Research fields

Seismology, Deep interior of Earth and Planets

Education

2003/8 - 2009/6，California Institute of Technology, Ph.D in Geophysics

1995/9 - 2000/6，University of Science and Technology of China, B.S. in Geophysics

Employment

2014/8-present, University of Science and Technology of China, Professor

2012/1-2014/7, University of Southern California, Postdoc

2010/1-2011/12, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Major publications

1.     Jia, X., and D.Sun (2021). Imaging the crustal interfaces along the Ryukyu arc-trough system using precursors to teleseismic sP and pP. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020413.

2.      Garcia, R. F., et al. (2019), Lunar Seismology: An Update on Interior Structure Models, Space Science Reviews, 215(8), doi:10.1007/s11214-019-0613-y.

3.      Zhang, M., D. Sun, Y. Wang, and Z. Wu (2019), Fine Structure of the 660-km Discontinuity Beneath Southeastern China, Geophysical Research Letters, 46(13), 7304-7314, doi:10.1029/2019gl082639.

4.      Zhang, G., J. Lei, and D. Sun (2019), The 2013 and 2017 Ms 5 Seismic Swarms in Jilin, NEChina: Fluid-Triggered Earthquakes?, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, doi:10.1029/2019jb018649.

5.      Sun, D., D. Helmberger, V. H. Lai, M. Gurnis, J. M. Jackson, and H. Y. Yang (2019), Slab Control on the Northeastern Edge of the Mid-Pacific LLSVP Near Hawaii, Geophysical Research Letters, 46(6), 3142-3152, doi:10.1029/2018gl081130.