Dr Siyuan Zhao

Profile

Academic qualifications

Ph.D. Australian National University

M.Sc. (advanced) With Commendation. Australian National University

B.Sc. (Hons) University of Adelaide

Employment history

2024-

Research Fellow

Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics

University of Leeds

2022-2024

Research Officer

Research School of Earth Sciences

Australian National University

2022-2023

Student Administration Officer (casual)

Research School of Earth Sciences

Australian National University

2016-2017

Intern geophysicist

Santos Ltd., Adelaide, Australia

Awards and distinctions

Best Student Poster Award, the 20^th Annual Meeting of Asia and Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2023).

Mervyn & Katalin Paterson Travel Fellowship (2023)

Internship scholarship, Australian School of Petroleum, the University of Adelaide (2016)

Research interests

Siyuan Zhao's work focuses on using geodetic techniques (e.g., InSAR and GNSS) to investigate the crustal deformation caused by earthquakes, volcano activities, or hydrological effects spatially and temporally. 

Siyuan's previous research involves:

1. Generating a broad-scale kinematic model for the Australia-Indonasia-New Guinea collision zone using GPS and earhquake slip vectors.

2. Investigating the coseismic and post-seismic deformation caused by 2018 Lombok earthquake sequence based on InSAR and seismic datasets.

3. Investigating the influence of 2018 Lombok earthquake sequence on the unrest Rinjani-Samlas volcanic system by modelling the time-dependent volcano pressure source.

4. Spatiotemporal monitoring of groundwater resources based on InSAR deformation and groundwater level measurements.

5. Investigate the coupling distribution along the Java-Timor subduction-collision transition zone.

6. Geometric structure of the Australia/Eurasia margin from inverse numerical models of lithosphere dynamics for the benefit of Tsunami Warning Systems.

7. A pass characterization of the regional tectonic framework of the Tonga based on newly developed geodetic satellite workflow

8. Investigate the relative age of the structures within the Papua New Guinea Fold-Thrust Belt based on the morphtectonic indicators and satellite imagery.