M. Sc. Alan Yu
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 geologyCareer:
2024-2027: Doctoral Researcher, GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
2023: Research Assistant - Geodynamic Modelling, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2022: Geophysicist, Abitibi Geophysics, Toronto, Canada
2021: Research Assistant - GIS & Glacial Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Education:
2024-: PhD student, University of Potsdam, Geophysics
2023-2024: MSc, University of Toronto, Earth Sciences
2018-2023: BSc, University of Toronto, Environmental Physics (Specialist, Co-op)
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