Xiaolong Ma

Dr. Xiaolong Ma is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES), Australian National University, specializing in observational seismology. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Geo-information Science and Technology from Zhejiang University (2007-2011) and earned his Ph.D. in Seismology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011-2017). His research focuses on correlation seismology, seismic scattering, and waveform modeling to investigate Earth's structure, particularly the lowermost mantle and core-mantle boundary.

• Primary Affiliation: Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
• Previous Affiliation: Institute of Geophysics, Münster University

His recent work leverages coda-correlation wavefields to probe the Earth's outer core and refine radial velocity models. Publications highlight small-scale heterogeneities, ultra-low velocity zones, and crustal attenuation mechanisms in regions like the Tien Shan and Pacific LLSVP.