Dr. Yu Wang

Advisor

Dr. Wang is an Associate Professor of Geosciences at National Taiwan University, specializing in earthquake geology and active tectonics across Myanmar, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. He earned his PhD from Caltech (2013) and previously served as a Research Fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore (2013–2018), where his work focused on tsunami and earthquake hazard assessment in the South China Sea and Southeast Asia region. He has authored around 45 peer-reviewed publications since 2018 alone (and roughly 74 total across his career), with research appearing in journals such as JGR: Solid Earth, Tectonics, PNAS, and Science Advances. His work has been cited over 2,200 times (Google Scholar). His most influential paper, "Active Tectonics and Earthquake Potential of the Myanmar Region" (JGR Solid Earth, 2014), remains a foundational reference in Myanmar seismic hazard studies, cited even in 2025 papers analyzing the recent Mw 7.7 Myanmar earthquake. He has received NTU's Excellence in Teaching Award (2023) and Outstanding Teaching Faculty recognition three times (2019, 2020, 2022).

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