Brief Introduction

My previous studies mainly focused on earthquake complexity, deformation mapping (particularly with InSAR techniques) and fault physics driven by geodetic and seismic observations. I am also interested in high-performance computing with multiple CPU cores and GPU. Several computer packages developed during my early career have been released publicly, e.g. PSOKINV and pSAR. With data growth, we may now have chance to look closely at earthquake cycles across different tectonically active zones and provide emergency response on local geohazards. A better understanding of how subsurface dynamic processes (including natural and anthropogenic activities) affect our living environment will be achieved.

Education Background

2011.10-2015.04: University of Glasgow (Scotland), Ph.D in Earth Sciences
2003.09-2006.07: Institute of Crustal dynamics, CEA, M.S. in Solid Earth-physics
1999.09-2003.06: China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)，B.S. in Geological Engineering

Career Experience

2018.04- to present: Associate professor, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
2016.10-2018.04: Research Scientist, Canada Center for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resource Canada
2015.10-2016.09: NSERC Visiting Fellow, Canada Center for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resource Canada
2015.05-2015.08: Academica visitor, Singapore of Earth Observatory, NTU
2006.07-2011.09: Research assistant, Institute of Geophysics, CEA

Lectures

1)Tectonic geodesy (undergraduate)
2) InSAR techniques and its applications in earth sciences(postgraduate)

Projects

（1）2023-2026, National Nature Science Foundation of China: Geodetic postseismic deformation time series and its impact on aftershock evolution, Feng, W. (PI)
（2）2023-2026, National Key Research and Development Program of China: Chuandian block motions constraints from multiple geodetic observations(3/1), Feng, W.(PI)

Openings

We are currently looking for potential Master/PhD students with backgrounds in Geophysics, Remote Sensing, or Computer sciences. We also open part-time internship positions available for undergraduate students. If you require any additional information, please email me or stop by for more details. 

Selected Publications

Full pulication list can be found through researchgate and google scholar.

1. 冯万鹏#，戚永浩，张智超. (2024) 粘性地壳环境下余滑的二次触发引起的区域应力场扰动及影响.大地构造与成矿学, 48(3).(in press)
2. Zhang, Z., Feng, W#., et al. (2023). Performance of Common Scene Stacking Atmospheric Correction on Nonlinear InSAR Deformation Retrieval. Remote Sensing, 15(22), 5399.
3. Feng, W., He, X.#, Zhang, Y., Fang, L., Samsonov, S., & Zhang, P. (2023). Seismic faults of the 2022 Mw 6.6 Menyuan, Qinghai earthquake and their implication for the regional seismogenic structures. Chinese Science Bulletin, 68(2–3), 254–270.
4. 冯万鹏, 何骁慧#, 张培震 等. (2023). 2022年青海门源Mw6.6地震的发震断层及孕震构造模式. 科学通报, 68(2–3), 254–270. (same as above)
5. Qi, Y., Feng, W.#, et al. (2023). Fault Geometry, Slip Distribution, and Potential Triggering of the 2022 Mw6.2 Deadly Afghanistan Earthquake Revealed from Geodetic and Weather Data. Seismological Research Letters. 94 (5): 2154–2166.
6. Huang, K., Tang, L., & Feng, W.# (2023). Spatiotemporal Distributions of b Values Following the 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 180, 2529–2542.
7. Samsonov, S. V.#, & Feng, W. (2023). Deformation Retrievals for North America and Eurasia from Sentinel-1 DInSAR: Big Data Approach, Processing Methodology and Challenges. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 49(1).
8. Zhang, X.#, Feng, W., Du, H., Samsonov, S., & Yi, L. (2022). Supershear Rupture During the 2021 Mw 7.4 Maduo, China, Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(6), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022gl097984
9. 王雨晴,冯万鹏#,张培震. 交角约90°共轭断裂的现今形变及对构造应力场的指示意义——以2019年MW≥6.4菲律宾地震序列为例[J]. 地震地质,2022,44(2):313-332.
10. 冯楚豪, 严月天, 冯万鹏#, 王雨晴, 陈大庆, 吴传勇. 2022. 利用InSAR观测揭示2020年新疆于田MW6.3地震发震构造及对藏北裂谷生长的启示. 地球物理学报, 65(8): 2844-2856.
11. Hu, G., Feng, W.#, Li, L.#, et al (2022). Source Characteristics and Exacerbated Tsunami Hazard of the 2020 Mw 6.9 Samos Earthquake in Eastern Aegean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(5), 1–22.  
12. Eyre, T. S., Samsonov, S., Feng, W., Kao, H., & Eaton, D. W. (2022). InSAR data reveal that the largest hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquake in Canada, to date, is a slow-slip event. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1–12. 
13. Wang, Y., Chang, L.#, Feng, W.#, Samsonov, S., & Zheng, W. (2021). Topography-correlated atmospheric signal mitigation for InSAR applications in the Tibetan plateau based on global atmospheric models. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(11), 4364–4382. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2021.1892856
14. Zhang, X., Feng, W., Li, D., Yin, F., & Yi, L. (2021). Diverse rupture processes of the 2014 Kangding, China, earthquake doublet (MW 6.0 and 5.7) and driving mechanisms of aftershocks. Tectonophysics, 820, 229118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229118
15. Zhang, X., Feng, W., Du, H., Yi, L. L., Wang, S., Yi, L. L., et al. (2020). The 2018 MW 7.5 Papua New Guinea Earthquake: A Dissipative and Cascading Rupture Process. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(17), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089271
16. Feng, W.#, & Almeida, R. V. (2020). Inelastic earthquake damage. Nature Geoscience, 13(10), 661–662. 
17. Feng, W.#, et al. (2020). Orthogonal Fault Rupture and Rapid Postseismic Deformation Following 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence Revealed From Geodetic Observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(5), 1–10.
18. Feng, W.#, et al. (2020). Orthogonal Fault Rupture and Rapid Postseismic Deformation Following 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence Revealed From Geodetic Observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(5), 1–10.
19. Feng, W.#, Samsonov, S., Liang, C., Li, J., Charbonneau, F., Yu, C., & Li, Z. (2019). Source parameters of the 2017 Mw 6.2 Yukon earthquake doublet inferred from coseismic GPS and ALOS-2 deformation measurements. Geophysical Journal International, 216(3), 1517–1528.
20. Feng, W.#, et al. (2018). Geodetic Constraints of the 2017 Mw7.3 Sarpol Zahab, Iran Earthquake, and Its Implications on the Structure and Mechanics of the Northwest Zagros Thrust-Fold Belt. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(14), 6853–6861.  
21. Feng, W.#, Samsonov, S., Tian, Y., Qiu, Q., Li, P., Zhang, Y., et al. (2017). Surface deformation associated with the 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel earthquake revealed by satellite-based geodetic observations and its implications for the seismic cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 460, 222–233.
22. Feng, W.#, Lindsey, E., Barbot, S., Samsonov, S., Dai, K., Li, P., et al. (2017). Source characteristics of the 2015 MW 7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake and its MW 7.2 aftershock from space geodesy. Tectonophysics, 712–713, 747–758.
23. Feng, W., Tian, Y.#, Zhang, Y., Samsonov, S., Almeida, R., & Liu, P. (2017). A slip gap of the 2016 Mw 6.6 Muji, Xinjiang, China, Earthquake Inferred from Sentinel-1 TOPS Interferometry. Seismological Research Letters, 88(4), 1054–1064.
24. Zhang, Y.#, Wang, R., Walter, T. R., Feng, W., Chen, Y., & Huang, Q. (2017). Significant lateral dip changes may have limited the scale of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(17), 8847–8856.
25. Qiu, Q., Hill, E. M. E. M., Barbot, S., Hubbard, J., Feng, W., Lindsey, E. O, et al. (2016). The mechanism of partial rupture of a locked megathrust: The role of fault morphology. Geology, 44(10), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38178.1
26. Feng, W., Omari, K., & Samsonov, S. V. (2016). An automated insar processing system: Potentials and challenges. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (Vol. 2016-Novem, pp. 3209–3210).

Academic service

• Guest editor, Remote sensing for three topic issues
• Guest editor, Frontiers in Earth Science
• Guest editor, Natural Hazards
• Reviewer for e.g. JGR/GRL/BSSA/JG/Nature Geoscience/SRL/IEEE TGAS...
• Reviewer for NSFC