Jiashun Hu is a Full Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He received his Bachelor's degree from Peking University in 2013 and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2018. From 2018 to 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He joined SUSTech in 2020 and was exceptionally promoted to Tenured Professor in 2026. He has published over thirty papers in leading geosciences journals, including Nature, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, PNAS, Science Advances, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL), GRL, and G-cubed. His research primarily utilizes computational geodynamics to quantitatively investigate plate tectonics and their deep-to-surface effects, with a focus on the driving forces of plate tectonics, plate subduction and deep Earth processes, and climate-tectonic coupling. He is a recipient of the National High-Level Overseas Young Talents Program and serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) for several national and provincial research grants, including the National Key R&D Program for Young Scientists and NSFC General Programs.
Educational background
2018-2020 Ph.D, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2013-2018 Bachelor, Peking University
Work Experience
2026- Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
2022-2026 Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
2020-2022 Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
2018-2020 Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology
Honors & Awards
2025 Fang Keng Teaching and Research Award, SUSTech
2024 Fu Chengyi Youth Science and Technology Award, Chinese Geophysical Union (CGU)
2023 "Double Excellence" (Outstanding Teaching and Research) Cultivation Program, College of Science, SUSTech
2022 Kamide Lecture Award (Solid Earth Section), Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
2021 National High-Level O
Research
1. High-resolution global mantle convection simulation, investigate the history and the mechanisms of plate motion
2. Multi-disciplinary research, investigate craton evolution
3. Numerical modeling with data assimilation, investigate subduction dynamics
