![[Translate to English:] Ranpeng Li](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/a/csm_ranpeng_li_ae95a18d95.jpg)
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:
Wischhofstraße 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 GEOMAR
2024 M.Sc. in Geology, University of Florida
2020 B.Sc. in Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EW3zZQsAAAAJ&hl=en
Li, R., Dannberg, J., Gassmöller, R., Lithgow‐Bertelloni, 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, Geosystems, 26(2), e2024GC011600. (Link to Ocean Rep: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/61642/)
Dannberg, J., Gassmöller, 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. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac293
