Dr. XIE Jingchun 謝景椿
Supervisor: Prof. ZHAN Yan
Room 325, Science Centre North Block
Education
| 2023 | Ph.D. Physics | Joint educated by Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and ShanghaiTech University |
Academic Employments
| 2025 - present | Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2023 - 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2017 - 2023 | Research Assistant, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Planetary science
- Lithospheric deformation
- Mantle dynamics of terrestrial planets
Representative Publications
| XIE J-C, HUANG C-L. On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms on Mercury: The key parameters controlling the mechanical structure of the lithosphere. Icarus [J], 2023, 401: 115594. |
| XIE J-C, HUANG C-L, ZHANG M. On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms in Mercury’s Northern Smooth Plains: A new mechanical model of the lithosphere. Icarus [J], 2022, 388: 115197. |
Honours and Awards
| 2017 - 2022 | Graduate scholarship of ShanghaiTech University |
Selected Recent Publications
- XIE J-C, HUANG C-L. On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms on Mercury: The key parameters controlling the mechanical structure of the lithosphere. Icarus [J], 2023, 401: 115594.
- XIE J-C, HUANG C-L, ZHANG M. On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms in Mercury’s Northern Smooth Plains: A new mechanical model of the lithosphere. Icarus [J], 2022, 388: 115197.
- XIE J-C, ZHANG M, HUANG C-L. Influence of Megaregolith on the thermal evolution of Mercury’s silicate shell. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics [J], 2022, 22: 035026.






