南方科技大学地球与空间科学系副教授。研究领域为行星地球动力学，尤其是类地行星岩石圈动力学和重力研究。致力于通过时空数据分析和数值模拟研究类地行星（月球与火星）的岩石圈结构，分析行星长期热动力学演化与短期爆发性事件（包括撞击、火山和地震）的关系。2009 年本科毕业于中国科学技术大学；2015 年博士毕业于麻省理工学院/伍茨霍尔海洋研究所联合培养计划。2016 年于麻省理工学院从事博士后研究，2017-2019 年于北京大学从事博士后研究。2019-2023 年于澳门科技大学月球与行星科学国家实验室任教，2023 年底加入南方科技大学。参与了美国宇航局圣杯号 (GRAIL) 月球探测任务的研究工作。在 Nat. Geo., JGR, GRL, GJI 等国际 SCI 杂志发表论文十余篇。

主要研究领域为类地行星（主要是月球和火星）的地球物理和地球动力学：

1. 行星地球动力学：类地行星的岩石圈动力学；构造力学；粘弹塑性有限元模拟；冰冻圈热动力学；行星热演化

2. 行星地球物理：重力正反演方法和应用；地球物理数据联合反演

3. 行星地质：行星遥感数据分析和解译；撞击、断层、火山等构造分析

4. 人工智能方法应用：行星地质构造自动识别；模型-数据融合

论文专著：

1. Ding, M*. & Zhu, M.-H. (2022). Effects of regional thermal state on the crustal annulus relaxation of lunar large impact basins. Journal of Geophysics Research: Planets. DOI: 10.1029/2021JE007132
2. Zhang, N., Ding, M.*, Zhu, M.-H., Li, H., Li, H. & Yue, Z. (2022). Lunar compositional asymmetry explained by mantle overturn following the South Pole–Aitken impact. Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00872-4.
3. Luo, X.-Z.^, Zhu, M.-H. & Ding, M. (2022). Ejecta pattern of oblique impacts on the Moon from numerical simulations. Journal of Geophysics Research: Planets. DOI: 10.1029/2022JE007333
4. Xi, X.^, Ding, M.* & Zhu, M.-H. (2022). Groove formation on Phobos due to orbital ejecta from Stickney crater. Earth and Planetary Physics. DOI: 10.26464/epp2022027
5. Ding, M*., Soderblom, J. M., Bierson, C. J., & Zuber, M. T. (2021). Investigating the influences of crustal thickness and temperature on the uplift of mantle material beneath large impact craters on the Moon. Journal of Geophysics Research: Planets. DOI:10.1029/2020JE006533.
6. Cui, X.-L.^, Ding, M.*, & Wang, G. (2021). Automated crater detection on the South Pole-Aitken basin of the Moon and absolute model ages of mid-sized craters based on convolution neural network. Journal of Nanjing University. DOI: 10.13232/j.cnki.jnju.2021.06.001.
7. Zhang, T., Shen, Z. Y., Zhang, F., & Ding, M. (2021). Heat flow distribution in the Chukchi Borderland and surrounding regions, Arctic Ocean. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, e2021GC010033. DOI: 10.1029/2021GC010033.
8. Zhang, H., Zhao, D., Li, Y., Zhao, J., Liu, H., Ding, M. & Jiang, Y (2021). Strong upper mantle heterogeneities in western Tibetan Plateau. Tectonics. DOI:10.1029/2020TC006403.
9. Zhang, J., Zhou, Z., Ding, M., & Lin, J. (2021). Three-dimensional mantle flow and temperature structure beneath the Shatsky Rise ridge-ridge-ridge triple junction. Journal of Ocean University of China, 20(4), 857–865. DOI:10.1007/s11802-021-4578-6.
10. Zhang, H., Zhao, D., Ju, C., Li, Y. E., Li, G., Ding, M., et al. (2020). Upper mantle deformation of the Terror Rift and northern Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica: Insight from P‐wave anisotropic tomography. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI:10.1029/2019GL086511.
11. Ding, M., Lin, J., Gu, C., Huang, Q., & Zuber, M. T. (2019). Variations in martian lithospheric strength based on gravity/topography analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, 3095–3118. DOI:10.1029/2019JE005937.
12. Huang, C., Zhang, N., Li, Z.-X., Ding, M., Dang, Z., Pourteau, A., & Zhong, S. (2019). Modelling the inception of supercontinent break-up: Stress state and the importance of orogens. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. DOI:10.1029/2019GC008538.

13. Zhang, T., Chen, Y., Ding, M.*, Shen, Z., Yang, Y., & Guan, Q. (2019). Air-temperature control on diurnal variations in microseismicity at Laohugou Glacier No. 12, Qilian Mountains. Annals of Glaciology, 1–12. DOI:10.1017/aog.2018.34.

14. Ding, M.*, Soderblom, J. M., Bierson, C. J., Nimmo, F., Milbury, C., & Zuber, M. T. (2018). Constraints on lunar crustal porosity from the gravitational signature of impact craters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123. DOI:10.1029/2018JE005654.
15. Ding, M., & Lin, J. (2016). Deformation and faulting of subduction overriding plate caused by a subducted seamount. Geophysical Research Letters, 43. DOI:10.1002/2016GL069785.
16. Ding, M., & Lin, J. (2014). Post-seismic viscoelastic deformation and stress transfer after the 1960 M9.5 Valdivia, Chile earthquake: effects on the 2010 M8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake. Geophysical Journal International, ggu048. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu048
17. James, P., Ermakov, A., Keane, J., Wieczorek, M., Sori, M., Johnson, B., Evans, A., Bills, B., Chiow, S.-W.,Ding, M., Nimmo, F. & Sood, R. (2020). The value of surface-based gravity and gravity gradient measurements at the Moon’s south pole with Artemis III. Science Definition Team for Artemis.
18. Ding, M., & Zhang, N. (2018). Early geologic history of the Moon. In Encyclopedia of Lunar Science (pp. 1–8). Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_8-1.

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