Active Tectonics Lab
Active Tectonics, Seismic Hazard,
​Quaternary Geochronology
​and Structural Geology
  • Introduction
  • Principal investigator
  • Lab members
  • Research
    • Active fault-related folds >
      • Chelungpu fault, Taiwan
      • Tainan anticline, Taiwan
    • Strike-slip fault kinematics, Dead Sea fault >
      • GPS vs Long-Term slip rate
      • Paleoseismology in the Wadi Araba
      • Paleoseismology in Lebanon
    • Quaternary geochronology
  • Publications
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Rock of the Week
Research Assitant

​Kai-Feng Chen
陳愷風
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( 2024 - now )
Kai-Feng first joined our lab as an undergrad student. His master thesis specialized on photogrammetry and geological mapping, to identify active deformation using image correlation. 

​(Dabajian Mountain 大罷霸尖山
​in the background :)
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Doctoral Students

​Ngoc Thao Nguyen


( 2021 - 2023 &
​2023 - now )
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Thao joined us from Vietnam since the master program. She works on Holocene active deformation in southwestern Taiwan, based on classical neotectonics methods, as well as surface processes (denudation). 

​Here, she had just found a big charcoal within a core !
Master Students

​Hsiao-Ting Fang

方曉婷

( 2021 - now )

Hsiao-Ting is a master student, switching from chemistry to Earth Sciences and interested in river geomorphology.  

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(A landscape from the south island of New Zealand in the background)
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​Jih-Yu Y
eh
葉日瑜
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( ​2023 - now )
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​Jih-Yu studied in Eastern Taiwan and got the opportunity to experience the 2022 Yuli earthquake sequence and later neotectonic field works. 


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​Kifayat Ali
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( ​2023 - now )

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​Ali comes the Himalayas of Pakistan. 

Together we will search for the effects of active tectonics on badlands morphology. 
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​Tzu-Chen Dai 

戴子甄
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( ​2024 - now )
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Tzu-Chen comes with an interest on rock properties. 

We may explore how the properties of rocks in southwestern Taiwan can be used to determine maximum burial depth. 
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​Yu-Shuo Tseng 

曾禹碩
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( ​2025 - now )

​Graduated from geography, Yu-Shuo is now taking a deeper dive into Earth Sciences. 
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​Maulana Putra Adiningrat


( ​2025 - now )​
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​Maulana is from Indonesia. He is interested in GIS related work. 
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​Yu-Chen Tsai 

蔡侑臻
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( ​2025 - now )


​Yu-Chen is interested in seismic hazard; she is co-advised by Prof. Chan Chung-Han.
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Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students are welcome to contact me and join my lab to get started with research
​or simply gain experience in the field of Earth Sciences. 

Former Members

​Tifenn Gourlay Rogue

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( Spring 2025 )
Master research intern
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​Tzu-Hui Wang

王慈慧
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( Summer 2025 )
Undergraduate member​
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​Min-Han Tsai
蔡旻翰
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( Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 )
Undergraduate member​
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​Pak-Hin Leung

梁栢軒
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( Spring & Summer 2025 )
Undergraduate member​

​Yun-Ting Tracy Chen
陳筠婷
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​( Spring & Fall 2023 )
​Undergraduate member
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​Wei-Cheng Liao
廖偉成
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( Fall 2023 )
​Undergraduate member​
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​Hassan Aleem

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( 2021 - 2023 )

Hassan joined us from Pakistan as a master student. He worked on active tectonics and structural geology and developed an interest for mobile shales. 

​He is now a PhD student in New Zealand. 

(Here, he stands in front of the outcrop of a branch of the Sanyi Fault, central Taiwan)
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​Chang-Chih Casey Chen
陳長志


( 2020 - 2023 )
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​Chang-Chih was a master student and research assistant, working on active tectonics and structural geology along the Tsengwen River, southwestern Taiwan. 

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(The famous heart-shape landmark of Penghu Islands in the background)

​Jhih-Wei Shih
石智偉

( 2020 - 2022 )

​Jhih-Wei was a master student co-advised with Prof. Wen-Jeng Huang. He worked on uplifted river terraces of the Tsengwen River in southwestern Taiwan. 

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(Tough weather at the volcano-sedimentary outcrops of Shihtiping, E. Taiwan)
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Elsayed Abdelbaky

( 2019 - 2021 )
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Elsayed was a Ph.D. student coming from Egypt, co-supervised with Prof. Jia-Jyun Dong. He is interested in geological mapping, structural geology and remote sensing techniques. 


(The Lailai dyke, N. Taiwan coast, in the background)
​
Tzu-Ling Wang
​
王子菱
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( Summer 2021 )

Tzu-Ling joined us from Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, as an undergraduate intern of the E-DREAM summer program to learn about seismic hazard and active geological structures. 
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​Yu-Cheng Steven Hsu
徐毓呈

​(2020 - 2021)
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​Yu-Cheng is interested in structural geology and related applications of drone photogrammetry. He was our lab research assistant. 

​Ya-Chu Debby Tseng
曾雅筑

( 2015 - 2016, 2019 - 2020 )

​Ya-Chu first worked with me on a part-time research project about paleoseismology and luminescence dating in Lebanon when she was a senior undergraduate student in NTNU (Nat. Taiwan Normal Univ.). She then came back as  a research assistant. She is now a PhD student in NTNU.  
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Antoine Poujol

( 2016 - 2018 )
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​Antoine received his PhD from Geosciences Montpellier, France, in the field of active tectonics and geomorphology. We worked together on dating folded terrace deposits in central Western Taiwan. 

​Hadis Hasyimi Miftahul Ulum

( 2016 - 2018 )

​Hadis was a master student in NCU, from Indonesia. We worked together on geomorphology, active tectonics, and structural geology in southwestern Taiwan. He now works in the mining industry in Indonesia. 
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