2023.11 - Present
China, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate Professor

2021.04 - 2023.10
China, Tsinghua University Postdoctoral Fellow / Assistant Professor Collaborating Advisor: Wang Moran

2017.12 - 2020.12
Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Ph.D. Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Advisor: Tadeusz Patzek

2016.08 - 2017.12
Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology M.S. Earth Science and Engineering Advisor: Tadeusz Patzek

2011.08 - 2015.06
China, China University of Petroleum (Beijing) B.E. Petroleum Engineering

1. Global Youth Zero Carbon Future Summit, Outstanding Project Award
2. First Prize for Outstanding Academic Presentation at the 17th National Seepage Mechanics Conference
3. National Scholarship(2012, 2013)

1. Zhu, W., Chen, Z., He, X., Tian, Z., & Wang, M. (2023). Numerical Investigation of Influential Factors in Hydraulic Fracturing Processes Using Coupled Discrete Element‐Lattice Boltzmann Method. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(9), e2023JB027292.
2. Zhu, W.*, Khirevich, S., & Patzek, T. W. (2022). HatchFrac: A fast open-source DFN modeling software. Computers and Geotechnics, 150, 104917.
3. Zhu, W.*, Khirevich, S., & Patzek, T. W. (2021). Impact of fracture geometry and topology on the connectivity and flow properties of stochastic fracture networks. Water Resources Research, 57(7), e2020WR028652.
4. Zhu, W., He, X., Santoso, R. K., Lei, G., Patzek, T. W., & Wang, M. (2022). Enhancing fracture network characterization: A data-driven, outcrop-based analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 152, 104997.
5. Zhu, W., Chen, Z., Yang, Y., Gong, W., & Wang, M. (2023). Impacts of T-type intersections on the connectivity and flow in Complex two-dimensional fracture networks. Engineering Geology, 320, 107122.
6. Zhu, W., Lei, G., He, X., Yang, Y., Santoso, R. K., & Wang, M. (2022). Can we infer the percolation status of 3D fractured media from 2D outcrops?. Engineering Geology, 302, 106648.
7. Zhu, W.*, He, X., Khirevich, S., & Patzek, T. W. (2022). Fracture sealing and its impact on the percolation of subsurface fracture networks. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 218, 111023.
8. Zhu, W., He, X., Li, Y., Lei, G., Santoso, R., & Wang, M. (2022). Impacts of fracture properties on the formation and development of stimulated reservoir volume: A global sensitivity analysis. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 217, 110852.
9. Zhu, W., He, X., Lei, G., & Wang, M. (2022). Complexity analysis of three-dimensional stochastic discrete fracture networks with fractal and multifractal techniques. Journal of Structural Geology, 162, 104690.
10. Zhu, W., Lei, G., He, X., Patzek, T. W., & Wang, M. (2022). Fractal and multifractal characterization of stochastic fracture networks and real outcrops. Journal of Structural Geology, 155, 104508.
11. Zhu, W*, Yalcin, B., Khirevich, S., & Patzek, T. W. (2021). Fault traces: Generation of fault segments and estimation of their fractal dimension. Lithosphere, 2021(Special 4), 4991604.
12. He, X., Zhu, W*., Kwak, H., Yousef, A., & Hoteit, H*. (2024). Deep learning-assisted Bayesian framework for real-time CO2 leakage locating at geologic sequestration sites. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141484.