湖南衡阳人，研究员，博士生导师，国家优秀青年基金获得者。2009年本科毕业于中国地质大学(北京)，2014年博士毕业于中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所/中国科学院广州地球化学研究所。曾先后在美国科罗拉多大学，美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，俄罗斯科学院地球物理研究所，美国佐治亚理工学院进行合作交流。2014年7月在广州地化所工作至今，2022年1月起任研究员。现任国际SCI期刊Pure and Applied Geophysics(PAGEOPH)的Editor，Terra Nova的Associate Editor，中国科学：地球科学(中英文)和地球与行星物理论评编委, 也是中国地球物理学会大陆动力学、地震学专业委员会委员，中国地震学会地震学、地壳深部探测、青年科技工作委员会委员。
2014年 中国科学院院长优秀奖
2014年 中国科学院广州地球化学研究所优秀青年人才基金
2015年 中国地质学会“十大地质科技进展”
2017年 同位素地球化学国家重点实验室年度优秀成果
2018年 中国科学院青年创新促进会会员
2018年 中国科学院广州地球化学研究所“涂光炽优秀青年学者A类”
2019年 中国科学院广州分院优秀青年科技工作者
2023年 傅承义青年科技奖
2023年 国家优秀青年科学基金
2023年 中国科学院广州教育基地“优秀研究生导师”
2024年 密集台阵开拓探索奖
Deng, Y., Bignardi, S., Zhang, Z., Peng, Z., Xiong, C., Zhu, S., Ma, J., Rong, M., Chen, M., 2025. Subsurface structure and impact process of Yilan Crater, northeastern China. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 301.
Hu, Z., Deng, Y.*, Liang, X.*, Zhang, Z., Xu, M., Yuan, X., 2025. The Heterogeneous Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the Tarim Craton and Adjacent Region: Insight Into the Thermal Processes by the Cenozoic Reactivation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(5), e2024JB030831
Xiong, C., Deng, Y.*, Ye, X., Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Lv, Z., Wang, X., Gong, X., He, X., 2025. Quaternary Sediment Thicknesses, Paleochannels, and Hazard Assessment Revealed by a 6200‐Station Array in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, South China. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 115(2), 694-706
Xiong, C., Deng, Y.*, Wang, L., Ye, X., Zhang, Y., 2025. High-Resolution Monitoring of Urban Activities With Nodal Seismometers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China. Earth and Space Science, 12(4), e2024EA004088
Ma, J., Deng, Y.*, Li, X., Guo, R., Zhou, H., Li, M., 2025. Recent Advances in Machine Learning-Enhanced Joint Inversion of Seismic and Electromagnetic Data. Surveys in Geophysics, 46(1), 197-225
黄润青, 邓阳凡*, 陈瑛, 熊成, 张周, 2025. 2023年广东河源<i>M</i>≥4地震序列震源参数及应力触发. 地球物理学报, 956-969.
Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, Xu, Y.-G., Li, X., 2024. A translithospheric magmatic system revealed beneath Changbaishan volcano. Geology, 52(10), 742-746.
邓阳凡, 罗恒, 张周, 朱晟, 黄润青, 胡仲发, 李鑫, 2024. 地球陨石坑地球物理探测研究进展. 地球与行星物理论评, 55(2), 153-163.
Zhu, S., Deng, Y.*, Zhang, Z., Li, X., 2024. Geophysical-petrological modelling of the crust and upper mantle structure across the North-South Gravity Lineament in NE China: Insights into the lithospheric thinning mechanism. Terra Nova, 36(2), 148-160.
Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, 2022. A generalized strategy from S-wave receiver functions reveals distinct lateral variations of lithospheric thickness in southeastern Tibet. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(11), e2022GC010619.
Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, Qiu, H., Peng, Z., Liu-Zeng, J., 2022. High-resolution structure of the creeping section of the Haiyuan Fault, NE Tibet, from data recorded by dense seismic arrays. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(9), e2022JB024468.
Deng, Y., Chen, Y., Li, P., Zhang, Z., Badal, J., 2022. A Synthesis of Geophysical Data in Southeastern North China Craton: Implications for the Formation of the Arcuate Xuhuai Thrust Belt. Journal of Earth Science 33, 552-566.
Deng, Y., Xu, Y.-G., Chen, Y., 2021. Formation mechanism of the North–South Gravity Lineament in eastern China. Tectonophysics 818, 229074.
Deng, Y., Byrnes, J. S., Bezada, M., 2021. New insights into the heterogeneity of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system beneath South China from teleseismic body-wave attenuation. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2020GL091654.
Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, Yao, J., Zong, J., Chen, H., 2021. An array based seismic image on the Dahutang deposit, South China: Insight into the mineralization. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 310, 106617.
Deng, Y., Peng, Z., Liu-Zeng, J., 2020. Systematic search for repeating earthquakes along the Haiyuan fault system in Northeastern Tibet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(7), e2020JB019583.
Deng, Y., Li, J., Peng, T., Ma, Q., Song, X., Sun, X., Shen, Y., Fan, W., 2019. Lithospheric structure in the Cathaysia block (South China) and its implication for the Late Mesozoic magmatism. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 291, 24-34.
Deng, Y., Li, J., Song, X., Li, H., Xu, T., 2019. The lithospheric-scale deformation in NE Tibet from joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave dispersion. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 30, 127-137.
Deng, Y., Levandowski, W., 2018. Lithospheric Alteration, Intraplate Crustal Deformation, and Topography in Eastern China. Tectonics, 37, 4120-4134.
Deng, Y., Li, J., Song, X., Zhu, L., 2018. Joint Inversion for Lithospheric Structures: Implications for the Growth and Deformation in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9), 3951-3958.
Deng, Y., Levandowskic, W., Kusky, T., 2017. Lithospheric density structure beneath the Tarim basin and surroundings, northwestern China, from the joint inversion of gravity and topography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 460, 244-254.
Deng, Y., Chen, L., Wu, J., Xu, T., Romanelli, F., Panza, G.F., 2017. Lateral variation in seismic velocities and rheology beneath the Qinling-Dabie orogen. Science China Earth Sciences, 60, 576–588.
Deng, Y., Tesauro, M., 2016. Lithospheric strength variations in Mainland China: tectonic implications. Tectonics, 35, 2313-2333.
Deng, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, P., Essa, K.S., Xu, T., Liang, X., Badal, J., 2016. Magmatic underplating beneath the Emeishan large igneous province (South China) revealed by the COMGRA-ELIP experiment. Tectonophysics, 672, 16-23.
Deng, Y., Shen, W., Xu, T., H.Ritzwoller, M., 2015. Crustal layering in northeastern Tibet: a case study based on joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion. Geophysical Journal International, 203, 692–706.
Zhang, Z., Teng, J., Romanelli, F., Braitenberg, C., Ding, Z., Zhang, X., Fang, L., Zhang, S., Wu, J., Deng, Y.*, Ma, T., Sun, R., Giuliano, P.F. 2014. Geophysical constraints on the link between cratonization and orogeny: Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau and the North China Craton. Earth-Science Reviews, 130, 1-48.
Deng, Y., Zhang, Z., Mooney, W., Badal, J., Fan, W. and Zhong, Q., 2014. Mantle origin of the Emeishan large igneous province (South China) from the analysis of residual gravity anomalies. Lithos, 204, 4-13.
Deng, Y., Zhang, Z., Badal, J., Fan, W., 2014. 3-D density structure under South China constrained by seismic velocity and gravity data. Tectonophysics, 627, 159-170.
Deng, Y., Panza, G.F., Zhang, Z., Romanelli, F., Ma, T., Doglioni, C., Wang, P., Zhang, X., Teng, J., 2014. Transition from continental collision to tectonic escape? A geophysical perspective on lateral expansion of the northern Tibetan Plateau. Earth, Planets and Space, 66(1), 1-10.
Deng, Y., Zhang, Z., Fan, W., P rez-Gussiny , M., 2014. Multitaper spectral method to estimate the elastic thickness of South China: Implications for intracontinental deformation. Geoscience Frontiers, 5(2), 193-203.
Deng, Y., Fan, W., Zhang, Z. and Liang, K., 2014. The gravity and isostatic Moho in North China Craton and their implications to seismicity. Earthquake Science, 27(2), 197-207.
Deng, Y., Fan, W., Zhang, Z., Badal, J., 2013. Geophysical evidence on segmentation of the Tancheng-Lujiang fault and its implications on the lithosphere evolution in East China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 78, 263-276.
邓阳凡, 李守林, 范蔚茗, 刘佳, 2011. 深地震测深揭示的华南地区地壳结构及其动力学意义. 地球物理学报, 54(10), 2560-2574.
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