Youyi Ruan

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Ph.D., Geophysics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2012
M.S., Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China 2007
B.S., Physics, Hubei University, Wuhan, China, 2003

09/2014 – current, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University.
09/2012 – 09/2014, Departmental Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University.
08/2007 – 05/2012, Research Assistant, Virginia Tech
09/2004 – 07/2007, Research Assistant, University of Science and Technology of China

Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU 2011
Round Table Scholarship for Graduate Study ($2,000), College of Science, VT, 2011
J. K. Costain Fellowship, VT, 2010
2010 Graduate Fellowship, VT, 2010
Aubrey E. Orange Research Award ($1,000), VT, 2009
Robinson-Holden Geosciences Graduate Research Award ($1,000), VT, 2008
Aubrey E. Orange Research Award ($1,000), VT, 2008
Geosciences Graduate Award ($2,000), VT, 2007

NSF-OCE-MG&G (PI): Marine sediment shear velocity structure from Rayleigh-wave admittance and ambient noise (In preparation for re-submission).
XSEDE-EAR13-0014 (PI): Adjoint Tomography of 3-D Seismic Structure of the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere Beneath the Juan de Fuca Plate, 04/2013 - 04/2014, 800,000 SUs awarded on Stampede supercomputer, Texas Advanced Computing Center, NSF XSEDE.
Brown University Postdoctoral Fellow Research Grant, 09/2012 - 09/2014, $10,000
Exxon Mobil Science Grants: Investigating the effects of the earth's three-dimensional anelasticity structure (Q) on seismic surface waves, 2009. $7,500.

Participating Scientist, ENAM cruise EN-537, R/V Endeavor, Atlantic, Apr 2014.

Student mentoring

Austin White-Gaynor, Undergraduate Senior Research Program, Virginia Tech, 2011.