Tianze Liu

Dr. Liu uses seismic data—recordings of waves traveling through Earth's interior—to study the structure and evolution of the solid Earth. His research focuses on how fluids and melts move through the deep Earth and interact with surrounding rocks, processes central to understanding subsurface energy systems such as geologic hydrogen and geothermal reservoirs on human timescales, and the evolution of tectonic plates over hundreds of millions of years.

Appointments:

2026–present, Assistant Professor, Tulane University
2023–2026, Research Associate III, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2020–2023, Green Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography