Min DING

Min DING is an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, where he joined in November 2023. His research investigates the interaction between tectonic evolution and catastrophic processes on terrestrial planets through computational geodynamics and geodetic observations. Previously, he served as Assistant/Associate Professor at Macau University of Science and Technology (2019-2023) and conducted postdoctoral research at MIT (2015-16) and Peking University (2017-19).

• Education: B.S. (2009, USTC), PhD (2014, MIT/WHOI)

Research Interests include: planetary lithospheric dynamics, gravity inversion methods, impact/volcanic/earthquake processes, AI applications in geological structure identification, and model-data fusion. His work spans multi-scale geodynamics from minutes to millions of years.

Publication Trends reveal expertise in

• Lunar impact basin relaxation
• Martian lithospheric strength variations
• AI-driven crater detection
• Mantle overturn mechanisms
• Geophysical data joint inversion
• Glacial-tectonic interactions

Advising notable graduate students including Xiao-Zhou Luo, Xiao-Lin Cui, and Xin Xi.