| Education |
| 2011 B.S. at National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| 2014 M.Sc at National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| 2021 Ph.D. at the University of Houston, USA |
| Experiences |
| 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Houston, USA |
| 2022-2025 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Technical University of Munich, Germany |
| 2025-today Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| Honors |
| 2014 The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China |
| 2014 Dean's Award - College of Science, National Taiwan University |
| 2021 Outstanding Graduate Award in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (University of Houston) |
| 2025 National Science and Technology Council Announcement for 2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program |
[Pubications]
- Chen, Y. W., Wu, J., Bunge HP, Stotz I., Robl G. and Schuberth B.S.A (2025) Tomopac2: an unfolded-slab plate reconstruction validated via mantle circulation models in a closed-loop experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 481, no. 2318, p. 20240726.
- Chen, Y. W., Wu, J., & Goes, S. (2024). Lesser Antilles slab reconstruction reveals lateral slab transport under the Caribbean since 50 Ma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 627, 118561.
- Chen, Y. W., Colli, L., Bird, D.E. Wu, J., Zhu, H. (2021) Caribbean plate tilted and actively dragged eastwards by low-viscosity asthenospheric flow. Nat Commun 12, 1603.
- Li, L. and Chen, Y. W., Zheng, Y., Hu, H., and Wu, J. (2019) Seismic Evidence for Plume-Slab Interaction by High-resolution Imaging of the 410-km Discontinuity Under Tonga. Geophysical Research Letters, 46.
- Chen, Y. W., Wu, J., Suppe, J. (2019). Southward propagation of Nazca subduction along the Andes. Nature, 565(7740), 441-447.
- Chen, Y. W., J. B. H. Shyu, and C.-P. Chang (2015). Neotectonic characteristics along the eastern flank of the Central Range in the active Taiwan orogen inferred from fluvial channel morphology. Tectonics, 34,2249–2270.







