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Jiangtao Li, PhD

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor

Jiangtao Li is an Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Space Science and Technology, Wuhan University. He leads Li Lab of Seismology and supervises PhD and master’s students.

His research focuses on seismic tomography, joint and integrated geophysical inversion, crustal anisotropy, attenuation imaging, seismic wavefield modeling, tectonic interpretation, earthquake hazards, temporal changes in the subsurface, and machine learning applications in seismology.

Education

  • PhD in Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2012–2018.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics, Wuhan University, 2008–2012.

Research experience

He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2018 to 2019. He joined Wuhan University’s School of Geodesy and Geomatics in 2019 and moved to the School of Earth and Space Science and Technology in December 2024.

Selected research projects

  • Joint inversion of fine lithospheric structure in the southern Tibetan Plateau — National Natural Science Foundation of China, principal investigator, 2022–2025.
  • Fine structure and stress models of major earthquake source regions — National Key Research and Development Program of China, task lead, 2022–2027.
  • Deep processes driving Cenozoic crustal evolution of the Lhasa terrane in southern Tibet — National Key Research and Development Program of China, project team member, 2025–2029.
  • Integrated geophysical exploration and interpretation along the Antarctic PANDA transect — Wuhan University polar interdisciplinary research program, principal investigator, 2025.

See the official university profile and Google Scholar for further information.

Selected publications

  1. Depth-Dependent Stress Sensitivity and Its Influence on Temporal Variations in Low-Frequency Rayleigh-Wave Velocities

    Linxuan Li , Jiangtao Li , Xiaodong Song

    Seismological Research Letters · 2025

    Cited by 2 Collaboration DOI Scholar

  2. Machine learning-based aftershock seismicity of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake controlled by flat-ramp geometry and a tear fault

    Yeyang Kuang , Jiangtao Li

    Earthquake Science · 2025

    Mentee-led PI first/last Open access DOI Scholar

  3. Rayleigh wave attenuation tomography based on ambient noise interferometry: methods and an application to Northeast China

    Hongrui Peng , Jiangtao Li

    Geophysical Journal International · 2024

    Cited by 4 Mentee-led PI first/last Open access DOI Scholar

  4. Crustal and uppermost mantle structure of the northeastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau from joint inversion of surface wave dispersions and receiver functions with P velocity constraints

    Pei Zhang , Xiaodong Song , Jiangtao Li , Xingchen Wang , Xuezhen Zhang

    Earthquake Science · 2024

    Cited by 3 Collaboration Open access DOI Scholar

  5. Joint Inversion of Surface-Wave Dispersions and Receiver Functions Based on Deep Learning

    Feiyi Wang , Xiaodong Song , Jiangtao Li

    Seismological Research Letters · 2024

    Cited by 5 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  6. Isolated Crustal Partial Melting in the Southern Tibetan Plateau From H‐κ‐c Method

    Junyi Gong , Jiangtao Li , Mengkui Li

    Geophysical Research Letters · 2023

    Cited by 12 Mentee-led Collaboration Open access DOI Scholar

  7. Formation of the V-shaped conjugate strike-slip faults revealed by crustal anisotropy in the central Tibetan Plateau

    Shitan Nie , Jiangtao Li , Chenglong Wu , Ping Tan

    Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · 2023

    Cited by 12 Collaboration DOI Scholar

  8. Deep Learning‐Based H‐κ Method (HkNet) for Estimating Crustal Thickness and Vp/Vs Ratio From Receiver Functions

    Feiyi Wang , Xiaodong Song , Jiangtao Li

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · 2022

    Cited by 19 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  9. Crustal Thickness Variations in the Central Midcontinent, USA, and Their Tectonic Implications: New Constraints Obtained Using the H‐κ‐c Method

    Hongyu Xiao , Michael DeLucia , Xiaodong Song , Jiangtao Li , Stephen Marshak

    Geophysical Research Letters · 2022

    Cited by 12 Collaboration DOI Scholar

  10. Transient hydrology-induced elastic deformation and land subsidence in Australia constrained by contemporary geodetic measurements

    Yuanjin Pan , Hao Ding , Jiangtao Li , C.K. Shum , Rishav Mallick , Jiashuang Jiao , Mengkui Li , Yu Zhang

    Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2022

    Cited by 32 Collaboration DOI Scholar

  11. Crustal structure beneath the Hi-CLIMB seismic array in the central-western Tibetan Plateau from the improved H-κ-c method

    Jiangtao Li , Xiaodong Song

    Earthquake Science · 2021

    Cited by 25 PI first/last Open access DOI Scholar

  12. Application of temporal reweighting to ambient noise cross-correlation for improved seismic Green's function

    Jiangtao Li , Richard L Weaver , John Y Yoritomo , Xiaodong Song

    Geophysical Journal International · 2020

    Cited by 19 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  13. Lithospheric mantle underneath the Tibetan Plateau does not escape southeastward

    Shitan Nie , Xiaobo Tian , Jiangtao Li , Ping Tan

    Journal of Asian Earth Sciences · 2021

    Cited by 12 Collaboration DOI Scholar

  14. Amplitude and decay of long-period coda of great earthquakes

    Han Xia , Xiaodong Song , Richard Weaver , Jiangtao Li

    Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors · 2020

    Cited by 2 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  15. A Generalized H‐κ Method With Harmonic Corrections on Ps and Its Crustal Multiples in Receiver Functions

    Jiangtao Li , Xiaodong Song , Pan Wang , Lupei Zhu

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · 2019

    Cited by 106 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  16. Tearing of Indian mantle lithosphere from high-resolution seismic images and its implications for lithosphere coupling in southern Tibet

    Jiangtao Li , Xiaodong Song

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018

    Cited by 303 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  17. Joint Inversion for Lithospheric Structures: Implications for the Growth and Deformation in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Yangfan Deng , Jiangtao Li , Xiaodong Song , Lupei Zhu

    Geophysical Research Letters · 2018

    Cited by 79 Collaboration DOI Scholar

  18. Joint Inversion of Surface Wave Dispersions and Receiver Functions with P Velocity Constraints: Application to Southeastern Tibet

    Jiangtao Li , Xiaodong Song , Lupei Zhu , Yangfan Deng

    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth · 2017

    Cited by 74 PI first/last DOI Scholar

  19. Crustal and Uppermost Mantle Structure Across the Tibet‐Qinling Transition Zone in NE Tibet: Implications for Material Extrusion Beneath the Tibetan Plateau

    Zhuo Ye , Jiangtao Li , Rui Gao , Xiaodong Song , Qiusheng Li , Yingkang Li , Xiao Xu , Xingfu Huang , Xiaosong Xiong , Wenhui Li

    Geophysical Research Letters · 2017

    Cited by 66 Collaboration Open access DOI Scholar

  20. High-resolution lithospheric structure beneath Mainland China from ambient noise and earthquake surface-wave tomography

    Xuewei Bao , Xiaodong Song , Jiangtao Li

    Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2015

    Cited by 409 PI first/last DOI Scholar