Doktorandin, Topic 8

  Forschungsbereich 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens

  FE Magmatische und hydrothermale Systeme

  FE Computergestützte Geodynamik

  PhD Candidate

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

  Adresse:
  Wischhofstraße 1-3 
  D-24148 Kiel

Personal website

https://ranpengli.github.io/ 

 

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, Geosystems26(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