Professors
staff
Education
Experiences
Honors and Awards
Publications
Education
2011 |
B.S. at National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
2014 |
M.Sc at National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
2021 |
Ph.D. at the University of Houston, USA |
Experiences
2021-2022 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Houston, USA |
2022-2025 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Technical University of Munich, Germany |
2025- today |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Technical University of Munich, Germany |
Honors and Awards
2014 |
The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China |
2014 |
Dean's Award - College of Science, National Taiwan University |
2021 |
Outstanding Graduate Award in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (University of Houston) |
2025 |
National Science and Technology Council Announcement for 2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program |
Publications
Chen, Y. W., Wu, J., Bunge HP, Stotz I., Robl G. and Schuberth B.S.A (2025) Tomopac2: an unfolded-slab plate reconstruction validated via mantle circulation models in a closed-loop experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 481, no. 2318, p. 20240726.
Chen, Y. W., Wu, J., & Goes, S. (2024). Lesser Antilles slab reconstruction reveals lateral slab transport under the Caribbean since 50 Ma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 627, 118561.
Chen, Y. W., Colli, L., Bird, D.E. Wu, J., Zhu, H. (2021) Caribbean plate tilted and actively dragged eastwards by low-viscosity asthenospheric flow. Nat Commun 12, 1603.
Li, L. and Chen, Y. W., Zheng, Y., Hu, H., and Wu, J. (2019) Seismic Evidence for Plume-Slab Interaction by High-resolution Imaging of the 410-km Discontinuity Under Tonga. Geophysical Research Letters, 46.
Chen, Y. W., Wu, J., Suppe, J. (2019). Southward propagation of Nazca subduction along the Andes. Nature, 565(7740), 441-447.
Chen, Y. W., J. B. H. Shyu, and C.-P. Chang (2015). Neotectonic characteristics along the eastern flank of the Central Range in the active Taiwan orogen inferred from fluvial channel morphology. Tectonics, 34,2249–2270.