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M. Sc. Alan Junwa Yu

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PhD Student

M. Sc. Alan Junwa Yu

4.5 Subsurface Process Modelling

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Building C 4, Room 1.09 (Büro)

Telegrafenberg

14473 Potsdam

Building A 46, Room 206 (Büro)

Albert-Einstein-Straße 42-46

14473 Potsdam

Function and Responsibilities:

Geodynamic modelling of continental rifting (with numerical code ASPECT)
Thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of geothermal reservoirs (with code GOLEM)
Automated coupling of ASPECT and GOLEM

Research Interests:

Geodynamics, numerical modelling, glacial geology

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Career:

2024-2027: Doctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

2023: Research Assistant - Geodynamic Modelling, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2022: Geophysicist, Abitibi Geophysics, Toronto, Canada

2021: Research Assistant - GIS and Glacial Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Education:

2024-: PhD student, University of Potsdam, Geophysics

2023-2024: MSc, University of Toronto, Geodynamics

2018-2023: BSc, University of Toronto, Environmental Physics (Specialist, Co-op)

Projects:

My doctoral research investigates how large- and small-scale tectonics affect the geothermal prosperity within a rift system, focusing on the Upper Rhine Graben between France and Germany. We are conducting geodynamic models (using numerical code ASPECT) and reservoir models (using code GOLEM) to simulate fault network development, as well as fluid and heat flow within these porous and faulted media, respectively. This will enable a better understanding of subsurface conditions within the graben, thus significantly improving the accuracy of locating promising geothermal sites. Our multi-scale approach will be constrained by available geological and geophysical data, along with the complex tectonic history of the graben.

Awards:

P.C. Finlay Q.C. President's Fellowships in Geology, University of Toronto, 2023

Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Government of Ontario, 2023

CRESS Summer Research Award, University of Toronto, 2021-2022

Don Salt Memorial Scholarship, University of Toronto, 2021

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, Government of Canada, 2021

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