Time Window Selection of Seismic Signals for Waveform Inversion Based on Deep Learning, in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3076531.

[16] Zhang Z., B. Wei, Z. Shen, N. Wu, T. Wang, B. Wang, Y. Ruan (2020), Effects of the Hutubi underground gas storage in 2016 on the surrounding seismic activities, Chinese J. Geophys. 63 (9). doi:10.6038/cjg2020.

[15] Wenjie Lei, Youyi Ruan, Ebru Bozdağ, Daniel Peter, Matthieu Lefebvre, Dimitri Komatitsch, Jeroen Tromp, Judith Hill, Norbert Podhorszki, David Pugmire (2020), Global adjoint tomography—model GLAD-M25, Geophys. J. Int., 223, 1–21.

[14] Örsvuran, R., E. Bozdag, R. Modrak, W. Lei, and Y. Ruan (2020),  Double-difference measurements in global full-waveform inversions, Geophys. J. Int., 220, 661 - 680.

[13] Ruan Y.,  W. Lei, R. Modrak, R. Örsvuran, E. Bozdag, and J. Tromp  (2019),  Balancing unevenly distributed data in seismic tomography: a  global adjoint tomography example,  Geophys. J. Int.,  219, 1225-1236.

[12] Ruan Y.,  D. W. Forsyth, and S. W. Bell (2018), Shear Attenuation Beneath the  Juan de Fuca Plate: Implications for Mantle Flow and Dehydration, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 496, 189-197.

[11] Lefebvre M., Y. Chen, W. Lei, D. Luet, Y. Ruan,  E. Bozdag , J. Hill, D. Komatitsch, L. Krischer, D. Peter, N.  Podhorszki, J. Smith, and J. Tromp, Data and Workflow Challenges for  Exascale Global Adjoint Tomography, Exascale Scientific Applications: Programming Approaches for Scalability, Performance, and Portability, Eds. T. Straatsma, K. Antypas, and T. Williams, CRC Press, 2017.

[10] Kedar,  S., J. Andrade, B. Banerdt, P. Delage, M. Golombek, M. Grott, T.  Hudson, A. Kiely, M. Knappmeyer, B. Knapmeyer-Endrun, C. Krause, T.  Kawamura, P. Lognonne, T. Pike, Y. Ruan, T. Spohn, N. Teanby, J. Tromp, J. Wookey (2017), Analysis of regolith properties using seismic signals generated by InSight HP3 penetrator, Space Science Review, 211(10), 1-23.

[9] Bozdag, E., Y. Ruan,  N. Metthez, A. Khan, K. Leng, M. van Driel, C. Larmat, D. Giardini, J.  Tromp, P. Lognonne ́ and B. Banerdt (2017), Simulations of seismic wave propagation on Mars, Space Science Review, (3),1-24.

[8] Panning et al. (2016), Planned products of the Mars Structure Service for the InSight mission to Mars, Space Science Review, 211(1-4), 1-40.

[7] Bell, S., Y. Ruan, and D. W. Forsyth (2016), Ridge asymmetry and deep aqueous alteration at the trench observed from Rayleigh wave tomography of the Juan de Fuca plate, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth,121, 7298-7321.

[6] Krischer L., J. Smith, W. Lei, M. Lefebvre, Y. Ruan, E. S. Andrade, N. Podhorszki, E. Bozdag, and J. Tromp (2016), An Adaptable Seismic Data Format, Geophys. J. Int., 207, 1003-1011.

[5] Bell, S. W., Y. Ruan, and D. W. Forsyth (2015), Shear velocity structure of abyssal plain sediments in Cascadia, Seismol. Res. Lett., 86, 1247-1252.

[4] Bell, S. W., D. W. Forsyth, and Y. Ruan(2015), Removing noise from the vertical component records of ocean bottom seismometers: Results from year one of the Cascadia Initiative, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 105, doi: 10.1785/0120140054.

[3] Ruan Y.,  D. W. Forsyth and S. W. Bell (2014), Marine sediment shear velocity structure from the ratio of displacement to pressure of Rayleigh waves at seafloor, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 119, 6357-6371.

[2] Ruan Y., and Y. Zhou (2012), The effects of 3-D anelasticity (Q) structure on surface-wave amplitudes, Geophys. J. Int., 189, 967-983.

[1] Ruan Y., and Y. Zhou (2010), The effects of 3-D anelasticity (Q) structure on surface-wave phase delays, Geophys. J. Int., 181, 479-492.

Honors and Awards

Group

Group Members:

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Chao Li  Ph.D.(2020-)

Cheng Wang M.S. (2024-)

Yaofan Zhang  M.S.(2025-)

Zehao Wang  M.S.(2025-)

Zhimin Zhou B.S. (2023-)

Tianxiang Du B.S. (2024-)


Alumni:

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Piao Yang, M.S. 2026 (LMU /Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Shuang Sun, M.S. 2026 (PetroChina Shenzhen New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd)

Li Wang, Ph.D. 2025 (Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR)

Yazhuo Wang, M.S. 2025 (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 

Panpan Wu, M.S. 2025 (Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development Northwest Branch)

Zhouyuan Huang, M.S. 2024 (TP-Link Technologies Co.,Ltd.)

Kexin Zhang, B.S. 2023 (Yale University)

Chengpeng Xi, M.E. 2021 (Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co.Ltd)

Zhuoran Zhang, M.S. 2021 (Michigan State University)

Yuxuan Chen, B.S. 2020(Nanjing University)

Lun Zhang, B.S. 2019(UC Santa Barbara)

Kaiyue Zheng, B.S. 2019(Peking University)

Wenbin Jiang, Postdoc 2019-2020 (Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey)