Education:

• 2010-2015, Ph.D in geodynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2007-2010, M.Sc in geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
• 2003-2007, B. Sc in geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Employment:

• 2015.06-2017.02, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
• 2017.03-present, Assistant Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2018.01-present, Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mantle convection, evolution of Earth's interior.

1. Li, Y.*, F. Deschamps*, J. Yang, L. Chen, L. Zhao, and P. J. Tackley, 2019. Effects of the compositional viscosity ratio on the long-term evolution of thermo-chemical reservoirs in the deep mantle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 9591-9601.
2. Wang, X., B. Kaus*, L. Zhao*, J. Yang, and Y. Li*, 2019. Mountain building in Taiwan: insights from 3-D geodynamic models. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124, 5924-5950.
3. Deschamps, F., and Y. Li, 2019. Core-mantle dynamic topography: influence of post-perovskite viscosity. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124, 9247-9264.
4. Li, Y.*, K. Vilella*, F. Deschamps, L. Zhao, and P. J. Tackley, 2018. Effects of iron spin transition on the structure and stability of large primordial reservoirs in Earth’s lower mantle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 5918-5928.
5. Li. Y., F. Deschamps, and P. J. Tackley, 2016. Small post-perovskite patches at the base of lower mantle primordial reservoirs: Insights from 2-D numerical modeling and implications for ULVZs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 3215-3225.
6. Li. Y., F. Deschamps, and P. J. Tackley, 2015. Effects of the post-perovskite phase transition properties on the stability and structure of primordial reservoirs in the lower mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 432, 1-12.
7. Li. Y., F. Deschamps, and P. J. Tackley, 2014. Effects of low-viscosity post-perovskite on the stability and structure of primordial reservoirs in the lower mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7089-7097.
8. Li. Y., F. Deschamps, and P. J. Tackley, 2014. The stability and structure of primordial reservoirs in the lower mantle: insights from models of thermochemical convection in three-dimensional spherical geometry, Geophys. J. Int., 119, 914-930.