GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

M. Sc. Alan Yu

PhD Student
M. Sc. Alan Yu
Building C 4, Room 1.09 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
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

Career:

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

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