Geophysical Journal International (GJI) is delighted to announce the winners of its 2025 Student Author Award.
The annual prize is designed to recognise and acknowledge the 'best papers' submitted to GJI from student scientists in the field. Manuscripts are shortlisted by the journal's Editorial Board.
The winners of the 2025 GJI Student Author Award are Masayoshi Someya, Xiongwei Liu and Jingtao Min.
Masayoshi Someya, a PhD student at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute, was recognised for his paper ‘Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Offshore Tsunami Data Assimilation’. His current interest lies in modelling seismic waves, tsunamis, and crustal deformations through numerical simulation, including machine learning methods.
Xiongwei Liu is a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder. Their research interests are theoretical and observational seismology, seismic tomography and seismic anisotropy. They previously obtained their BSc from Wuhan University.
They were recognised for the paper ‘The Effect of Rayleigh-Love Coupling in an Anisotropic Medium’.
Jingtao Min, a doctoral student in the Earth and Planetary Magnetism group (EPM) at ETH Zurich, won the prize for his paper ‘A decade of the fast-varying ionospheric and magnetospheric magnetic fields from ground and multi-satellite observations’.
He previously obtained his BSc from Peking University, and MSc from ETH Zurich.
His research interests include geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, geomagnetic field modelling, data assimilation and inverse problems.
The winners receive a cash prize and a certificate, and acknowledgements are made at the American Geophysical Union and European Geosciences Union General Assembly meetings.
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