Tectonics, geophysics, geodynamics, seismology, geology, and geochemistry, including the following. 

1. Global subduction thermal regime, petrological metamorphism and slab dehydration;

2. 3D numerical modeling and statistical seismology; 

3. Earthquake generation mechanism and stress field variation; 

4. Multi-means earthquake precursor observation and data analysis.

2010.04 - 2013.09, D. Sc., Geoscience, Kobe University, Japan

2005.09 - 2009.01, M. Sc., Solid Geophysics, Yunnan University, China

1996.09 - 2000.06, B. M., Hunan University, China

2021.12 - present, Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2021.06 - present, Doctorate Candidate Supervisor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2019.01 - 2021.03, Young Scholar, Center of Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2018.08 - 2021.12, Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

43. Feng, L., Zhu, W., Guan, Y., Fan, W., Ji, Y.* (2025). A new method for extracting geomagnetic perturbation anomalies preceding the M7.4 Maduo earthquake, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 359, 107305,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107305

42. Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Liu, L., Qu, R., Zhu, Y. (2025). High slab thermal gradient facilitates dehydration and megathrust ruptures in the Solomon Sea plate, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 279, 106467, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106467

41. Qu, R., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Zhu, Y., Faheem, H. (2025). Insights into the 3D thermal structure of interplate earthquakes in the Colombia–Ecuador subduction zone, Earth and Planetary Physics, 9(2), 279-288, http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2025009

40. Faheem, H., Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Qu., R., Zhu, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2025). Subduction thermal state, slab metamorphism and seismicity in the Makran subduction zone, Earth and Planetary Physics, 9(2), 266-278, http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2025004

39. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Faheem, H., Xie, C. (2024). Juxtaposed slab dehydration, decarbonation and seismotectonic variation beneath the Philippine subduction zone based on 3-D modeling. Scientific Reports, 14, 26966, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-76508-5 

38. Zhu, Y., Fan, W.*, Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Feng, L., Qu, R. (2024). Strong controlling effect of stress evolution on the 2022 Ms5.0 Honghe earthquake sequence. Tectonophysics, 884, 230401, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230401

37. Li, X., Qu, R., Ji, Y.*, Feng, L., Zhu, W., Zhu, Y., Liao, X., He, M., Feng, Z., Fan, W., He, C., Wang, W., Faheem, H. (2024). Geomagnetic disturbances and pulse amplitude anomalies preceding M>6 Earthquakes from 2021 to 2022 in Sichuan-Yunnan, China. Sensors, 24(13), 4280, https://doi.org/10.3390/s24134280

36. Li, X., Zhu, Y., Feng, L., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W. (2024). Electromagnetic short-term to imminent forecast indices for M≥5.5 earthquakes in the Gansu–Qinghai–Sichuan region of China. Sensors, 24(10), 3734, https://doi.org/10.3390/s24123734

35. Faheem, H., Li, X., Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Feng, L., Zhu, Y. (2024). Refinement of different frequency bands of geomagnetic vertical intensity polarization anomalies before M>5.5 earthquakes, Sensors, 24(10), 3240, https://doi.org/10.3390/s24103240

34. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y.*, Liu, L.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Xie, C., Faheem, H., Yoshioka, S., Ding, L. (2023). Heterogeneous slab thermal dehydration driving warm subduction zone earthquakes, Scientific Reports, 13, 21157, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48498-3

33. Qu, R., Ji, Y.*, Liu, L.*, Zhu, W., Zhu, Y., Xie, C., Yoshioka, S., Faheem, H., Ding, L. (2023). Variation in the thermal and dehydration regime below Central America: Insights for the seismogenic plate interface, iScience, 26(10), 107936, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107936

32. Fan, W., Zhu, Y., Ji, Y.*, Feng, L., Zhu, W., Qu, R. (2023). Present-day tectonic stress evolution in southern Yunnan based on focal mechanisms. Sensors, 23, 7406. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23177406

31. Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Liu, L., Qu, R., Zhu, Y., Xie, C., Ding, L. (2023). Reestimation of slab dehydration fronts in Kuril-Kamchatka using updated global subduction zone thermal structures, iScience, 26(8), 107288, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107288

30. Qu, R., Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Xie, C., Zeng, D., Zhang, F. (2023). Subduction thermal regime, petrological metamorphism and seismicity under the Mariana arc, Scientific Reports, 13, 1948, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29004-1

29. Bai, L.*, Liu, C., Ji, Y., Zhu, W. (2023). Infrasound waves and sulfur dioxide emissions caused by the 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption, Tonga, Frontiers in Earth Science, 11:1144496, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1144496

28. Gao, J., Zhu, Y., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Li, J., Xu, L., Xie, C. (2023). Low-indensity anomaly involving ML≥4 events preceding strong earthquakes in Tibet, Frontiers in Earth Science, 11:1043468, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1043468

27. Li, A., Xie, C.*, Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Xu, Y., Wang, G., Zhao, X. (2023). Stress inversion and fault instability in the source region of the 2021 MS5.0 Yingjiang earthquake, Applied Sciences-Basel, 13(2), 957, https://doi.org/10.3390/app13020957

26. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Xie, C., Zeng, D. (2023). Subduction hydrothermal regime and seismotectonic variation along Kermadec–Tonga megathrusts, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 243, 105532, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105532

25. Suenaga, N.*, Banay, Y.A., Yoshioka, S., Sato, K., Tanaka, M., Ji, Y. (2023). Spatiotemporal distributions of afterslip and locking on the plate interface associated with the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake using a 3-D temperature and strain rate-dependent heterogeneous viscosity model, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 334, 106901, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2022.106971

24. Qu, R., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Zhao, Y., Zhu, Y. (2022). Fast and slow earthquakes in Alaska: Implications from a three-dimensional thermal regime and slab metamorphism, Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 11139, https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/21/11139

23. Gesang, Z., Zhu, Y.*, Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Ciren, D., Xie, C. (2022). Responses of Water Temperature and Level to Large Earthquakes in Tibet. Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 11584, https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211584

22. Xie, C.*, Zhu, Y., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Xu, Y., Li, A. (2022). Coseismic stress change and viscoelastic relaxation after the 2008 great Sichuan earthquake. Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 9585, https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199585

21. Zhang, J., Zhu, Y.*, Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Gongqiu, Z., Xie, C. (2022). Earthquake risk probability evaluation for Najin Lhasa in southern Tibet. Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 9394, https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189394

20. Feng, L., Qu, R.*, Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Zhu, Y., Feng, Z.*, Fan, W., Guan, Y., Xie, C. (2022). Multistationary geomagnetic vertical intensity polarization anomalies for predicting M≥6 earthquakes in Qinghai, China. Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 8888, https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178888

19. Xie, C., Zhu, Y.*, Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R. (2022). Precursory tidal triggering of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku aftershocks. Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 8730, https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178730

18. Zhu, W., Ding, L., Ji, Y.*, Qu, R.*, Zhu, Y., Xie, C., Zeng, D. (2022). Subduction evolution controlled Himalayan orogenesis: Implications from 3-D subduction modeling, Applied Sciences-Basel, 12, 7413, https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157413

17. Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Qu, R.*, Xie, C.*, Zeng, D. (2022). Slab metamorphism and interface earthquakes in Peru: Implications from three-dimensional hydrothermal variation in subducted Nazca plate, Tectonophysics, 823, 229212, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229212

16. Zhu, W., Ji, Y.*, Qu, R.*, Xie, C.*, Yoshioka, S., Zeng, D. (2022). Thermal regime and slab dehydration beneath the Izu-Bonin arc: Implications for fast and slow subduction earthquakes. Terra Nova, 34, 2, 103–112, https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12568 (Cover image: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13653121/2022/34/2)

15. Ji, Y.*, Yan, R., Zeng, D., Xie, C.*, Zhu, W., Qu, R., Yoshioka, S. (2021). Slab dehydration in Sumatra: Implications for fast and slow earthquakes and arc magmatism, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(3), e2020GL090576, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090576

14. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S. (2021). Depth variation of seismic moment and recurrence interval in Japan, Geoscience Letters, 8, 4, http://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-020-00173-5

13. Qu, R., Ji, Y.*, Zhu, W.* (2021). Variations in wedge earthquake distribution along the strike underlain by thermally controlled hydrated megathrusts. Applied Sciences-Basel, 11, 7268, http://doi.org//10.3390/app11167268

12. Suenaga N.*, Yoshioka, S., Ji, Y. (2021). 3-D thermal regime and dehydration processes around the regions of slow earthquakes along the Ryukyu Trench, Scientific Reports, 11(1), 11251, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90199-2

11. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S., Manea, V., Manea, M., Suenaga, N. (2019). Three-dimensional thermal structure, metamorphism and seismicity beneath north-central Chile, Journal of Geodynamics, 129, 299–312, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2018.09.004

10. Suenaga N.*, Yoshioka, S., Matsumoto, T., Manea, V., Manea, M., Ji, Y. (2019). Two-dimensional thermal modeling of the Philippine Sea plate subduction in central Japan: Implications for gap of low-frequency earthquakes and tectonic tremors, Journal of Geophysical Research solid earth, 124, 6848-6865, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017068 

9. Suenaga, N., Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S. Feng, D.* (2018). Subduction thermal regime, slab dehydration, and seismicity distribution beneath Hikurangi based on 3D simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research solid earth, 123, 3080–3097, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB015382

8. Suenaga, N.*, Yoshioka, S., Matsumoto, T., Ji, Y.* (2018). Two-dimensional thermal modeling in southern Kyushu, Japan, Tectonophysics, 723, 288–296, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.12.017

7. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S., Manea, V.*, Manea, M. (2017). Seismogenesis of dual subduction beneath Kanto, central Japan controlled by fluid release, Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16864, http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16818-z

6. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S., Banay, Y. A. (2017). Thermal state, slab metamorphism and interface seismicity in the Cascadia subduction zone based on 3-D modeling: 3-D thermomechanical model for Cascadia, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 9242–9252, http://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074826

5. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S. (2017). Slab dehydration and earthquake distribution beneath southwestern and central Japan based on three-dimensional thermal modeling, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 2679–2686, http://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072295

4. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S., Manea, V. C., Manea, M., Matsumoto, T. (2017). Three-dimensional numerical modeling of thermal regime and slab dehydration beneath Kanto and Tohoku, Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research solid earth, 122, 332–353, http://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013230

3. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S., Matsumoto, T. (2016). Three-dimensional numerical modeling of temperature and mantle flow fields associated with subduction of the Philippine Sea plate, southwest Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research solid earth, 121, 4458–4482, http://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB012912

2. Ji, Y.*, Yoshioka, S. (2015). Effects of slab geometry and obliquity on the interplate thermal regime associated with the subduction of three-dimensionally curved oceanic plates. Geoscience Frontiers, 6, 61–78, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2014.04.011

1. Liu, X.*, Wang, Z., Ji, Y. (2015). Analysis of 4-component borehole strain observation based on strain invariant, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 57, 818–834, http:/doi.org/10.1002/cjg2.20145

28. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y. (2024). Heterogeneous thermal dehydration of subducted plate driving warm subduction zone earthquakes, SSS05-P17, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JPGU), Chiba, Japan 

27. Faheem, H., Ji, Y., Zhu, W., Qu, R., Zhu, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2024). Subduction thermal state, slab metamorphism and seismicity in Makran subduction zone, SMP21-05, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JPGU), Chiba, Japan

26. Ji, Y., Qu, R., Zhu, W. (2024). Fast and slow earthquakes in Alaska: Insights from three-dimensional thermal structure and slab dehydration, P97, Seismological Society of America 2024, Anchorage, USA.

25. Zhu, W., Ji, Y. (2024). Reestimated slab dehydration fronts in Kuril-Kamchatka using updated three-dimensional slab thermal structure, EGU24-4972, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria.

24. Ji, Y., Qu, R., Zhu, W. (2024). Subduction thermal structure and megathrust earthquakes under the Mariana arc, EGU24-7352, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria.

23. Zhu, W., Ji, Y. (2023). Reestimation of three-dimensional slab thermal structure in Peruvian subduction zone, T33C-0337, American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, USA.

22. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y. (2023). Subduction hydrothermal regime and seismotectonic variation along the Kermadec–Tonga megathrusts, S04-04, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ), Yokohama, Japan.

21. Qu, R., Ji, Y. (2023). Three-dimensional thermal structure and slow earthquake distribution in the Central American subduction zone, S07-11, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ), Yokohama, Japan.

20. Zhu, W., Kato, A., Ji, Y. (2023). Slow earthquake distribution and thermomechanical modeling in the Izu‒Bonin subduction zone, S09P-10, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ), Yokohama, Japan.

19. Faheem, H., Khattak, Z., Ji, Y., Zhu, W., Qu, R., Zhu, Y. (2023). Land use land cover changes (LULCC) analysis using geospatial data (2000-2020) in Karak Pakistan, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Zhuhai, China.

18. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y., Zhu, W., Qu, R. (2023). Thermal dehydration of inhomogeneous plates drives warm subduction zone earthquakes, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Zhuhai, China.

17. Qu, R., Ji, Y., Zhu, W., Zhu, Y. (2023). Numerical simulation of the deep mantle flow field in the eastern Himalayan tectonic syntaxis, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Zhuhai, China.

16. Zhu, Y., Ji, Y., Zhu, W., Qu, R. (2023). The Kermadec-Tonga subduction hydrothermal system and seismotectonic variations, S15-P-2S, Conference on Earth System Science (CESS), Shanghai, China. 

15. Qu, R.,Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Xie, Z., Zeng, D., Zhang, F. (2023). Temperature structure, lithologic phase transformations, and seismicity of the subducting plate beneath the Mariana Island Arc, S20-P-1S, Conference on Earth System Science (CESS), Shanghai, China. 

14. Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Qu, R., Zhu, Y. (2023). Cold nose extent and depth of plate-mantle decoupling in the Izu-Ogasawara subduction zone, S17-O-18, Conference on Earth System Science (CESS), Shanghai, China. 

13. Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2023). Thermal regime and slab dehydration beneath the Izu-Bonin arc: Implications for fast and slow subduction earthquakes, SCG45-26, Japan Geoscience Union (JPGU), Chiba, Japan.

12. Zhu, Y., Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Qu, R. (2022). Seismic moment-recurrence interval distribution and aftershock regression for the clustered events observed beneath Japan, Seismological and Geomagnetic Observation and Research, 43(S1): 250-252.

11. Qu, R., Ji, Y., Zhu, W., Zhu, Y. (2022). Seismicity and mantle flow field in the Eastern Himalayan tectonic syntaxis, Seismological and Geomagnetic Observation and Research, 43(S1): 7-9.

10. Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Qu, R., Zhu, Y. (2022). Three-dimensional Himalayan uplift processes and their dynamics, Seismological and Geomagnetic Observation and Research, 43(S1): 46-48.

9. Qu, R., Ji, Y., Zhu, W. (2021). Three-dimensional subduction temperature field, rock phase transition, and seismic distribution in the Alaskan subduction zone, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Zhuhai, China.

8. Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Qu, R. (2021). Three-dimensional subduction temperature field, plate dehydration and rock phase transition in the Izu-Bonin subduction zone, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU), Zhuhai, China.

7. Zhu, W., Ji, Y., Qu, R. (2021). Sumatran subduction temperature field, rock phase transition and seismic distribution, S33-P-01, Conference on Earth System Science (CESS), Shanghai, China. 

6. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2017). Interplate thermal regime and slab dehydration at the source region of episodic tremor and slow slip events in the Cascadia subduction zone, J06-4-04, IAG-IASPEI 2017, Kobe, Japan.

5. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2017). Thermal regime and slab dehydration in the subducted Juan de Fuca plate beneath the Cascadia subduction zone based on 3D numerical simulation, SSS04-P63, JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan

4. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2016). Thermal regime, slab dehydration and seismicity distribution beneath the Hikurangi subduction zone based on 3D simulation, T21C-2834, American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, USA.

3. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S., (2016) Slab dehydration, thermal regime, the distribution of tectonic tremors and seismicity beneath Hikurangi, S05-02, Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ), Aichi, Japan.

2. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S., Matsumoto, T. (2016) Three-dimensional numerical modeling for subduction thermal regime, slab dehydration, and mantle flow beneath Kanto to Tohoku, Japan, S-CG57-08, Japan Geoscience Union (JPGU), Chiba, Japan.

1. Ji, Y., Yoshioka, S. (2016) Seismic distribution and dehydration of MORB associated with subduction of the Pacific and the Philippine Sea plates beneath the Tohoku and Kanto districts, Japan, W-61, AGU Chapman Conference on the Slow Slip Phenomena, Ixtapa, Mexico.

Ph.D. students: Weiling ZHU, 2022.09-2025.3; Rui QU, 2023.09-present; Haris FAHEEM, 2023.09-present; Fitriani FITRIANI, 2024.09-present.

Master students: Rui QU, 2020.09-2023.06; Ye ZHU, 2022.09-present; Waqar AHMED, 2023.09-present; Jun YANG, 2024.09-present.

The following honors (or fellowships) have been awarded to the students from our lab.

1. Excellent undergraduate thesis award of Yunnan University (Zhu Y., May 2022) 

2. National scholarship for graduates (Qu R., Dec. 2022) 

3. Merit student of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhu Y., May 2023) 

4. Outstanding graduate leaders of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhu W., May 2023)

5. Visiting Ph.D. student to Earthquake Research Institute (ERI) the University of Tokyo (Zhu W., Oct.-Nov. 2023) 

6. Province-level outstanding master degree thesis award (Zhu W., Dec. 2023) 

7. Visiting Ph.D. student to Kobe University (Qu R., Feb.-Mar. 2024) 

8. National scholarship for graduates (Zhu Y., Dec. 2024) 

9. Visiting Ph.D. student to Kobe University (Faheem H., Feb.-Mar. 2025)

10. Visiting Ph.D. student to Kobe University (Fitriani, Feb.-Mar. 2025)

1. The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program subtheme "Simulation of collision uplift mechanisms and environmental impacts" (2019QZKK0708), 8,010,000 CNY, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019-2026, host;

2. CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program, 3,900,000 CNY, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020-2025, host.

The international master/doctorate program is research-oriented, allowing students to specialize in the numerical simulation for various geodynamic processes. This is a master/doctorate program of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) executed at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. If you are interested in this program please feel free to contact me (yingfengji@itpcas.ac.cn) for more details.