Wu Zhongliang (Z. L. Wu)
BORN: May 3, 1963, at Liaoning, China; Male
E-mail: wuzhl@gscas.ac.cn; wuzl@cdsn.org.cn
EDUCATION:
B.Sc. in Geophysics, Peking University (1985) M.Sc. in Geophysics, Peking University (1988)
Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics, Peking University (1991)
POSITIONS HELD:
Post-doc, Institute of Geophysics,
State Seismological Bureau, Beijing (1991-1993) Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Geophysics,
State Seismological Bureau, Beijing (1993-1995) Research Scientist, Institute of
Geophysics,
China Seismological Bureau, Beijing (1996-2002) Visiting Professor, Graduate School,
Academia Sinica,
Beijing, China (1996-2002)
Professor, College of Earth Science, Graduate School,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (since 2002)
Deputy Director, Institute of Geophysics,
China Seismological Bureau, Beijing (1996-2002) Adjunct Deputy Director, Center for
Analysis and Prediction,
China Seismological Bureau, Beijing (2002-2004) Vice Dean, College of Earth Science,
Graduate School,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (2003-2004) Director, Institute of Geophysics,
China Earthquake Administration (2004-2008)
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Acta Seismologica Sinica,
Chinese and English Edition (1998-2006) Member of International Association of
Seismology and Physics
of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) Executive Committee
(1999-2003)
Chairman, Commission on Earthquake Hazard, Risk and
Strong Ground Motion (SHR) of IASPEI (2001-2007) Secretary General, Chinese National
Committee for IASPEI
(1997-2002)
Chairman, Chinese National Committee for IASPEI (2003-2005) Vice President, The
Seismological Society of China (2002-2006) First Vice President, IASPEI (2003-2007)
Adjunct Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University, New York (1999-2005) Associate, The Abdus Salam International
Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2003-2008) Editor, Earth, Planets and Space, Tokyo,
Japan (since 2002)
SCIENTIFIC WORKING FIELD: Earthquake and Explosion Seismology
Physics of Earthquakes
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Wu, Z. L., Chen, Y. T. and Mu, Q. D., 1994. Nuclear Explosion
Seismology: An Outline. Beijing: Seismological Press, in Chinese.

Wu, Z. L. and Chen, Y. T., 1996. Decomposition of seismic moment
tensors for underground nuclear explosions. PAGEOPH, 147: 357-366.
Wu, Z. L., 1998. Implications of a percolation model for earthquake
'nucleation'. Geophys. J. Int., 133: 104-110.
Wu, Z. L., 2000. Frequency-size distribution of global seismicity
seen from broad-band radiated energy. Geophys. J. Int., 142: 59-66.
Chen, Y. T., Wu, Z. L., Wang, P. D., Xu, L. S., Li, H. J. and Mu, Q.
D., 2000. Digital Seismology. Beijing: Seismological Press, in
Chinese.
Wu, Z. L., 2000. Critical Phenomena in the Physics of Seismic Source.
Beijing: Seismological Press, in Chinese.
Wu, Z. L., 2001. Scaling of apparent stress obtained from broadband
energy catalogue and seismic moment catalogue and its apparent
focal mechanism dependence. Earth, Planets and Space, 53: 943-948.
Wu, Z. L. and Chen, Y. T., 2003. Definition of seismic moment at a
discontinuity interface. Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., 934: 1832-1834.
Wan, Y. G., Wu, Z. L. and Zhou, G. W., 2004. Focal mechanism
dependence of static stress triggering of earthquakes.
Tectonophysics, 390: 235-243.
Wu, Z. L., 2004. Scaling law of SARS onset. International Journal
of Modern Physics B, 18: 2559-2563.