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2015- present, Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012 - 2014, Assistant Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017, 2015, Visiting Scientist, Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada
2016, Visiting Professor, Earthquake Research Center, The University of Tokyo.
2013, Visiting Scientist, Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada

Education
Ph.D., 2012, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
B.S., 2007, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Professional Memberships
Member, Chinese Geophysical Society (2009 -)
Member, American Geophysical Union (2015-)

Research Interests
Geodynamics of subduction zones and related earthquake hazards, addressing questions like how fault strength affects subduction zone large earthquakes, how fault zone rheology controls episodic tremor and slip and similar phenomena, and how fluids circulation in oceanic crust affects subduction fault temperature and earthquake generation.

Honors and Awards
2019, XPlorer Prize

Selected Publications
1. Gao, X., K. Wang. 2017. Rheological separation of the megathrust seismogenic zone and episodic tremor and slip. Nature, 543: 416-419
2. Gao, X., K. Wang. 2014. Strength of stick-slip and creeping subduction megathrusts from heat flow observations. Science, 345: 1038-1041
3. Cao, L., Z. Wang, S. Wu, X. Gao. 2014. A new model of slab tear of the subducting Philippine Sea Plate associated with Kyushu-Palau Ridge subduction. Tectonophysics, 636: 158-169.
4. Gao, X., J. Zhang, Y. Sun, S. Wu. 2012. A simulation study on the thermal structure of Manila trench subduction zone. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 55(1): 117-125. (in Chinese)