{"id":20,"date":"2018-05-29T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~lmeng\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2018-05-29T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T17:31:00","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #e69138;font-family: georgia, serif;font-size: large\"><b>Education:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2012: Ph.D in Geophysics,\u00a0<i>California Institute of Technology.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2009: MSc in Geophysics, <i>California Institute of Technology.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2007: BSc in Geosciences, <i>Nanjing University.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e69138;font-family: georgia, serif;font-size: large\"><b>Employment:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #e69138;font-family: georgia, serif;font-size: large\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">2014-present: Assistant Professor of Geophysics, <\/span><\/span><i>Univ. of California, Los Angeles.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">2012-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, <\/span><i>Univ. of California, Berkeley.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Honors:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif\">2014:\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0Holder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/releases\/UCLA-Professor-Leon-Knopoff-and-2037\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Leon and Joann Knopoff Chair in Physics and Geophysics<\/a><i>, UCLA.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif\">2012: <span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismosoc.org\/awards\/student-awards\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Student Presentation Award<\/a><i>, <\/i><\/span><i>SSA (<\/i><i>Seismological Society of America<\/i>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">2011: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctbto.org\/press-centre\/highlights\/2011\/verifying-the-ctbt-an-unprecedented-technical-undertaking\/7\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Best Young Scientist Award<\/a>, <\/span><i>CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty\u00a0).<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2007-2008: <b>Frontiers in Geochemistry Fellowship, <i>Caltech.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2003-2006: <span style=\"color: #000000\">Fundamental Geosciences Scholarship,<i> Nanjing University<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><b>Awarded Proposals:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">NSF Geophysics EAR 1723192 2017-2019: \u201dDetecting Offshore Seismicity by Combining Back-Projection and Matched Filter Analysis \u201d <i>(Single PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">UC MEXUS 2017: \u201cDiscovering the connection between slow slip events and large megathrust events in Mexico\u201d <i>(Co-PI)\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">USC SCEC 2017: \u201cCharacterizing Seismic Site Conditions in Southern California Based on Topographically Induced Stress and Bedrock Fractures\u201d <i>(Co-PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">USC SCEC 2017: \u201cSearching for the Deep Seismic Activity in the Roots of the San Andreas Fault\u201d <i>(lead-PI)\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">UCLA COR Faculty Research Grant 2017: \u201dImaging the Deep Seismic Activity in The Roots of the San Andreas Fault\u201d <i>(Single PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">UCLA OVCR Transdisciplinary Seed Grant 2017, Big Data Initiatives: \u201cSearching for repeating foreshocks by data-mining massive continuous seismic waveforms\u201d <i>(Single PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">UCLA COR Faculty Research Grant 2016: \u201dArray-Based Earthquake Early Warning System Using Low-Cost Seismic Sensors\u201d <i>(Single PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">NSF EarthScope EAR 1614609 2016-2018: \u201cImproving Earthquake Back-Projection Imaging with a Novel Physics-Based Aftershock Calibration Approach\u201d <i>(Single PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Hellman Fellowship 2015: \u201cA novel tsunami warning system based on seismic antenna\u201d <i>(Single PI)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Teaching Experience:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2014-2017: Teaching &#8220;Applied Geophysics&#8221; (EPS135, EPS136A),&#8221;Earthquakes&#8221;(EPS8), and &#8220;Introduction to Seismology (EPS222)&#8221;,\u00a0<i>UCLA.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2012: Mentoring SURF student, <i>Caltech.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2008-2011: Teaching\u00a0assistant, <i>Caltech.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2004-2006: Tutoring high school student, <i>Nanjing University.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>Professional Service:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">2011-: reviewers on <i>GRL, JGR, GJI, Science, BSSA, SRL, Tectophysics, Scientific Report and NSF proposals.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education:\u00a0 2012: Ph.D in Geophysics,\u00a0California Institute of Technology. 2009: MSc in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology. 2007: BSc in Geosciences, Nanjing University. Employment: \u00a0 2014-present: Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Univ. of California, Los Angeles. 2012-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Honors: 2014:\u00a0\u00a0Holder of\u00a0The Leon and Joann Knopoff Chair in Physics and Geophysics, UCLA. 2012: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.epss.ucla.edu\/lmeng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}