Staff Profile

Yang Liao

Preferred Name: Yang Liao

Associate Scientist Without Tenure

Geology & Geophysics

Email: yliao@whoi.edu

Phone: 508 289 2442

Education

B.S., Zhejiang University, 2010, Physics

Ph.D., Yale University, 2015, Mechanical Engineering & Material Sciences (Thesis: 2D turbulent flows )

Research Statement

I’m generally interested in applying the principles of continuum mechanics and quantitative tools to understand geophysical systems on Earth and in the Solar System, including magmatic reservoirs, volcanic conduits, sub-seafloor hydrothermal systems, and interior of tidally heated moons in the Solar System.

Research Interests

Physical Volcanology (conduit & crustal magmatic reservoir); Physical processes in the interior of moons in the Solar System; Hydrothermal circulation; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Experimental fluid dynamics; Turbulent flows