Mengfan Zhu

Graduate Student

Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern California

Research Interests

  • Paleoclimate, Stable isotopes, Oceanography, Climatology

Education

 
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    PhD student in Earth Sciences
    Advisor: Lowell Stott
2007 - present


  • Peking University, Beijing, China
    • Bachelor of Science in Geology, July 2007
      Thesis: Petrology of coesite eclogites from Ganyu, Sulu UHP terrane.
      Advisor: Zhu, Yongfeng
    • Bachelor of Economics, double major, July 2007
2003-2007





Publications

    • Youxue Zhang, Zhengjiu Xu, Mengfan Zhu, Haoyue Wang. 2007. Silicate melt properties and volcanic eruptions. Reviews of Geophysics. 45, RG4004. Peking University, Beijing, China
    • Mengfan Zhu, Yongfeng Zhu. 2007. Discovery of coesite in Sanqinge eclogite, Sulu UHP terrane, E China, and its eological significance. Geological Journal of China Universities. 13, 581-589.


 

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant, GEOL 108 Crisis of a Planet, USC, Spring 2009
  • Teaching Assistant, GEOL 108 Crisis of a Planet, USC, Fall 2008
  • Teaching Assistant, GEOL 107 Oceanography, USC, Summer 2008
  • Teaching Assistant, GEOL 108 Crisis of a Planet, USC, Spring 2008
  • Teaching Assistant, GEOL 108 Crisis of a Planet, USC, Fall 2007

Honors & Awards

  • Geology Scholarships, Peking University, 2004, 2005, 2006.
  • Academic Excellence Award, Peking University, 2004, 2006.
  • National Scholarship, Peking University, 2005.
  • Excellent Student in Academy, Moral and Health Award, Peking University, 2005.