Xiyuan Bao’s research has advanced our understanding of the dynamics of mantle plumes in a convection mantle and their surface expression as hot spots. In his 2022 Science paper, he inferred the relative temperature of plumes compared to mid-ocean ri...

Junjie Dong has received the 2023 AGU Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior Section Award for Graduate Research for his outstanding contributions to our understanding of mantle water storage capacity and phase transitions, and their role in planetary-...

Shangxin Liu’s research has shed new light on the role of subducted slabs and shallow, slow–wave speed anomalies in the dynamics of the North American plate. In his 2022 Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems paper, Shangxin showed that large-scale man...