Research interests
Optical fiber sensing; Ocean acoustics and tomography; Geothermal heat flow; Antarctic ice sheet; Subduction zones; Seismic ambient noise; Seismic tomography;
News
I’m actively looking for a faculty position.
2024
- Dec 10: I will attend AGU with two presentations.
- Oct 7: I attended SSA Photonic Seismology with three presentations.
- Jun 22: Mike and I published a paper on GJI: Applying Machine Learning to Characterize and Transport the Relationship Between Seismic Structure and Surface Heat Flux.
2023
- Dec 10: I attended AGU with two presentations.
- Nov 29: I gave a Brownbag seminar at Caltech SeismoLab.
- Oct 9: I started my postdoc at Caltech.
- July 7: Mike and I submitted a preprint to EarthArXiV: Transporting Heat Flux From the US and Europe to Antarctica Guided by Regional Seismic Structure.
- July 6: I defended my PhD.
- June 13: Mike and I submitted a preprint to EarthArXiV: Applying Machine Learning to Characterize and Transport the Relationship Between Seismic Structure and Surface Heat Flux.
Employment & Education
- 2023–present, Postdoc, Caltech (Hosts: Zhongwen Zhan and Jörn Callies)
- 2023, Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Colorado Boulder (Advisor: Michael Ritzwoller)
- 2017, B.S., Geophysics, Wuhan University (Advisor: Xiaodong Song)
Publication
Shane Zhang and Michael H Ritzwoller. Applying Machine Learning to Charac- terize and Extrapolate the Relationship between Seismic Structure and Surface Heat Flow. Geophysical Journal International, 2024. (PDF)
Mengyu Wu, Hongda Wang, Shane Zhang, and M. H Ritzwoller. Plate Age and Uppermost Mantle Structure Across the Juan De Fuca and Gorda Plates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2023. (PDF)
Chuanming Liu, Shane Zhang, Anne F. Sheehan, and Michael H. Ritzwoller. Surface Wave Isotropic and Azimuthally Anisotropic Dispersion across Alaska and the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2022. (PDF)
Shane Zhang, Hongda Wang, Mengyu Wu, and Michael H Ritzwoller. Isotropic and Azimuthally Anisotropic Rayleigh Wave Dispersion across the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Plates and U.S. Cascadia from Earthquake Data and Ambient Noise Two- and Three-Station Interferometry. Geophysical Journal International, 2021. (PDF)
Shane Zhang, Lili Feng, and Michael H. Ritzwoller. Three-Station Interferometry and Tomography: Coda versus Direct Waves. Geophysical Journal International, 2020. (PDF)
Martin van Driel et al. Preparing for InSight: Evaluation of the Blind Test for Martian Seismicity. Seismological Research Letters, 2019. (PDF)
Software
- ThreeStation: Seismic Ambient Noise Three-Station Interferometry
- Tutorials on Python, ObsPy