Biography
Professional
info
Dr. Justin Yen-Ting Ko is a seismologist who has made fundamental discoveries in the broad area of seismology and emphasizes observational insights for important geophysical and interdisciplinary problems. Dr. Ko's current research focuses on the analysis of seismic waveforms to investigate the structure of the Earth's deep interior, the methodology of seismic imaging, the physics of earthquake faulting, and inverse and optimization theory.
Teaching
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Observational Seismology
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Computational Seismology
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Fundamentals of Oceanic Statistics
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Special Topics in Global Seismology
Society membership
Work
experience
2018.08 - present
Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2015.06 ~ 2018.05
Postdoctoral Fellow, Seismological Laboratory, Division of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, USA
2015.01 ~ 2015.06
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2014.08 ~ 2014.12
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth Science, National Central University, Taiwan
Education
2010 ~ 2014
Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2008 ~ 2010
Master of Science in the Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2004 ~ 2008
Bachelor of Science in Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan
Professional services
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The reviewer of manuscripts submitted to:
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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (1)
Awards
2018 MOST Young Scholar Fellowship
2015 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, National Taiwan University
2014 Dean's Award of College of Science in National Taiwan University
2014 The Outstanding Student Poster Award at Taiwan Geosciences Assembly
2010 Dean's Award of College of Science in National Taiwan University
2010 The Outstanding Student Poster Award at Taiwan Geosciences Assembly
2009 The Outstanding Student Poster Award at Taiwan Geosciences Assembly
Funded
Projects
2019.08-2020.07 Circum-Pacific studies of the Mid and Lower Mantle Slab Debris and D" discontinuity (2/5) (PI, MOST 108-2636-M-002 -011-)
2018.08-2019.07 Circum-Pacific studies of the Mid and Lower Mantle Slab Debris and D" discontinuity (1/5) (PI, MOST 107-2636-M-002-003-)