Bio

Haipeng Li is a Ph.D. candidate in geophysics at the Stanford Earth imaging Project (SEP), beginning in the fall of 2022. His research interests include studying the Earth's interior structures and monitoring related dynamics. He uses and develops time-lapse seismic waveform inversion methods to address real-life problems, including hydrocarbon exploration, CO2 sequestration, and urban environment monitoring, often using Distributed Acoustic Sensing data. He is also interested in leveraging SciML techniques to advance inverse problems and uncertainty quantification.

Honors & Awards

  • Shirley A. & Stanley H. Ward Scholarship, SEG (June 2022)
  • Foundation/Chevron Scholarship, SEG (May 2021)
  • Michael C. Forrest Scholarship, SEG (June 2020)
  • Honorary International Exchange Student, Gov of Oklahoma (April 2019)

Professional Affiliations and Activities

  • Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (2019 - Present)

Education & Certifications

  • M.S., University of Science and Technology of China, Geophysics (2022)
  • B.S., China University of Petroleum (East China), Geophysics (2019)

Contact

  • Academic
    haipeng@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Department of Geophysics Position: Graduate

Additional Info

Work Experience

  • Geophysics Intern, Saudi Aramco Beijing Research Center (7/2019 - 8/2019)

    Location

    Beijing

All Publications

  • Preliminary study of the tectonic structure and seismogenic environment of the<i> M</i>4.7 Feidong earthquake sequence on September 18, 2024 in Hefei EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE Ni, H., Li, J., Yao, H., Huang, X., Li, L., Zhou, D., Wang, X., Yu, S., Lu, Y., Yu, J., Zheng, H., Zhou, G., Zou, H., Yang, W., Zhang, M., Chen, G., Lin, Y., Peng, G., Li, Z., Li, H. 2025; 38 (3): 234-252

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.eqs.2024.11.001

    View details for Web of Science ID 001491532400001

  • Urban sensing using existing fiber-optic networks. Nature communications Liu, J., Li, H., Noh, H. Y., Santi, P., Biondi, B., Ratti, C. 2025; 16 (1): 3091

    Abstract

    The analysis of urban seismic signals offers valuable insights into urban environments and society. Yet, accurate detection and localization of seismic sources on a city-wide scale with conventional seismographic network is unavailable due to the prohibitive costs of ultra-dense seismic arrays required for imaging high-frequency anthropogenic sources. Here, we leverage existing fiber-optic networks as a distributed acoustic sensing system to accurately locate urban seismic sources and estimate how their intensity varies over time. By repurposing a 50-kilometer telecommunication fiber into an ultra-dense seismic array, we generate spatiotemporal maps of seismic source power (SSP) across San Jose, California. Our approach overcomes the proximity limitations of urban seismic sensing, enabling accurate localization of remote seismic sources generated by urban activities, such as traffic, construction, and school operations. We also show strong correlations between SSP values and environmental noise levels, as well as various persistent urban features, including land use patterns and demographics.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-57997-y

    View details for PubMedID 40164600

    View details for PubMedCentralID 7435531

  • Shallow crustal structure of the northern Longmen Shan fault zone revealed by a dense seismic array with ambient noise analysis JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES Wang, J., Li, H., Zhang, Y., Li, H., Li, Y., Ma, Z., Xiang, Y. 2024; 276

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106338

    View details for Web of Science ID 001333390100001

  • Application of active-source full waveform inversion in multi -resource exploration in Juyanhai depression of Inner Mongolia CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS-CHINESE EDITION Zheng XueJing, Li JunLun, Xiong QiangQing, Xie JianJian, Li HaiPeng, Tan Jing, Liu ZengQi, Duan Tao 2024; 67 (8): 3120-3135

    View details for DOI 10.6038/cjg2024R0753

    View details for Web of Science ID 001294218000017

  • Continent-Continent Collision Between the South and North China Plates Revealed by Seismic Refraction and Reflection at the Southern Segment of the Tanlu Fault Zone Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Li, H., Li, J., Luo, S., Bem, T. S., Yao, H., Huang, X. 2023; 128 (1): e2022JB025748

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2022JB025748

  • Elastic Transmitted Wave Reverse Time Migration for Imaging Earth’s Interior Discontinuities: A Numerical Study Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Li, H., Li, J. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1785/0120210325

  • A MULTI-AXIAL PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER FOR FINITE-ELEMENT TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION OF ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC WAVE PROPAGATION JOURNAL OF SEISMIC EXPLORATION Li, H., Chen, J., Zhao, Z., Li, J. 2021; 30 (2): 173-200

    View details for Web of Science ID 000637337200004

  • Application of full-waveform tomography on deep seismic profiling dataset for tectonic fault characterization Haipeng Li Li, H., Li, J., Liu, B., Huang, X. 2021: 657-661

    View details for DOI 10.1190/segam2021-3583190.1

  • Ambient Noise Surface Wave Reverse Time Migration for Fault Imaging JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH Li, H., Li, J., Gu, N., Gao, J., Zhang, H. 2020; 125 (12)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2020JB020381

    View details for Web of Science ID 000603664600001

  • Forward modeling of ocean-bottom cable data and wave-mode separation in fluid-solid elastic media with irregular seabed APPLIED GEOPHYSICS Qu Ying-Ming, Sun Jun-Zhi, Li Zhen-Chun, Huang Jian-Ping, Li Hai-Peng, Sun Wen-Zhi 2018; 15 (3-4): 432-447

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11770-018-0699-0

    View details for Web of Science ID 000456648400007

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