PhD Candidate, Topic 8

  Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor

  Research Unit: Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems

  Research Unit: Computational Geodynamics

 

  Office:
  Room: 8E/212
  Fax: +49 431 600-13 22 56
  E-Mail: rli(at)geomar.de

  Address:
  Wischhofstra脽e 1-3 
  D-24148 Kiel

Personal website

 

Research Focus

  •   Influence of phase transitions on mantle flow  
  •   Numerical method development for geodynamics modeling  
  •   Mantle convection, plume dynamics, and tectonic regimes  

 

Vita

since May 2024-present  PhD Candidate at 黑料视频

2024  M.Sc. in Geology, University of Florida
2020  B.Sc. in Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara

 

Publications

 

Li, R., Dannberg, J., Gassm枚ller, R., Lithgow鈥怋ertelloni, C., & Stixrude, L. (2025). How phase transitions impact changes in mantle convection style throughout Earth's history: From stalled plumes to surface dynamics. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems26(2), e2024GC011600. (Link to Ocean Rep: )

Dannberg, J., Gassm枚ller, R., Li, R., Lithgow-Bertelloni, C., & Stixrude, L. (2022). An entropy method for geodynamic modelling of phase transitions: capturing sharp and broad transitions in a multiphase assemblage. Geophysical Journal International, 231(3), 1833-1849.