DIANDIAN PENG

Postdoctoral Scholar
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

Research interests

  • Numerical modeling
  • Mantle convection and tectonic plate tectonics
  • Mechanisms and processes of subduction
  • Dynamics of Large Low-Shear Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs) and mantle plumes
  • Slab-plume interaction
  • Earth surface processes driven by mantle convection

Education

  • PhD in Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022
  • MS in Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2017
  • BS in Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2014