Research Collaborators

Photo by YC Chan

My research has developed through collaborations with colleagues, students, and visiting researchers in Taiwan and internationally. This network spans structural geology, active tectonics, geomorphology, geological mapping, landslides, remote sensing, and landscape evolution.

The periods below indicate the years represented by joint publications and do not necessarily imply continuous or formally funded collaboration.

Collaborator
(published name)
RegionPeriodMain collaborative areas
Jean M. Crespi
(Crespi, J. M.)
United States1996–2000Ph.D. Thesis Advisor; Structural geology, geochronology, and Appalachian tectonics
Jian-Cheng Lee
(Lee, J.-C.)
Taiwan2001–2014Active faults, earthquake geology, and surface rupture
Yue-Gau Chen
(Chen, Y.-G.)
Taiwan2001–2019Active tectonics, earthquake geology, and geomorphology
Hao-Tsu Chu
(Chu, H.-T.)
Taiwan2001–2009Regional, structural, and metamorphic geology
Chia-Yu Lu
(Lu, C.-Y.)
Taiwan2002–2019Structural geology, metamorphism, and mountain building
Jyr-Ching Hu
(Hu, J.-C.)
Taiwan2002–2026Active tectonics, crustal deformation, InSAR, and landslides
Jacques Angelier
(Angelier, J.)
France2002–2009Structural geology, active tectonics, and fault analysis
Ruey-Juin Rau
(Rau, R.-J.)
Taiwan2002–2021Geodesy, crustal deformation, and fault geometry
Kazuaki Okamoto
(Okamoto, K.)
Japan2003–2005Metamorphic fluids, fault mechanics, and earthquake rupture processes
Kuo-Jen Chang
(Chang, K.-J.)
Taiwan2005–2018Landslide geomorphology, LiDAR, UAV surveys, and terrain modeling
Rou-Fei Chen
(Chen, R.-F.)
Taiwan2005–2018Earthquake-induced landslides, erosion, and landscape change
Chih-Hsiang Yeh
(Yeh, C.-H.)
Taiwan2014-2017Engineering geology, landslide mapping, and slope hazards
Ming-Lang Lin
(Lin, M.-L.)
Taiwan2006–2017Engineering geology, landslide mechanics, and slope hazards
Chih-Tung Chen
(Chen, C.-T.)
Taiwan2007–2026Structural geology, metamorphism, and 3D geological mapping
Jean-Philippe Avouac
(Avouac, J.-P.)
France / United States2007–2013Orogenic mechanics, crustal rheology, and mountain building
Olivier Beyssac
(Beyssac, O.)
France2007–2019Metamorphism, Raman thermometry, and exhumation
Martine Simoes
(Simoes, M.)
France2007–2011Thermotectonic evolution, erosion, and mountain building
Timothy Byrne
(Byrne, T.)
United States2007–2011Arc–continent collision and crustal structure
Chia-Han Tseng
(Tseng, C.-H.)
Taiwan2008–2023Landslide monitoring, numerical modeling, and InSAR
Yu-Chung Hsieh
(Hsieh, Y.-C.)
Taiwan2010–2026LiDAR, DEM differencing, erosion, and geological mapping
Steven B. Kidder
(Kidder, S. B.)
United States2012–2019Thermobarometry, crustal stress, rheology, and tectonics
Chiao-Yin Lu
(Lu, C.-Y.)
Taiwan2014–2026Landslide modeling, InSAR, soil moisture, and hydrogeology
Sean Kuanhsiang Chen
(Chen, S. K.)
Taiwan2014–2022GPS geodesy, slow-slip events, and subduction tectonics
Jacques Malavieille
(Malavieille, J.)
France2018–2019Accretionary wedges, basal accretion, and experimental tectonics
Thi-Hue Dinh
(Dinh, T.-H.)
Vietnam2021–2025Active tectonics, differential uplift, and the Dien Bien Phu Fault
Cheng-Wei Sun
(Sun, C.-W.)
Taiwan2023–2026Satellite remote sensing, thermal imaging, UAV surveys, and erosion
Hai-Po Chan
(Chan, H.-P.)
Taiwan2023–2026Thermal remote sensing, geothermal systems, and volcanic monitoring
Gopal Kumar
(Kumar, G.)
India2024–DEM differencing, erosion, sediment storage, and landscape evolution
Abhishek Lakhote
(Lakhote, A.)
India2025–PSInSAR monitoring and deep-seated landslides

Development of the Network

The collaboration network has evolved from early work on structural geology and earthquake deformation to LiDAR geomorphology, landslide research, thermotectonics, InSAR monitoring, satellite and UAV remote sensing, DEM differencing, and three-dimensional geological mapping.