Wen-Nan Wu

Education：

• 2010/06: Ph.D.  Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan

• 2001/06: M.S. Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan

• 1999/06: B.S. Department of Oceanography, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Academic Experience:

• 2018/09 – now: Associate professor, College of Oceanography, Hohai University

• 2016/08 – 2018/08: Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Environmental Studies/Department of Earth Sciences, NCU, Taiwan

• 2010/09 – 2016/07: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

• 2008/05 – 2009/10: Visiting student researcher, Pacific Geosciences Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada

• 2004/09 – 2010/06: Graduate research assistant, Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan

• 2003/07 – 2004/08: Research assistant, Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan

• 1999/09 – 2001/06: Teach assistant, Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan

Current Research Interests:

• Delineating seismogenic structures offshore and onshore Taiwan for providing critical constraints on Taiwan orogeny and seismic hazard assessment.

• Revealing earthquake source characteristics of subduction zone earthquakes and intraplate events for better understanding of mechanisms of earthquake nucleation and triggering, focus on the western boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate.

• Analyzing seismicity data for comprehending earthquake processes and lithosphere deformation.

Teaching:

• The origin of continents and oceans- Introduction to Plate Tectonics (Literacy class; Fall, 2018 and 2019)

• Marine  environment, resource and climate change- Introduction to Geophysics (Fall, 2018 and 2019)

• Introduction to geology (Fall, 2018 and 2019)

• Volcanology- Introduction to Volcano Seismology (Spring, 2019)

• Geophysics- Introduction to Seismology (Spring, 2019 and 2020)

• Marine Tectonics and Geophysics- Introduction to Seismology and Earth Structure (Spring, 2019 and 2020)

Referred Paper:

19. Doo, W.-B., C.-L. Lo, H. Kuo-Chen, Y.-S. Huang, W.-N. Wu, S.-K. Hsu and H.-F. Wang (2020), Variations in mantle lithosphere buoyancy reveal seismogenic behavior in the Sunda-Andaman subduction zone, Geophys. J. Int., 220, 2, 1275-1283, doi:10.1093/gji/ggz502.

18. Lo, C.-L., W.-N. Wu, W.-B. Doo, Y.-S. Huang, and S.-K. Hsu (2019), Crustal stress field in Ilan Plain, NE Taiwan and the westernmost Okinawa trough- deduced from seismic stress inversion, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 30, 5, 613-619, doi:10.3319/TAO.2019.08.09.01.

17. Lin, J.-Y., W.-N. Wu, C.-C. Su, C.-H. Tsai, H.-H. Sun, Y.-F. Chen, S.-J. Chin, and Y.-C. Lin (2019), Spatial and temporal distribution of low frequency volcanic earthquakes in the southern Oknawa Trough back-arc basin, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 30, 5, 621-631, doi:10.3319/TAO.2018.12.24.01. 

16. Doo, W.-B., C.-L. Lo, W.-N. Wu, J.-Y. Lin, S.-K., Hsu, Y.-S., Huang, and H.-F. Huang, (2018), Strength of plate coupling in the southern Ryukyu subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 723, 223-228, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.12.028.

15. Lin, J.-Y., Y.-F. Chen, C.-C. Su, S.-J., Chin, W.-B., Cheng, W.-N. Wu, C.-W. Liang, H.-S. Hsieh, S.-K. Hsu, and Y.-C. Lin (2018), Seismic site response of submarine slope offshore southwestern Taiwan, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 29, 1, 51-63, doi:10.3319/TAO.2017.05.09.01.

14. Wu, W.-N., Y.-T. Yen, Y.-J. Hsu, Y.-M. Wu, J.-Y. Lin and S.-K. Hsu (2017), Spatial variation of the seismogenic depth of crustal earthquakes in the Taiwan region and its implications on seismic hazard assessment, Tectonophysics, 708, 81-95, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.04.028.

13. Wu, W.-N., C.-L. Lo andJ.-Y. Lin (2017), Spatial variation of the crustal stress field in the Philippine region and its tectonic implications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 142, 109-118, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.01.036.

12. Chin, S.-J., J.-Y. Lin, Y.-F. Chen, W.-N. Wu and C.-W. Liang (2016), Transition of the Taiwan-Ryukyu collision-subduction process as revealed by ocean-bottom seismometer, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 128, 149-157, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.008.

11. W.-N. Wu (2016), Comment on the paper by Kavitha and Raghukanth “Regional level forecasting of seismic energy release”, Acta Geod Geophys, 51, 773-775,doi:10.1007/s40328-015-0157-x.

10. Lin, J.-Y., W.-N. Wu and C.-L. Lo (2015), Megathrust earthquake potential of the Manila subduction systems revealed by the radial component of seismic moment tensor Mrr, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 26, 619-630, doi:10.3319/TAO.2013.04.29.01(TC).

9. Lin, J.-Y., C.-L. Lo, W.-N. Wu, J.-C. Sibuet, S.-K. Hsu and Y.-Y. Wen (2015), Crustal thickening and extension induced by the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004: revealed by the seismic moment tensor element Mrr, Mar. Geophys. Res., 36, 187-195, doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-49.

8. Lin, J.-Y., J.-C. Sibuet, S.-K. Hsu, and W.-N. Wu (2014), Could a Sumatra-like megathrust earthquake occur in the south Ryukyu subduction zone? Earth Planets and Space, 66:49, doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-49.

7. D’Amico S., B. Orecchio, D. Presti, G. Neri, W.-N. Wu, I. Sandu, L. Zhu, and R. B. Hermann (2013), Source parameters of small and moderate earthquakes in the area of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake sequences (central Italy), Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 63, 77-91, doi:10.1016/j.pce.2013.02.005.

6. Wu, W.-N. and L. Zhao (2013), Delineating seismogenic structures by a revised best estimate method: Application to the Taiwan orogenic belt, Journal of Seismology, 17, 545-556, doi. 10.1007/s10950-012-9336-1.

5. Wu, W.-N., L. Zhao, and Y.-M. Wu (2013), Empirical relationships between aftershock zone dimensions and moment magnitudes for plate boundary earthquakes in Taiwan, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103, doi: 10.1785/0120120173.

4. Lin, J.-Y. and W.-N. Wu (2012), Spatio-temporal distribution of seismic moment release near the source area of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Earth Planets and Space, 64, 1067-1075, doi:10.5047/eps.2012.04.006.

3. Armada, L., S.-K. Hsu, C.-Y. Ku, W.-B. Doo, W.-N. Wu, C. Dimalanta, and G. Yumul (2012), Possible northward extension of the Philippine Fault Zone offshore Luzon Island (Philippines), Mar. Geophys. Res., 33, 369-377, doi:10.1007/s11001-013-9169-5.

2. Wu, W.-N., H. Kao, S.-K. Hsu, C.-L. Lo, and H.-W. Chen (2010), Spatial variation of the crustal stress field along the Ryukyu-Taiwan-Luzon convergent boundary, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B11401, doi:10.1029/2009JB007080.

1. Wu, W.-N., S.-K. Hsu, C.-L. Lo, H.-W. Chen, and K.-F. Ma (2009), Plate convergence at the westernmost Philippine Sea Plate, Tectonophysics, 466, 162-169, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.011.

Last update 19 October 2020