Research fields

Geodynamics

Education

B.S. 2002 Univ. Science and Technology of China

M.S. 2005 Univ. Science and Technology of China

Ph.D. 2010 Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Employment

Postdoc 2010-2012 Caltech

Professor 2012-Present Univ. of Science and Technology of China

Major publications

(1) Huang, C.; Leng, W.*; Wu, Z.; The continually stable subduction, iron-spin transition and the formation of LLSVPs from subducted oceanic crust, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 2020, 125.

(2) Liu, H.; Leng, W.*; Plume-tree structure induced by low-viscosity layers in the upper mantle, Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, 47(e2019GL086508)

(3) Liu, H.; Wang, W.; Jia, X.; Leng, W.*; Wu, Z.; Sun, D., The combined effects of post-spinel and post-garnet phase transitions on mantle plume dynamics , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018, 496:80-88.

(4) Liu, H.; Chen, F.; Leng, W.*; Zhang, H.; Xu, Y., Crustal footprint of the Hainan plume beneath southeast China, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 2018, 123(4): 3065-3079.

(5). Leng, W.*, and Gurnis, M., Subduction initiation at relic arcs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL064985, 2015.

(6). Huang, C., Leng, W.*, and Wu, Z.Q., Iron-spin transition controls structure and stability of LLSVPs in the lower mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 423, 173-181,2015.

(7). Yang, T., and Leng, W.*, Dynamics of hidden hotspot tracks beneath the continental lithosphere, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 401, 294-300, 2014.

(8). Chu, R.*, Leng, W., Helmberger, D., and Gurnis, M., Hidden hotspot track beneath the eastern United States, Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/NGEO1949, 4pp., 2013.

(9). Leng, W.*, and Gurnis, M., Plume shape in a compressible mantle with depth-dependent viscosity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L05310, 7pp., doi:10.1029/2012GL050959, 2012.

 Honors and Awards

OK Earl Postdoc Fellowship

Wangkuancheng Award

Fuchengyi Award, Chinese Geophysical Society.