Faculty
Ruijia Wang is an assistant professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology. Before joining SUSTech, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 2018 and worked at the University of Western Ontario for a year, followed by a two-year postdoc at the University of New Mexico. Ruijia is interested in intraplate earthquakes, especially those associated with industrial or human activities. She has published 30 peer-reviewed articles on such topics and served as an editor or reviewer for multiple geophysical journals. She has won several student presentation awards from SSA, AGU, and CGU, and has been recognized as an outstanding reviewer by SRL, JGR, and ERA.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
Assistant Professor Southern University of Science and Technology, China Dec. 2021 –
Postdoctoral Fellow University of New Mexico, U.S. May 2019 – Nov. 2021
Postdoctoral Associate University of Western Ontario, Canada May 2018 – April 2019
Ph.D. in Seismology University of Alberta, Canada 2018
B.Sc. in Exploration Geophysics China University of Petroleum (Beijing), China 2013
AWARDS AND HONORS
University Outstanding Teaching Award | Southern University of Science and Technology 2023
ERA Outstanding Reviewer Awards | Earthquake Research Advances 2022
AGU Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing | JGR-Solid Earth 2021
SRL Outstanding Reviewer | Seismological Research Letters 2020
ES-SSA Best Student Paper Award | Seismological Society of America (Eastern Section) June 2018
SEG Best Student Oral Presentation | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (Hefei, China) June 2017
Graduate Student Teaching Award | FGSR, University of Alberta April 2017
AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award | American Geophysical Union Jan. 2017
Graduate Student Travel Award | FGSR, University of Alberta Nov. 2016
AAPG Foundation Grants-in-Aid | American Association of Petroleum Geologists May 2016
IGR Roy Dean Hibbs Scholarship | Institute for Geophysical Research, University of Alberta April 2016
CAPP Graduate Scholarship in Geophysics | Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Dec. 2015
Roy Dean Hibbs Memorial Travel Award | Institute for Geophysical Research, University of Alberta Oct. 2015
University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship | FGSR, University of Alberta 2014-2015
Professional Development Award | FGSR, University of Alberta Sept. 2014
CGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award | Canadian Geophysical Union May 2014
Best Student Award | China University of Petroleum (Beijing) 2010, 2011, 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Associate Editor | Earthquake Research Advances (地震研究進展) 2022 –
Reviewer for GRL, SRL, JGR(Solid Earth), BSSA, GJI, JPSE, Tectonophysics, Front. Earth Sci., TSR (The Seismic Record), Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, Scientific Reports, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (地球物理學報) , AIIG, Earthquake Science, Acta Seismologica Sinica(地震學報) ,IEEE Trans, IEEE GRSL
Guest editor | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America special section on induced seismicity
Convener for induced-seismicity related sessions in AGU (2018, 2019), SSA (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), and GSA (2020)
Member of Seismological Society of China-Young Scientists (中國地震學會青年科技工作委員會第十屆委員) 2021 – 2026
Member of Geophysical Society of China-Seismology (中國地球物理學會地震學會第一屆委員) 2022 – 2027
Member of Geophysical Society of China-Statistical Prediction (中國地震學會數值預測專業委員會委員) 2023 – 2026
Member of Young Earth Scientists China (世界青年地球科學家聯盟中國委員) 2023 – 2026