Dr Siyuan Zhao
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About
Academic qualifications
Ph.D. Australian National University
M.Sc (advanced) with commendation. Australian National University
B.Sc. (Hons) University of Adelaide
Employment history
2025-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research School of Earth Sciences
Australian National University
2024-Present
Research Fellow
Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics; COMET
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 20th 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)
Affiliations
- Geophysics, Researcher
Research interests
Currently, Siyuan's research involves:
1. Investigating the interactions between the tectonic earthquakes and volcanic behaviours based on the SAR and optical satellites.
2. Speed-of-Light earthquake and tsunami detection based on the advanced low-frequency gravitational-force sensors, TorPeDO, for prompt elasto-gravity signal.
Location
J3-160, RSES
Publications
Ollarves, R., Zhao, S. and Gilby, F., (2020), Interaction between the folded structures of the Western Papua New Guinea Highlands: an example of how surface observations can assist in subsurface understanding. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 490(1), pp.311-327. (DOI:10.1144/sp490-2018-124).
Cummins, P. R., Pranantyo, I. R., Pownall, J. M., Griffin, J. D., Meilano, I., & Zhao, S. (2020). Earthquakes and tsunamis caused by low-angle normal faulting in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. Nature Geoscience, 13(4), 312-318 (DOI:10.1038/s41561-020-0545-x).
Zhao, S., McClusky, S., Cummins, P.R., Miller., S.M., Nugroho, H. (2023). New insights into crustal deformation of the Indonesia-Australia-New Guinea collision zone from a broad-scale synthetic kinematic model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (DOI: 10.1029/2022JB024810).
Siyuan Zhao, Simon McClusky, Phil Cummins, Meghan Miller (2024), Co-seismic and Post-seismic Deformation Associated with the 2018 Lombok, Indonesia, Earthquake Sequence, Inferred from InSAR and Seismic Data Analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment (DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114063).
Zhao, S., Cummins, P. R., McClusky, S., & Miller, M. S. (2025). Interseismic coupling along the Java‐Timor subduction‐collision zone at East Indonesia. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(6), e2024GL112563.
Zhang, Z., Yang, X., Mooney, W.D., Bell, R.E., Zhao, S., Lin, J., Zheng, T. and Xu, H., 2024. An integrated study of age and formation of the Aru Trough, eastern Banda Arc, Indonesia: Implications for seismic hazards. Tectonics, 43(9), p.e2024TC008449.