Dr. Yuankun Xu
Function and Responsibilities:
Visiting scientist
Research Interests:
Surface processes: landslides, debris flows, fault slip, floods etc.
Geodesy: radar and optical remote sensing, GNSS, creepmeter, seismic arrays
Numerical modeling: mechanics and simulation of frictional shear and granular flows
Career:
2023-present Research scientist affiliate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
2022-present Postdoctoral researcher, University of California Berkeley, USA
2021 Postdoctoral fellow, Southern Methodist University, USA
2017-2021 PhD student, Southern Methodist University, USA
Projects:
2022-2025 Incorporating multi-sensor remote sensing for landslide kinematics characterization and hydromechanical modeling. Funded by NASA
2022-2023 How do slow-moving landslides put on the brakes? Funded by Esper Larson Jr. Fund
2019-2022 Using P-band AirMOSS to assess hazards of densely-vegetated deep-seated landslides in the Pacific Northwest. Funded by NASA
2017-2022 Development of an incorporated platform to characterize hydrology-driven landslide hazards in northwestern US. Funded by NASA