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Lianxing Wen
Professor
Department of Geosciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Lianxing Wen is a seismologist (studies earthquakes), geodynamicist and planetary scientist. His research is directed toward understanding the structure, dynamics, composition and evolution of the Earth and other planets. Lianxing’s work has fundamentally changed our understanding of the structure and dynamical processes of the Earth's mantle, outer core and inner core, and the boundaries between them.
Education
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, CA
- M.S., Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
- B.S., University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China
News Highlights
April 25, 2018
North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say
Wall Street Journal
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April 25, 2018
This may be the real reason why Kim Jong Un halted nuclear tests
New York Post
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April 25, 2018
North Korea nuclear test site partially collapsed: Chinese experts Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/north-korea-nuclear-test-site-partially-collapsed-chinese-10175644
Channel News Asia
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September 4, 2017
North Korea's nuclear bomb: Can we work out its power?
BBC News
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September 5, 2017
North Korea's nuclear test site at risk of imploding, Chinese scientist says
CNBC
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