湖南衡阳人，研究员，博士生导师，国家优秀青年基金获得者。2009年本科毕业于中国地质大学(北京)，2014年博士毕业于中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所/中国科学院广州地球化学研究所。曾先后在美国科罗拉多大学，美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校，俄罗斯科学院地球物理研究所，美国佐治亚理工学院进行访问交流。2014年7月在广州地化所工作至今，2022年1月起任研究员。现任国际SCI期刊Pure and Applied Geophysics(PAGEOPH)的Editor，国际SCI期刊Terra Nova的Associate Editor，国内英文期刊Earthquake Science的Editorial Board, 也是中国地球物理学会大陆动力学、地震学专业委员会委员，中国地震学会地震学、地壳深部探测、青年科技工作委员会委员。

邓阳凡, 罗恒, 张周, 朱晟, 黄润青, 胡仲发, 李鑫, 2024. 地球陨石坑地球物理探测研究进展. 地球与行星物理论评, 55(2), 153-163.

Zhu, S., Deng, Y.*, Zhang, Z., Li, X., 2023. Geophysical-petrological modelling of the crust and upper mantle structure across the North-South Gravity Lineament in NE China: Insights into the lithospheric thinning mechanism. Terra Nova, https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12684.

Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, 2022. A generalized strategy from S-wave receiver functions reveals distinct lateral variations of lithospheric thickness in southeastern Tibet. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(11), e2022GC010619.

Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, Qiu, H., Peng, Z., Liu-Zeng, J., 2022. High-resolution structure of the creeping section of the Haiyuan Fault, NE Tibet, from data recorded by dense seismic arrays. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(9), e2022JB024468.

Deng, Y., Chen, Y., Li, P., Zhang, Z., Badal, J., 2022. A Synthesis of Geophysical Data in Southeastern North China Craton: Implications for the Formation of the Arcuate Xuhuai Thrust Belt. Journal of Earth Science 33, 552-566.

Deng, Y., Xu, Y.-G., Chen, Y., 2021. Formation mechanism of the North–South Gravity Lineament in eastern China. Tectonophysics 818, 229074.

Deng, Y., Byrnes, J. S., Bezada, M., 2021. New insights into the heterogeneity of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system beneath South China from teleseismic body-wave attenuation. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2020GL091654.

Zhang, Z., Deng, Y.*, Yao, J., Zong, J., Chen, H., 2021. An array based seismic image on the Dahutang deposit, South China: Insight into the mineralization. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 310, 106617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106617

Deng, Y., Peng, Z., Liu-Zeng, J., 2020. Systematic search for repeating earthquakes along the Haiyuan fault system in Northeastern Tibet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(7), e2020JB019583.

Deng, Y., Li, J., Peng, T., Ma, Q., Song, X., Sun, X., Shen, Y., Fan, W., 2019. Lithospheric structure in the Cathaysia block (South China) and its implication for the Late Mesozoic magmatism. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 291, 24-34.(Most Cited PEPI Articles since  2018)

Deng, Y., Li, J., Song, X., Li, H., Xu, T., 2019. The lithospheric-scale deformation in NE Tibet from joint inversion of receiver function and surface wave dispersion. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 30, 127-137.

Deng, Y., Levandowski, W., 2018. Lithospheric Alteration, Intraplate Crustal Deformation, and Topography in Eastern China. Tectonics, 37, 4120-4134.

Deng, Y., Li, J., Song, X., Zhu, L., 2018. Joint Inversion for Lithospheric Structures: Implications for the Growth and Deformation in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9), 3951-3958.

Deng, Y., Levandowskic, W., Kusky, T., 2017. Lithospheric density structure beneath the Tarim basin and surroundings, northwestern China, from the joint inversion of gravity and topography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 460, 244-254.

Deng, Y., Chen, L., Wu, J., Xu, T., Romanelli, F., Panza, G.F., 2017. Lateral variation in seismic velocities and rheology beneath the Qinling-Dabie orogen. Science China Earth Sciences, 60, 576–588.

Deng, Y., Tesauro, M., 2016. Lithospheric strength variations in Mainland China: tectonic implications. Tectonics, 35, 2313-2333.

Deng, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, P., Essa, K.S., Xu, T., Liang, X., Badal, J., 2016. Magmatic underplating beneath the Emeishan large igneous province (South China) revealed by the COMGRA-ELIP experiment. Tectonophysics, 672, 16-23.

Deng, Y., Shen, W., Xu, T., H.Ritzwoller, M., 2015. Crustal layering in northeastern Tibet: a case study based on joint inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion. Geophysical Journal International, 203, 692–706.

Zhang, Z., Teng, J., Romanelli, F., Braitenberg, C., Ding, Z., Zhang, X., Fang, L., Zhang, S., Wu, J., Deng, Y.*, Ma, T., Sun, R., Giuliano, P.F. 2014. Geophysical constraints on the link between cratonization and orogeny: Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau and the North China Craton. Earth-Science Reviews, 130, 1-48.

Deng, Y., Zhang, Z., Mooney, W., Badal, J., Fan, W. and Zhong, Q., 2014. Mantle origin of the Emeishan large igneous province (South China) from the analysis of residual gravity anomalies. Lithos, 204, 4-13.

Deng, Y., Zhang, Z., Badal, J., Fan, W., 2014. 3-D density structure under South China constrained by seismic velocity and gravity data. Tectonophysics, 627, 159-170.

Deng, Y., Panza, G.F., Zhang, Z., Romanelli, F., Ma, T., Doglioni, C., Wang, P., Zhang, X., Teng, J., 2014. Transition from continental collision to tectonic escape? A geophysical perspective on lateral expansion of the northern Tibetan Plateau. Earth, Planets and Space, 66(1), 1-10.

Deng, Y., Zhang, Z., Fan, W., P rez-Gussiny , M., 2014. Multitaper spectral method to estimate the elastic thickness of South China: Implications for intracontinental deformation. Geoscience Frontiers, 5(2), 193-203.

Deng, Y., Fan, W., Zhang, Z. and Liang, K., 2014. The gravity and isostatic Moho in North China Craton and their implications to seismicity. Earthquake Science, 27(2), 197-207.

Deng, Y., Fan, W., Zhang, Z., Badal, J., 2013. Geophysical evidence on segmentation of the Tancheng-Lujiang fault and its implications on the lithosphere evolution in East China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 78, 263-276.

邓阳凡, 李守林, 范蔚茗, 刘佳, 2011. 深地震测深揭示的华南地区地壳结构及其动力学意义. 地球物理学报, 54(10), 2560-2574.