Ssu-ting Lai

Contenu / Travaux

I am dedicated to advancing the field of earthquake seismology through the application of numerical modelling and seismic imaging techniques. My research focuses on elucidating the underlying mechanisms of earthquake nucleation and assessing seismic hazards. By combining 3D numerical modelling with laboratory rock experiments, I investigate the processes of weakening and rupture preceding and during earthquakes. Through these investigations, I aim to contribute to the development of earthquake early warning systems and enhance our understanding of natural hazards. Currently, I am actively involved in the development of methodologies for detecting nonlinear site effects using predominant frequency analysis, which I further validate through 3D numerical modelling techniques. In addition to my expertise in seismic hazard assessment, I possess a strong background in tectonics, exploration geophysics, and earthquake geology.

EDUCATION

• Postdoctoral researcher in Seismology, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris / Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ (06/2022-08/2023)
• PhD in Seismology, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (11/2018-04/2022) Topic: Time-lapse rock deformation monitoring using waveform inversion. Supervised by: Nobuaki Fuji and Luis Fabian Bonilla
• MSc in Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (09/2017- 06/2018) Topic: Time-lapse elastic properties of cracked granite during shear deformation inferred from laboratory experiments using 2D finite accurate waveform modelling. Supervised by: Nobuaki Fuji
• Exchange Student in University of Arizona (UA), USA (08/2015-05/2016) Topic: Improving crustal scale seismic imaging of the Southern Andes: application of a new dix type relationship between surface-wave and shear-wave velocities. Supervised by: Susan Beck and Kevin Ward
• BSc in Geoscience, National Central University (NCU), Taiwan (09/2013-06/2017) Topic: The tectonic structure of eastern Taiwan from seismicity, seismic velocity, an reflection seismic method. Supervised by: Hao Kuo-Chen

PUBLICATION

• Lai, S.-T., Fuji, N., Katayama, I., Bonilla, L. F., & Capdeville, Y. (2021). Rock deformation monitoring using Monte Carlo waveform inversion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB021873. doi:10.1029/2021JB021873
• Lai, S.-T., Fuji, N., Katayama, I. (2019). Time-lapse elastic properties of cracked granite during deformation inferred from laboratory experiments using 2D waveform modelling, Proceedings of the 81st EAGE conference and exhibition, London. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201900662