👋! I’m a research fellow at Harvard University, working with S.Mostafa Mousavi. My research focuses on combining deep learning and seismology to understand earthquake mechanisms. I’m also interested in statistics (my background), knowledge graphs, and meta-learning. See Publications for my research works and view full CV.
Seismology · Machine Learning · Statistics · Knowledge Graphs
2026 ・ Proceedings
Juxtaposition of Shallow Reservoir-Triggered Seismicity and Deep Tectonic Locking in the Qiaojia-Dongchuan Seismic Gap
Zhou, Y., Zhang, H., Mousavi, S.M., Yin G., He P., Guo Y., Yi S., Shi, Y
arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.19606. Under Review-Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Index).
Our findings indicate that shallow induced seismicity can mask the silent accumulation of deep tectonic strain. This decoupling model provides a new framework for assessing seismic risks in reservoir-fault systems globally.
2026 ・ Proceedings
Automatic Knowledge Graph Construction and Query for Earthquake Catalogs
Zhou, Y., Zhang, H., Mousavi, S.M.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.24984. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.24984
A first-time application of GraphRAG to raw, tabular earthquake catalog records across three independent datasets. The pipeline builds queryable knowledge graphs without manual data structuring.
2026 ・ Proceedings
Spatiotemporal Variation of b-values Across Mainland China: Justifying the Reliability of the b-positive Criterion for Earthquake
Yuxin Zhou, Huai Zhang, S.Mostafa Mousavi.
Under Review-Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (Q1).
This study provides the most comprehensive analysis of b-value spatiotemporal evolution in mainland China to date, with important implications for earthquake forecasting and seismic hazard assessment.
2025 ・ Journal Articles
TranSeis: A high precision multitask seismic waveform detector.
Zhou, Y., Zhang, H., Chen, S., Yuan, Z., Tan, C., Huang, F., Guo, Y., Shi, Y.
Computers & Geosciences (Q1) 196, 105867
The multitask parallel model based on the Transformer architecture for seismic signal detection and phase picking.
2024 ・ Journal Articles
Using the Tidal Response of Groundwater to Assess and Monitor Caprock Confinement in CO2 Geological Sequestration.
Zhang, Y., Chu, B., Huang, T., Qi, S., Manga, M., Zhang, H., Zheng, B., Zhou, Y.
Water (Q2) 16, 868
