Professor of Geophysics
USTC President’s Representative – North America
Director of Geophysical Research Institute, USTC
Email: jzhang25@ustc.edu.cn
Phone: (86)-551-63606113
Office: Room 1123, School of Earth and Space Sciences

Education:
1986: BS in Geophysics from USTC
1991: MS in Geophysics from Penn State
1996: PhD in Geophysics from MIT 

Awards:
1994: United States EPA: STAR Award
1995: United States NSF: Antarctica Service Award
1996: P.N.R.A.(Italy): Antarctica Expedition Medal
2012: Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG): 
　　　 Reginald Fessenden Award
2015: Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG):
　　　 Best Educator Award
2015: Ranked 1st among 100 Most Creative People in China
　　　 by US magazine “Fast Company”
2016: SEG Honorary Lecturer in South and East Asia

Work Experience: 
Previously worked at Shell, USGS, Blackhawk Geometrics, developing and applying geophysical imaging technologies for scientific research and for oil and gas exploration. 
1998: Founded GeoTomo in Louisville, CO.
1999: Founded Miles Medical in Beijing and San Francisco, CA.
2009-2011: Teaching at MIT and Stanford.
2011-Present: Returned to China and joined USTC.
2016: Founded Cello Therapeutics Inc. in San Diego, CA.

Society and Committee: 
2010-2014: Board Director, SEG Global
2011-2013: Chairman, SEG China Advisory Committee
2011-2015: Member, MIT Visiting Committee
2015-2017: Vice President, SEG

Graduate Courses Taught:
At MIT:　　  12.571 – Near-Surface Geophysical Imaging
At Stanford:  GEOPHYS 242 – Near-Surface Geophysical Imaging
At USTC:　  GP15217 – Near-Surface Geophysical Imaging
　　　　  　 GP15200 – Advanced Geophysics

Research Interests:
Near surface geophysics, full waveform inversion, joint inversion,
real-time earthquake monitoring, geophysics search engine. 

Publication and Patents

Links: 

Interdisciplinary Research Team on Geophysical Studies

Graduate Students

Undrgraduate Students

Stanford-USTC-MIT (SUM) Geophysics Student Camp