Faculty
Dr. Ren obtained Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of NSFC in 2020. He earned a bachelor's degree(2003) and a Ph.D.(2009) in Geophysics at Peking University. Later, he successively served as a postdoctor and an associate researcher in University of Science and Technology of China. He joined SUSTech in 2016 and won the Liu Guangding Geophysical Youth Science and Technology Award in 2019. Currently, he serves as a committee member of Professional Committee on Seismoelectromagnetism, Seismological Society of China as well as a committee member of Professional Committee on Geo-electromagnetism, Chinese Geophysical Society. His research interest mainly focus on earthquake-related EM phenomena and seismoelectric exploration. So far, he has hosted 7 scientific research projects, and published nearly 30 journal articles and 2 book chapters.
Education Background
2003-2009, Ph.D. in Geophysics, School of Earth & Space Sciences, Peking University
1999-2003, BS in Geophysics, School of Earth & Space Sciences, Peking University
Work Experience
2020.11-present, Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Southern Univ. of Science & Technology
2016.10-2020.10, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Southern Univ. of Science & Technology
2017.06-2017.10, Visiting Researcher, Earthquake Research Institute, The Univ. of Tokyo
2012.04-2016.10, Associate Researcher, School of Earth & Space Sciences, Univ. of Science & Technology of China
2009.07-2012.04, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Earth & Space Sciences, Univ. of Science & Technology of China
Academic Service Experience
Committee member of Professional Committee on Seismoelectromagnetism, Seismological Society of China
Reviewer of AGU Geophysical Monograh, JGR-Solid Earth, GJI, Solid Earth, PAGeoph, and so on.
Research
1. Numerical simulation technique for EM fields and elastic waves
2. Experimental study of the seismoelectric effect
3. Analysis and explanation of EM signals associated with natural earthquakes
4. Potential applicaiton of the electrokinetic effect in monitoring/detecting subsurface fluids and well logging
Teaching
1. Fundamentals of Geophysics II (Geomagnetism, Geoelectricity, Geothermics and Gravity)
2. Principal of Mechanical-Electromagnetic coupling
Publications (with the asterisk * indicating the corresponding author)
28. Zhang Heng, Sun Yao-Chong, Ren Hengxin*, Zhang Wei, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2023, Discontinuous curvilinear collocated-grid combined with non-uniform time step Runge-Kutta scheme for poroelastic finite-difference modeling, Geophysics, 88(1), doi:10.1190/geo2022-0180.1
27. Zhang Heng, Sun Yao-Chong, Ren Hengxin*, Ma Bowen, Zhang Wei, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2022, 2D electromagnetic simulation for ground penetrating radar with a topographic ground surface by the curvilinear collocated-grid finite-difference method combined with equivalent field method, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 206, 104812, doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2022.104812.
26. Shi Caiwang, Ren Hengxin, Li Zhengbo & Chen Xiaofei*, 2022, Calculation of normal and leaky modes for horizontal stratified models based on a semi-analytical spectral element method, Geophysical Journal International, 230(3), doi:10.1093/gji/ggac163
25. Deng Han, An Chao*, Cai Chen & Ren Hengxin, 2022, Theoretical solution and applications of ocean bottom pressure induced by seismic waves at high frequencies, Geophysical Research Letters, 49(9), doi:10.1029/2021GL096952
24. Li Zhengbo*, Shi Caiwang, Ren Hengxin & Chen Xiaofei*, 2022, Multiple leaking mode dispersion observations and applications from ambient noise cross-correlation in Oklahoma, Geophysical Research Letters, 49(1), doi:10.1029/2021GL096032
23. Yuan Shichuan, Zhang Zhenguo, Ren Hengxin, Zhang Wei, Song Xianhai & Chen Xiaofei*, 2022. Finite-Difference Modeling and Characteristics Analysis of Love Waves in Anisotropic-Viscoelastic Media, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 112(1), 23-47, doi:10.1785/0120200372
22. Zheng Xu-Zhen, Ren Hengxin*, Butler Karl E., Zhang Haiming, Sun Yao-Chong, Zhang Wei, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2021. Seismoelectric and electroseismic modelling in stratified porous media with a shallow or ground surface source, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(9), e2021JB021950, doi:10.1029/2021JB021950
21. Ren Hengxin*, Zeng Ling, Sun Yao-Chong, Yamazaki Ken'ichi, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2021. Semi-analytical solutions of seismo-electromagnetic signals arising from the motional induction in 3-D multi-layered media: part II – numerical investigations, Earth Planets and Space, 73, doi:10.1186/s40623-021-01458-5
20. Li Zhengbo, Zhou Jie, Wu Gaoxiong, Wang Jiannan, Zhang Gongheng, Dong Sheng, Pan Lei, Yang Zhentao, Gao Lina, Ma Qingbo, Ren Hengxin & Chen Xiaofei*, 2021. CC-FJpy: A Python package for extracting overtone surface-wave dispersion from seismic ambient-noise cross correlation. Seismological Research Letters, 92(5), 3179-3186, doi:10.1785/0220210042
19. Sun Yao-Chong, Zhang Wei, Ren Hengxin, Bao Xueyang, Xu Jian-Kuan, Sun Nan, Yang Zhentao & Chen Xiaofei*, 2021. 3D seismic-wave modeling with a topographic fluid-solid interface at the sea bottom by the curvilinear grid finite-difference method. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, doi:10.1785/0120200363
18. Yuan Shichuan, Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua*, Zheng Xu-Zhen, Yang Zhentao, He Zhanxiang, Zhang Wei & Chen Xiaofei, 2021. Refining higher modes of Rayleigh waves using seismoelectric signals excited by a weight-drop source: study from numerical simulation aspect, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(5), e2020JB021336, doi:10.1029/2020JB021336
17. Sun Yao-Chong, Ren Hengxin*, Yamazaki Ken'ichi, Zeng Ling, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2021. Semi-analytical solutions of seismo-electromagnetic signals arising from the motional induction in 3-D multi-layered media: Part I – theoretical formulations, Earth Planets and Space, 73, doi:10.1186/s40623-020-01327-7
16. Huang Qinghua, Han Peng, Hattori Katsumi & Ren Hengxin, 2020. Electromagnetic signals associated with earthquakes: A review of observations, data processing, and mechanisms in China, in Seismoelectric Exploration: Theory, Experiments and Applications, eds Grobbe N., Revil A., Zhu Z. & Slob E., American Geophysical Union, doi:10.1002/9781119127383.ch26
15. Ren Hengxin, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2020. Evanescent EM waves generated by seismoelectric conversion at an interface, in Seismoelectric Exploration: Theory, Experiments and Applications, eds Grobbe N., Revil A., Zhu Z. & Slob E., American Geophysical Union, doi:10.1002/9781119127383.ch20
14. Sun Yao-Chong, Uyeshima Makoto, Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua, Aizawa Koki, Tsukamoto Kaori, Kanda Wataru, Seki Kaori, Kishita Takahiro, Ohminato Takao, Watanabe Atsushi, Ran Jiangjun & Chen Xiaofei, 2019. Numerical simulations to explain the coseismic electromagnetic signals: a case study for a M5.4 aftershock of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, Earth Planets and Space, 71, doi:10.1186/s40623-019-1122-7
13. Sun Yao-Chong, Ren Hengxin*, Zheng Xu-Zhen, Li Na, Zhang Wei, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2019. 2-D poroelastic wave modelling with a topographic free surface by the curvilinear grid finite-difference method, Geophysical Journal International, 218(3), 1961-1982, doi:10.1093/gji/ggz263
12. Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2018. Quantitative understanding on the amplitude decay characteristic of the evanescent electromagnetic waves generated by seismoelectric conversion, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175(8), 2853-2879, doi:10.1007/s00024-018-1823-z
11. Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2016. Numerical simulation of seismo-electromagnetic fields associated with a fault in a porous medium, Geophysical Journal International, 206(1), 205-220, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw144
10. Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2016. Existence of evanescent electromagnetic waves resulting from seismoelectric conversion at a solid–porous interface, Geophysical Journal International, 204(1), 147-166, doi:10.1093/gji/ggv400
9. Ren Hengxin, Wen Jian, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei*, 2015. Electrokinetic effect combined with surface-charge assumption: a possible generation mechanism of coseismic EM signals, Geophysical Journal International, 200(2), 835-848, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu435
8. Huang Qinghua*, Ren Hengxin & Zhang, D., 2015. Medium effect on the characteristics of the coupled seismic and electromagnetic signals, Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 91(1), 17-24, doi:10.2183/pjab.91.17
7. Li Na, Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2014. An integral expression of elastic waves in 3D stratified porous media II: Validation and numerical simulation experiments, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 57(7), 2244-2257, doi:10.6038/cjg20140719
6. Li Na, Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2014. An integral expression of elastic waves in 3D stratified porous media I: Theory, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 57(6), 1891-1899, doi:10.6038/cjg20140620
5. Huang Qinghua*, Zhang Dan & Ren Hengxin, 2014. Physics of electromagnetic phenomena associated with the rupture of a finite fault model, IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 140-142, EI Compendex, Accession number: 20154001332602
4. Zhang Dan, Ren Hengxin & Huang Qinghua*, 2013. Numerical simulation study of co-seismic electromagnetic signals in porous media, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 56(8), 2739-2747, doi:10.6038/cjg20130822
3. Ren Hengxin*, Chen Xiaofei & Huang Qinghua, 2012. Numerical simulation of coseismic electromagnetic fields associated with seismic waves due to finite faulting in porous media, Geophysical Journal International, 188(3), 925-944. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05309.x
2. Ren Hengxin, Huang Qinghua* & Chen Xiaofei, 2010. Analytical regularization of the high-frequency instability problem in numerical simulation of seismoelectric wave-fields in multi-layered porous media, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 53(3), 506-511, doi:10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.03.004
1. Ren Hengxin*, Huang Qinghua & Chen Xiaofei, 2010. A new numerical technique for simulating the coupled seismic and electromagnetic waves in layered porous media, Earthquake Science, 23(2), 167-176, doi:10.1007/s11589-009-0071-9