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Hua-Wei Zhou

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Hua-wei Zhou (周华伟; born 1957) is an American geophysicist, focusing in earthquake seismology, exploration geophysics, digital data processing, geodynamics and seismic tomography, currently the Margaret S. Sheriff College Professorship in Geophysics at University of Houston and formerly the Joe Pevehouse Endowed Chair at Texas Tech University.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

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Zhou was born in Beijing in 1957. After his high school graduation in 1974, he worked at the Jiangsu Geological Survey Office before gaining admission to the Wuhan College of Geology (now the China University of Geosciences) in the 1977 examinations.[5] He completed a B.S. in mathematics there in 1980 before going on the California State University, Long Beach for his M.S. in geology (1984) and the California Institute of Technology for his Ph.D. (1989).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hua-wei Zhou". uh.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hua-wei Zhou". Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Hua-wei Zhou". ttu.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "地球探测与信息技术系教授:周华伟". Ocean University of China. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. ^ "美国休斯顿大学周华伟教授为地科学院师生作学术报告". Shandong University of Science and Technology. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-11.