● Velocity and attenuation changes after large earthquake based upon high resolution time-lapse tomography

● Glaciers seismology

● Velocity and anisotropy of brittle layer in upper crust from 2D Pg travel time tomography

● 3D structure of crust and mantle by traditional travel time tomography/double difference tomography

● Crustal attenuation by amplitude tomography using magnitude measurement data

● Uppermost mantle velocity and anisotropy using Pn/Sn tomography

● Ph.D., Geophysics, Institute of Geophysics,ChinaEarthquake Administration.  8/2002

● M.S.,Hydrogeology,ChinaUniversity of Geosciences (Wuhan).  6/1999

● B.S.,Geology, Xi’An University of Science and Technology.  7/1996

● Professor of Geophysics,  5/2014 - present

 Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

● Senior Visiting Scholar, 11/2015 - 12/2015

 Department of Earth Science, Rice Unversity.

● Associate Professor of Geophysics,  9/2004 - 4/2014

 Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

● Senior Visiting Scholar, 6/2008 - 12/2008; 5/2009 – 8/2009

 Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

● Postdoctor,  10/2002 - 8/2004

 Institute of Theoretical and Applied Geophysics, Peking University

Pei, S., F. Niu, Y. Ben-Zion, Q. Sun, Y. Liu, X. Xue, J. Su, and Z. Shao (2019), Seismic velocity reduction and accelerated recovery due to earthquakes on the Longmenshan fault, Nature Geoscience.12, pages387–392(2019), DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0347-1

Xu, Q., Pei, S., Yuan, X., Zhao, J., Liu, H., Tu, H., & Chen, S. (2019). Seismic evidence for lateral asthenospheric flow beneath the northeastern Tibetan Plateau derived from S receiver functions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007986

Davlatkhudzha Murodov, Junmeng Zhao, Qiang Xu, Hongbing Liu, Shunping Pei (2018). Complex N–S variations in Moho depth and Vp/Vs ratio beneath the western Tibetan Plateau as revealed by receiver function analysis, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 214, Issue 2, Pages 895–906

Pei, S., Peng, Z. & Chen, X. (2018). Locations of injection-induced earthquakes in Oklahoma controlled by crustal structures. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123. DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014983

Liu Yan-Bing; Pei Shun-Ping (2017), Temporal and spatial variation of b-value before and after Wenchuan earthquake and its tectonic implication, CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS-CHINESE EDITION, 2017.6, 60(6)：2104~2112

Pei, S., H. Liu, L. Bai, Y. Liu, and Q. Sun(2016), High-resolution seismic tomography of the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal: Evidence for the crustal tearing of the Himalayan rift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069808.

Pei, S., H. Zhang, J. Su, Z. Cui (2014), Ductile Gap between the Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes Revealed from the Two-dimensional Pg Seismic Tomography, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 4 : 6489 | DOI: 10.1038/srep06489

Wang, Z., R. Huang, S. Pei (2014), Crustal deformation along the Longmen-Shan fault zone and its implications for seismogenesis, Tectonophysics, Volume 610, 6 January 2014, Pages 128-137, ISSN 0040-1951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.004.

Lü, Y., Z. Zhang, S. Pei, E. Sandvol, T. Xu, X. Liang (2014), 2.5-Dimensional tomography of uppermost mantle beneath Sichuan–Yunnan and surrounding regions, Tectonophysics, Available online 16 March 2013, ISSN 0040-1951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.03.008.

Xu, Q., J. Zhao, X. Yuan, H. Liu, S. Pei (2014), Mapping crustal structure beneath southern Tibet: Seismic evidence for continental crustal underthrusting, Gondwana Research, Available online 6 February 2014, ISSN 1342-937X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.01.006.

Zhao, J., D. Murodov, Y. Huang, Y. Sun, S. Pei, H. Liu, H. Zhang, Y. Fu, W. Wang, H. Cheng, W. Tang (2014), Upper mantle deformation beneath central-southern Tibet revealed by shear wave splitting measurements, Tectonophysics, Available online 13 November 2013, ISSN 0040-1951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.003.

Pei, S., Y. J. Chen, B. Feng, X. Gao, J. Su (2013), High-resolution seismic velocity structure and azimuthal anisotropy around the 2010 Ms=7.1 Yushu earthquake, Qinghai, China from 2D tomography, Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.020

Wang, S., S. Pei, G. Xu, A. Gao, Pn velocity structure at the uppermost mantle of Mongolia and neighboring regions. Chinese Journal Geophysics, 2013, 56(12): 4106~4112, doi:10.6038/cjg20131215

Xu, Q., J. Zhao, S. Pei, and H. Liu (2013), Imaging lithospheric structure of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis: New insights from receiver function analysis, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 118, 2323–2332, doi:10.1002/jgrb.50162.

Xu, Q., J. Zhao, S. Pei, and H. Liu (2013), Distinct lateral contrast of the crustal and upper mantle structure beneath northeast Tibetan plateau from receiver function analysis, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 217, Pages 1-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2013.01.005.

Zhao, J., Z. Jin, W. D. Mooney, N. Okaya, S. Wang, X. Gao, L. Tang, S. Pei, H. Liu, Q. Xu (2013), Crustal structure of the central Qaidam basin imaged by seismic wide-angle reflection/refraction profiling, Tectonophysics, Volume 584, Pages 174-190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.005.

Pei, S. and Y. J. Chen (2012), Link between seismic velocity structure and the 2010 Ms=7.1 Yushu earthquake, Qinghai, China: Evidence from aftershocks tomography, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102(1), 445-450

Wang, Z., W. Huang, D. Zhao, S. Pei (2012), Mapping the Tohoku forearc: Implications for the mechanism of the 2011 East Japan earthquake (Mw 9.0), Tectonophysics, Volumes 524–525, Pages 147-154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.032.

Pei, S., Y. Sun, M. N. Toksöz (2011), Tomographic Pn and Sn Velocity beneath Continental Collision Zone from Alps to Himalaya, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B10311, doi:10.1029/2010JB007845

Xu, Q., J. Zhao, S. Pei, H. Liu (2011), The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary revealed by Hi-CLIMB experiment from S receiver functions, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 414-420, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05154.x

Yan Lü, Bin Liu, Shunping Pei, Youshun Sun, Xiangfang Zeng (2011), Pn Tomographic Velocity and Anisotropy beneath theIranRegion, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102(1), 426-435

Wang, Z., J. Wang, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, R. Huang, S. Pei, Q. Zhang, W. Tang (2011), Seismic imaging, crustal stress and GPS data analyses: Implications for the generation of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (M7.9), China, Gondwana Researches, 10.1016/j.jr.2010.05.004.

Pei, S., Y. Sun, M. N. Toksöz, Y. J. Chen, X. Gao, Z. Wang, J. Zhao and H. Liu (2011), Imaging Poisson's ratio of uppermost mantle beneathChina, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 101,1452-1461, DOI: 10.1785/0120090024

Pei, S. and Y. J. Chen (2010), The updated crustal attenuation in North China using M_L amplitude tomography, Earthquake Science, 23, 541-548, doi: 10.1007/s11589-010-0753-3.

Pei, S. and Y. J. Chen (2010), Tomographic structure of East  Asia: I. No fast (slab) anomalies beneath 660 km discontinuity, Earthquake Science, 23, 597-611, doi: 10.1007/s11589-010-0759-x.

Chen, Y. J. and S. Pei (2010), Tomographic structure of East  Asia: II. Stagnant slab above 660 km discontinuity and its geodynamic implications, Earthquake Science, 23, 613-626, doi: 10.1007/s11589-010-0760-4.

Pei, S., J. Su, H. Zhang,Y. Sun, M. N. Toksöz, Z. Wang, X. Gao, J. Liu, J. He (2010), Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure across the 2008 Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake, Sichuan, China, Tectonophysics, 491, 211–217, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009. 08. 039.

Pei, S., J. Liu, H. Ma, X. Gao, J. Su (2010), Dynamic variation of S-wave Q value beneath Sichuan-Yunnan, China, Chinese J. Geophys., 53, 1639-1652, DOI:10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.07.015 (In Chinese)

Zhao, J., X. Yuan, H. Liu, P. Kumar, S. Pei, R. Kind, Z. Zhang, J. Teng, L. Ding, X. Gao, Q. Xu, and W. Wang (2010), The boundary between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates below Tibet, PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.1001921107.

Wang, Z., J. Wang, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, R. Huang, S. Pei, Q. Zhang, W. Tang (2010), Seismic imaging, crustal stress and GPS data analyses: Implications for the generation of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (M7.9), China,Gondwana Researches , 10.1016/j.jr.2010.05.004.

Xu, Q, J. Zhao, Z. Cui, S. Pei, H. Liu (2010), Moho offset beneath the central Bangong-Nujiang suture of Tibetan Plateau, Chinese Science Bulletin, 55(7): 607-613, doi: 10.1007/s11434-009-0387-9

Cui, Z., S.  Pei (2009), Study on Pn velocity and anisotropy in the uppermost mantle of the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis and surrounding regions. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 52(9): 2245~2254, DOI:10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.09.008

Xu, Q, J. Zhao, Z. Cui, S. Pei, H. Liu (2009), Moho offset beneath the central Bangong-Nujiang suture of Tibetan Plateau, Chinese Science Bulletin, doi: 10.1007/s11434-009-0387-9

Huang, R., Z. Wang, S. Pei, Y. Wang (2009), Crustal ductile flow and its contribution to tectonic stress in Southwest China, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.04.001

Wang, Z., Y. Fukao, S. Pei (2009), Structural control of rupturing of the Mw7.9 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 279, 131–138, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.038

Gao, X., Y. Su, W. Wang, S. Pei and Z. Guo (2009), Lower-crust S-wave velocity beneath western Yunnan Province from waveform inversion of dense seismic observations, Terra Nova, 21, 105–110, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00862.x

Pei, S., Z. Cui, Y. Sun, M. N. Toksöz, C.A. Rowe, X. Gao, J. Zhao, H. Liu, J. He, F. D. Morgan 2009. Structure of the Upper Crust inJapanfrom S-wave Attenuation Tomography, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., vol. 99, No. 1, doi:10.1785/0120080029.

Sun, Y., M. N. Toksöz, S. Pei, D. Zhao, F. D. Morgan, A. Rosca (2008), S-wave Tomography of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle inChina, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B11307, doi:10.1029/2008JB005836.

Hearn, T., S. Wang, S. Pei, Z. Xu, James F. Ni, Y. Yu (2008), Seismic Amplitude Tomography for Crustal Attenuation beneathChina. Geophysical Journal International. 174,223-234.

Sun, Y., M. N. Toksöz, S. Pei, and F. D. Morgan, 2008. The layered shear wave velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle inChina. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., vol. 98, No. 2, doi:10.1785/0120050222

Pei, S., J. Su, X. Gao, J. Zhao, H. Liu (2008), S-wave attenuation tomography of upper crust in japan, Chinese J. Geophys., 51, 828-835.

Zhao, J., H. Cheng, S. Pei, H. Liu, J Zhang, B. Liu (2008). Deep structure at northern margin of Tarim Basin, Chinese Science Bulletin, 53 (10): 1544-1554.

Wang, S., Pei S., T. M. Hearn et al. (2008), Crustal S-wave Q estimated from M_L amplitude II: Q lateral variation inChina, Chinese J. Geophys., 51, 134-140.

Wang, S., Pei S., Xu Z. et al. (2007), Crustal S-wave Q estimated from M_L amplitude I: attenuation in tectonic blocks. Chinese J. Geophys., 50, 1740-1747.

Ma, H., S. Wang, S. Pei, et al. (2007), Q₀ tomography of S wave attenuation in Sichuan-Yunnan and adjacent regions. Chinese J. Geophys., 50, 465-471.

Pei, S., J. Zhao, Y. Sun, Z. Xu, S. Wang, H. Liu, C. A. Rowe, M. N. Toksöz, and X. Gao (2007), Upper mantle seismic velocities and anisotropy in China determined through Pn and Sn tomography, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05312, doi:10.1029/2006JB004409.

Pei, S., J. Zhao, C. A. Rowe, S. Wang, T. M. Hearn, Z. Xu, H. Liu and Y. Sun (2006), ML Amplitude Tomography in North  China, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 1560-1566, doi:10.1785/0120060021.

Pei, S., Z. Xu, S. Wang (2004). Sn Wave Tomography of the Uppermost Mantle Beneath theChinaContinent and Adjacent Regions. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 47(2), 278~284.

Pei, S., Z. Xu, S. Wang (2004). Discussion on origin of Pn velocity variation inChinaand adjacent region. Acta Seismologica Sinica. 17(1), 1~11.

Wang, S., Z. Xu, S. Pei (2003). Pn Velocity Variation BeneathChinaContinent and Deep Structure Background for Strong Earthquake Preparation. Chinese Journal Of Geophysics. 46(6), 1114~1124.

Wang, S., Z. Xu, S. Pei (2003). Velocity structure of uppermost mantle beneath North China from Pn tomography and its implications. Science InChina (Series D-Earth Sciences). 46(Suppl.), 130-140, 2003.

Xu, Z., Wang S., S. Pei (2003) Lateral variation of Pn velocity beneath northeastern marginal region of Qinghai-Xizang plateau. Acta Seismologica Sinica, 16(1), 26-33.

Chen, C., S. Pei, J.J. Jiao (2003). Land subsidence caused by groundwater exploitation in Suzhou City,China, Hydrogeology Journal. 11: 275-287.

J.J. Jiao, X. Wang, J. Chen, S. Pei (2003). Academic Thoughts and Achievements of Professor CHEN Chongxi, Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, 28(5), 471-482. (in Chinese)

Pei, S., Z. Xu, S. Wang (2002). Pn Velocity Tomography In Xinjiang,ChinaAnd Adjacent Regions. Chinese Journal Of Geophysics. 45(2), 217-224.

Chen, C., S. Pei (2001). Numerical simulation on ground subsidence due to ground water exploitation. Hydrogeology and Engineer Geology, No.2，5-8. (in Chinese)

Pei, S., C. Chen and J. J. Jiao (2000). Geological hazards related to groundwater exploitation-Land subsidence in Suzhou city, China, Proceedings of the international symposium on hydrogeology and the environment, Yanxin Wang, Wuhan, P. R. China, China environmental science press, 546-552.

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Chen, C., S. Pei, X. Wang (1999). Numerical simulation method of partial penetration river and some problems in the establishment of models, Site Investigation Science and Technology, No.4，p3-12. (in Chinese)