M. Sc. Alan Junwa Yu

PhD Student
M. Sc. Alan Junwa Yu
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Building C 4, Room 1.09 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Building A 46, Room 206 (Büro)
Albert-Einstein-Straße 42-46
14473 Potsdam

Function and Responsibilities:

PhD student within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network TALENTS, focusing on:
  • Geodynamic modelling (using numerical code ASPECT) of rifting in the Upper Rhine Graben, France-Germany
  • Thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling (using code GOLEM) of geothermal reservoirs within the Graben
  • Development of automated coupling between codes ASPECT and GOLEM

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Research Interests:

Geodynamics, numerical modelling, glacial geology

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Career:

2024-2027: Doctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

2023: Research Assistant - Geodynamic Modelling, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2022: Geophysicist, Abitibi Geophysics, Toronto, Canada

2021: Research Assistant - GIS and Glacial Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Education:

2025-: Doktorand in Geophysics, University of Potsdam

2023-2024: MSc in Earth Sciences, University of Toronto

2018-2023: BSc in Environmental Physics (Co-op), University of Toronto

Projects:

Continental rifts hold immense potential for renewable geothermal energy, addressing the urgent challenge to transition from high-carbon to low-carbon energy sources. Here, we combine long-term geodynamic modelling with shorter-term reservoir rock mechanics modelling to evaluate the geothermal potential within the complex geological setting of the Upper Rhine Graben, France-Germany.

Awards:

President’s Fellowships in Geology, University of Toronto, 2023

Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Government of Ontario, 2023

Don Salt Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Exploration Geophysics Society, 2022

CRESS Summer Research Award, University of Toronto, 2021–2022

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, Government of Canada, 2021

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