CHUNTAO LIANG
 Professor Of Geophysics
 Deputy Dean, College of Geophysics,Chengdu
University of Technology
 Vice Director, Key Laboratory of Earth Exploration
and Information Technology of Ministry of Education,China,Chengdu University of Technology
 Vice Chair, Chengdu Science Communication Society
Erxianqiao Dongsan Rd., #1
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, 610059
Office Phone: (+86)84077801
Cell Phone: 13568922218
Email: liangct@cdut.edu.cn____________________________________________________________________________________

 EDUCATION PhD., Geophysics, July 2008, University of Memphis, USA.
 M.S., Geology, December 2003, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, USA.
 M.S., Geophysics, June 2001, Chengdu University of Technology, China
 B.S., Geophysics, June 1996, Chengdu College of Geology (Now Chengdu
University of Technology), China.

 WORKING EXPERIENCE
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 Sichuan Earthquake Bureau, assistant engineer, July 1996-Auhgust 2001,China
 Microseismic Inc., Research Geophysicist, July 2008 to May 2009; Summer
internship, May-August 2007, USA GeoTomo LLC, senior Geophysicist, May 2009—March 2012, USA
 Chengdu University of Technology, Professor of Geophysics, March 2012up to now, China.

 MAJOR AWARDS and HONORARY TITLES(1) 2012, Sichuan 1000-Talented Program(2) 2013, Second Prize of the Scientific and Technological Advancement inNational Resources, Ministry of the Natural Resources(3) 2016, Creative Award of the Oversea Chinese Federation(4) 2018, Honorary Title for Excellent Expert with Outstanding Contribution
to Sichuan Province(5) 2020，First Prize of the Scientific and Technological Advancement ofthe China Geophysical Society(6) 2021，Award for Excellent Contribution in Science Communication,Ministry of Emergency Management, China(7) 2021，First Prize of the International Earthquake Science Communication
Contest, China Seismological Society, Asian Seismological Council,
ASPII(8) 2021，First Prize of the Scientific and Technological Advancement ofthe Sichuan Province

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(9) 2022, Second Prize of the Teaching Achievement Award of Sichuan
Province, China(10)2022, First Prize of the Science Research Famous Achievement Award

in Higher Institution, Ministry of Education

 MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (￥200K or more per project)(1) Sichuan Key Science & Technology Project: key technique for the seismic
risk evaluation of the southern Longmenshan and Longquanshan, 202301202512, ￥1M(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, Using
the Wave Gradiometry method to invert for 3D Vs, anisotropy and Q valueof the eastern Tibetan plateau and Western Yangtze Craton, No.
4217040570， 202201-202512，￥788K(3) Sub-project of State Key Science & Technology Project, Full waveform
imaging based on wavegradiometry,2018YFC1503401-05，201812-202112，￥700K(4) National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, The
comprehensive study on the seismic gap between the Wenchuan and Lushan
Eartquake, 41674059, 201701-202112, ￥700K(5) Sub-project of State Key Science & Technology Project，Seismic Moment
Inversion Based on the joint Inversion，2016ZX05023004-003-002，201601202012，￥898K(6) Sichuan Key Science & Technology Project，Microseismic monitoring ofShale Gas exploitation，2015RZ0032，201501-201712，￥800k

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(7) National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project,
Inverting velocity,anisotropy using a wavegradiometry, 41374058,201301-201712，￥750K(8) National Natural Science Foundation of China，Emergy Project,
Microseismic Monitoring After Lushan Earthquake，41340009，201305201405，￥200K(9) National Natural Science Foundation, Subproject of key Project，Shalegas reservoir prediction based on seismic and attributes，U1262206，201301-201612，￥2,600K(10)

Joint project with Sinopec, Developing microseismic monitoring

system，201401-201512，￥600K(11)

Joint project with PetroChina, Microseismic monitoring system forshale gas exploitation，201301-201412，￥920K(12)

Joint project with PetroChina, Microseismic monitoring service forshale gas exploitation，202001-202212，￥940K

 BOOKS(1) 《测不可测，大起大落的地震预测研究》，Translated from the《Predicting
the unpredictable, the tumultuous science on the earthquakeprediction》, Science Press，March, 2015
(2) 《地震学、震源及地球结构概论》，Translated from the《Introduction toseismology, earthquakes, and earth structures》,Science Press，April,
2020，ISBN 978-7-03-064644-6

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 MAJOR JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS(1) Liao J, Liang C*, Wang C, Cao F, Ye C and Yang Y (2022) Source Modelfor the 2022 Qinghai Menyuan Ms 6.9 Earthquake Based on D-InSAR. Front.
Earth Sci. 10:948661 doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.948661(2) Yang, Y., X. Zhang, Y. Dong, S. Sun, Q. Hua, and C. Liang (2022).
Crustal Deformation Patterns in the Tibetan Plateau and Its AdjacentRegions as Revealed by Receiver Functions, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. XX,1–18, doi: 10.1785/0120210228(3) CHANG YingNa, LIANG ChunTao, CAO FeiHuang, ZHOU Lu, LIAO JiangTao, LU
WeiFan, WANG ChaoLiang. 2022. Seismic velocity structure for theAnninghe-Zemuhe fault zone by wave gradiometry analysis. Chinese
Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), 65(8): 2886-2903, doi:10.6038/cjg2022P0731(4) Wang, C., and C. Liang* (2022). BSPASS: A Beam Search Based Phase
Association and Source Scanning Earthquake Location Method, Seismol.
Res. Lett. XX, 1–12, doi: 10.1785/0220210242(5) Liu, Z., Liang, C*., Huang, H., Wang, C., & Cao, F. (2022). Seismic
velocity variations at different depths reveal the dynamic evolution
associated with the 2018 Kilauea eruption. Geophysical Research Letters,49, e2021GL093691. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093691(6) Zhang Z, Liang C*, Long F, Zhao M and Wang D (2022) Spatiotemporal
Variations of Focal Mechanism Solutions and Stress Field of the 2019
Changning Ms 6.0 Earthquake Sequence. Front. Earth Sci. 9:797907. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.797907(7) Zhen Liu, Xiaobo Tian*, Xiaofeng Liang, C. Liang, Xin Li, 2021.
Magmatic Underplating Thickening of the Crust of the Southern Tibetan
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Plateau Inferred from Receiver Function Analysis. Geophysical Research
Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093754(8) Liang CT, Yu YY, Wu FR, Kang L, and Tang J (2021). Local stress field
inverted for a shale gas play based on focal mechanisms determined fromthe joint source scanning algorithm. Earthq Sci 34(3): 222–233, doi:
10.29382/eqs-2021-0003(9) Yu Yangyang, Liang Chuntao, Du Yao, et al. 2021. Analysis of Shale Gas
Hydraulic Fracturing Effect and Stress State Based on Joint Inversion
Algorithm(JSSA)of Microseismic Location and Focal Mechanism. Earthquake
Research in China, 37(2): 273-284.
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Jiang, NB., C. Liang*, W. Peng （2021）. Inversion of 3D velocity

and anisotropy of near surfaces based on an azimuth-dependent
dispersion curve inversion method. Appl. Geophys. 18, 213–225 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-021-0895-1.
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Wang L, Liang C T. 2021. Detecting small earthquakes using thetheoretical Green's function of virtual earthquakes as templates.
Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 64(7): 2374-2393, doi:
10.6038/cjg2021O0361.
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Zhu Z J, Wang X B, Liu Z Q, et al. 2021. Seismic anisotropy in thesoutheastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau revealed by ambient noise
tomography based on high-density array. Chinese J. Geophys. (inChinese), 64(3): 823-837, doi: 10.6038/cjg2021O0440.
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Yang Y H, Zhang X M, Hua Q, et al. 2021. Segmentation

characteristics of the Longmenshan fault——Constrained from dense
focal mechanism data. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 64(4): 11811205, doi: 10.6038/cjg2021O0286.
Page 6 of 2(14)Wan Z X, Liang C T*, Luo Y H. Simulation study of slope terrain

effect. (2020), Journal of Institute of Disaster Prevention（022）001.
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CAO Fei-huang, LIANG Chun-tao*, CHANG Ying-na. An overview ofwaveform gradiometry. (2020), Petroleum Geophysics, 18(03):77-83.
(16)Cao, F., Liang* C., Zhou, L., Zhu, J.，2020, Azimuthal anisotropy

for the southeast Tibetan plateau extracted by Wave Gradiometry
analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research，10.1029/2019JB018395.
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Hua Q, Liang C T, Yang Y H, et al. 2020. Study on ambient seismic

noise tomography of eastern Tibetan Plateau based on simulated
annealing method. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 63(5): 1787-1801,
doi: 10.6038/cjg2020N0371.
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Wu Z B, Tang G B, Xu T, et al. 2020. Eclogitization of Indian lower

crust during its northward subduction revealed by receiver function
depth migration images. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 63(11): 39964011, doi: 10.6038/cjg2020O0249.
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Liang, C., Liu, Z., Hua, Q., Wang, L., Jiang, N., & Wu, J. (2020).

The 3D seismic azimuthal anisotropies and velocities in the eastern
Tibetan Plateau extracted by an azimuth‐dependent dispersion curve
inversion method. Tectonics, 39, e2019TC005747.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005747(21)

Huang Y L, Liang C T, Wu J, et al. 2020. The seismicity in thesouthern Longmenshan fault zone based on a dense seismic array. Chinese
J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 63(3): 1183-1196, doi: 10.6038/cjg2020N0227.
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Liu, Z., Liang*, C., Zhu, Z., Wang, L. Jiang, N., Wang, C., Wu, Z.

(2019), The complex velocity variation induced by the precipitation andPage 7 of 2

the 2018 eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii revealed by ambient
noise，Seismological Research Letters，Volume: 902154-2164(23)

Issue: 6Pages:

Published: NOV 2019 DOI：10.1785/0220190053

Liu X M, Wu J, Liang C T, et al. 2019. The latest seismicity

characteristics and significance in Longmenshan Fault Zone. Chinese J.
Geophys. (in Chinese), 62(4): 1312-1322, doi: 10.6038/cjg2019M0283.
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Zhiqiang Liu，Chuntao Liang*，Qian Hua，Ying Li，Yihai Yang，Fujun

He，Lihua Fang (2018),The seismic potential in the seismic gap between
the Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes revealed by the joint inversion ofreceiver functions and ambient noise data， Tectonics, 37,Issue: 11,Pages: 4226-4238,, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005151(25)

Yangyang Yu, Chuntao Liang*, Furong Wu, Xuben Wang, Gang Yu, andFangdong Chu (2018). ”On the accuracy and efficiency of the joint
source scanning algorithm for hydraulic fracturing monitoring.”
GEOPHYSICS, 83(5), KS77-KS85. https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2017-0473.1(26)

Yang,Y., C. Liang*, L. Fang, J. Su & Q. Hua, (2018), A comprehensive

analysis on the stress field and seismic anisotropy in eastern Tibet.
Tectonics, 37,June, 1648–1657. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005011(27)

Chaoliang Wang，Chuntao Liang*， Kai Deng， Yanling Huang， Lu

Zhou， Spatiotemporal Distribution of Microearthquakes and Implications
Around the Seismic Gap Between the Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes，Tectonics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005000(28)

Zhenbo Wu， Tao Xu， Chuntao Liang， Chenglong Wu， Zhiqiang Liu，

Crustal shear wave velocity structure in the northeastern Tibet basedon the Neighbourhood algorithm inversion of receiver functions，Page 8 of 2

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 212, Issue 3, 1 March 2018,
Pages 1920–1931, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx521(29)

Liang C T, Huang Y L, Wang C L, et al. 2018. Progress in the studiesof the seismic gap between the 2008 Wenchuan and 2013 Lushan
earthquakes. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 61(5): 1996-2010, doi:
10.6038/cjg2018M0254.
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Yu Yang-yang, Liang Chuntao, Kang Liang, Yi Chen, Wu Furong. Designoptimization of surface-based microseismic monitoring system forhydraulic fracturing. OGP, 2017, 52(5): 974-983.．
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Zhou L, Liang C T, Yang Y H. 2017. Application of three-component

seismic-wave gradiometry for the Central and Eastern United States.
Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 60(9): 3352-3367, doi:
10.6038/cjg20170907.
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He F J, Liang C T*, Yang Y H, et al. 2017. The crust structure of

the unruptured segment between Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes revealed
by Receiver Functions. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 60(6): 2130-2146,
doi: 10.6038/cjg20170609.
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Yang Y H, C. Liang*, Li Z Q, et al. 2017. Stress distribution near

the seismic gap between Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes. Pure andApplied Geophysics, 174(6): 2257-2267, doi: 10.1007/s00024-016-1360-6.
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Liang, C., Yangyang Yu, Yihai Yang, Liang Kang, Cheng Yin, Furong

Wu，2016，Joint Inversion of Source Location and Focal Mechanism ofMicroseisms, GEOPHYSICS, VOL. 81, NO. 2 (MARCH-APRIL 2016); P. KS103–
KS111, https://doi.org/10.1190/GEO2015-0272.1.
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Yang Y H, Liang C T*, Su J R．2015．Focal mechanism inversion basedon regional model inverted from receiver function and its application
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to the Lushan earthquake sequence．Chinese Journal of Geophysics，58（10）：3583-3600，https://doi.org/10.6038／cjg20151013．
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Jiang Kezhi, Liang Chuntao, Yang Yihai, Yu Yangyang. Discussion on

the construction of Wenchuan earthquake research information platform,E-science Technology & Application 2015, 6(2): 74–85，
doi:10.11871/j.issn.1674-9480.2015.02.009(37)

Zhu J S, Jiang X T, Fan J, Liang C T, 2013. The Deep Velocity

Structure and Crustal Flow Beneath the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan
Plateau. Earthquake Science (English Edition), 87(supp.): 435-438,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-012-0871-1.
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Liang, C. et al., A new method to improve the signal-to-noise ratiosof microseismic events by more than 5 times, 2009 SEG Extended Abstract,in preparation.
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Liang, C. et al., Reducing time length significantly required to

extract reflectivity from ambient noise data with a novel technique,2009 SEG Extended Abstract, in preparation.
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Liang, C., C. A. Langston (2009), 3D Crustal structure of Eastern

North America deduced from ambient noise Tomography, J. Geophy. Res.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB005919.
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Liang, C., C. A. Langston (2009), Wave Gradiometry for USArray (1):Rayleigh waves, J. Geophy. Res. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB005918(42)

Langston, C. A., and C. Liang (2008), Gradiometry for polarized

seismic waves, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08305,
https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005486.

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(43)Liang, C., C. A. Langston (2008), Ambient Seismic Noise Tomography

and Structure of Eastern North America, J. Geophy. Res., 113, B03309,
https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jb005350(44)

Liang, C., and X. Song (2006), A low velocity belt beneath northernand eastern Tibetan Plateau from Pn tomography, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33,L22306, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006gl027926.
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Liang, C., X. Song and J. Huang (2004), Tomographic inversion of Pn

travel times in China, J. Geophy. Res, 109, B11304.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JB002789.
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Liang C T, Zhu J S, Cao J M (2000), Application of 3D ray tracing tostudy lithospheric structures in East Asia, Computing Techniques forGeophysical and Geochemical Exploration.
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Liang C T (1999), Data processing method for three-dimensional bodywave inversion, Earthquake Research in Sichuan, 2001, 35(4):348-356.

 PATENTS & COPYRIGHTS(1) Chuntao Liang; Michael P. Thornton; Peter M. Duncan，Method for imaging
the earth’s subsurface using passive seismic interferometry andadaptive velocity filter, 2011.11, USA， 8218394(2) Chuntao Liang; Michael Thornton; Peter Morton, Method for passive
seismic emisson tomography using adaptive velocity filter，2012.07，
USA， 8064288.
(3) Yangyang Yu，Chuntao Liang，Fast Inversion of Seismic Source based on
the multiple-scanning algorithm. Patent No.201710023938.9, China

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(4) Liang Wang, Chuntao Liang, A System for Convenient Seismic Monitoringand Data Transfer，Patent No. 202110966054.3, China

 SOCIAL SERVICES(1) Vice Chair, Chengdu Science Communication Society(2) Award Winning Science Outreach: Produced 10 videos for earthquake
science outreaching, more than 1 million viewers, winning the firstprize of the International Earthquake Science Communication Contest by
the CSS, and ASC, ISPEII(3) AOGS Session Conveners: Convened the session “In and Around the Tibetan
Plateau: the Deep Structure, Geodynamics, Geohazards and Georesources” ,2019-2022(4) Associate Editor for the journal of《Geophysical and Geochemical

Computation Techniques》(5) Editorial board member for the journal of《Earthquake Science》(6) Editorial board member for the journal of《Earthquake Geology》(7) Editorial board member for the journal of《Geophysical Oil
Exploration》

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