Jonny Wu, Associate Professor

Jonny Wu, Associate Professor, University of Arizona

Research areas: plate tectonics, structural geology, tectonics, geodynamics, sedimentary basins, energy and mineral exploration geoscience, East Asia and North America Cordillera tectonics.

Our Structural Geology and Tectonics research aims to understand Earth in 4D. We map and reconstruct Earth’s subsurface structure to study Earth’s past, present and future.

Techniques and datasets include: structural mapping and restorations from 2D/3D seismic and seismic tomography, sedimentary basin analysis, analog modeling, machine learning/AI, geodynamic modeling, field geology, geochronology and geochemistry.

Graduates from our group progress to academia, including postdocs and tenure-track faculty positions, or to industry in energy, environment, government institutes, or consultancy.

News

Upcoming Geodaze presentations from our groupMarch 26, 2025
Geodaze is a student-run research symposium that has become a hallmark at…Continue Reading Upcoming Geodaze presentations from our group
Welcome to Dr.Ed ClennettMarch 4, 2025
Welcome to Dr.Ed Clennett, who is conducting research on Pacific plate tectonics,…Continue Reading Welcome to Dr.Ed Clennett
Media coverage on ancient hotspot revealed under Great LakesJanuary 8, 2025
Our new paper “Revealing the Cape Verde Hotspot Track Across the Great…Continue Reading Media coverage on ancient hotspot revealed under Great Lakes
AGU2024 presentations at Washington DCDecember 10, 2024
Our group has two presentations at AGU2024 (group members in bold): Rahimzadeh…Continue Reading AGU2024 presentations at Washington DC
Moloud Rahimzadeh Bajgiran successfully defends PhDNovember 20, 2024
Congratulations to Moloud on a successful PhD defence today! Moloud’s thesis is…Continue Reading Moloud Rahimzadeh Bajgiran successfully defends PhD
Class field trip to Tucson MountainsNovember 17, 2024
Jonny Wu and TA Eric Cicero led our University of Arizona Physical…Continue Reading Class field trip to Tucson Mountains

Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th St., Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA

jonnywu@arizona.edu