معرفی
Jiajia Sun is an Associate Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston. Her research focuses on advancing subsurface imaging, uncertainty quantification, and mineral exploration through interdisciplinary approaches combining geophysics, machine learning, and computer vision.
- Education: PhD in Geophysics (2015, Colorado School of Mines); BS in Geophysics (2008, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan).
Research Interests: Jiajia specializes in deep learning for geophysical inversion, multi-physics data integration, and probabilistic geological modeling. Her work leverages computational resources like GPUs and clusters to solve inverse problems and tackle magnetic remanence challenges.
Recent Publications: Her research includes applying Bayesian frameworks, deep generative models, and joint inversion algorithms to airborne geophysics for critical mineral mapping and hydrogen reservoir detection. She emphasizes open-source tools like SimPEG for reproducibility.
Awards:
- J. Clarence Karcher Award (SEG)
Advising & Collaborations: She mentors PhD students in geophysics and collaborates with institutions like Amazon’s Generative AI Innovation Center, Stanford University, and University College Dublin. Her team also tests drones and magnetometers at the UH Coastal Center.
