Prof. XU Mijian

Prof. XU Mijian 徐彌堅

Research Assistant Professor

Room 903L, 9/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park
3943 6808
Prof. XU Mijian

Education

2018 - 2021 PhD Geology Nanjing University, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
2013 - 2016 M.Sc. Geophysics Nanjing University, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
2009 - 2013 B.Sc. Electronic Information Engineering Nanjing University, Jinling College

Academic Employments

2026 - present Research Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2024 - 2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
2021 - 2024 Research Fellow, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2017 - 2018 Software Engineer, CIeNET Technologies Co., Ltd.

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Inverse problem in seismology: Full-waveform inversion; Adjoint-state traveltime tomography.
  • Seismic modeling and simulation: Wave propagation in complex media; Traveltime modeling.
  • Artificial intelligence: Neural network for PDE solver and seismic inversion.
  • Geophysical Survey: Shallow subsurface structure imaging; Lithospheric imaging and dynamics.

Representative Publications

2026 Chen, J., Xu, M., Bai, Y., Wu, S., Xiao, X., Hao, S., ... & Tong, P. (2026). High normal stress promoted supershear rupture during the 2023 M w 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake. Nature Geoscience, 1-8.
2025 Xu, M., Wang, K., Chen, J., He, J., Liu, Q., Liu, Y., ... & Tong, P. (2025). Multilevel mechanisms driving intraplate volcanism in central Mongolia revealed by adjoint waveform tomography of receiver function and ambient noise data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 650, 119137.
2025 Chen, J., Nagaso, M., Xu, M., & Tong, P. (2025). TomoATT: An open-source package for Eikonal equation-based adjoint-state traveltime tomography for seismic velocity and azimuthal anisotropy. Computers & Geosciences, 204, 105995.
2025 Xu, M.Seismological Research Letters, 96(4), 2638-2646.
2023 Xu, M., Wang, K., Chen, J., Yu, D., & Tong, P. (2023). Receiver function adjoint tomography for three‐dimensional high‐resolution seismic array imaging: Methodology and applications in southeastern Tibet. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(19), e2023GL104077.
2023 Xu, M., & He, J. (2023). Seispy: Python module for batch calculation and postprocessing of receiver functions. Seismological Society of America, 94(2A), 935-943.
2022 He, J., Xu, M., Wu, Q., & Zhang, F. (2022). Hydrous melting driven upwelling from the mantle transition zone in the Mongolia Plateau revealed by receiver function analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(11), e2022JB024905.
2022 Xu, M., Yu, D., Huang, Z., Tong, P., Hao, S., Ruan, Y., & Han, C. (2022). Crustal and uppermost mantle heterogeneities across the Ailaoshan Red River shear zone, SE Tibet: Implications for Cenozoic magmatic activity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(6), e2021JB023656.
2020 Xu, M., Huang, Z., Wang, L., Xu, M., Zhang, Y., Mi, N., ... & Yuan, X. (2020). Sharp lateral Moho variations across the SE Tibetan margin and their implications for plateau growth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(5), e2019JB018117.
2020 Xu, M., Huang, Z., Wang, L., Xu, M., Mi, N., & Yu, D. (2020). Lateral variation of the mantle transition zone beneath the Tibetan Plateau: Insight into thermal processes during Indian–Asian collision. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 301, 106452.
2018 Xu, M., Huang, H., Huang, Z., Wang, P., Wang, L., Xu, M., ... & Yuan, X. (2018). Insight into the subducted Indian slab and origin of the Tengchong volcano in SE Tibet from receiver function analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 482, 567-579.

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