Contact Information
1301 W Green St Rm 3081
Biography
My research focuses on satellite geodesy and remote sensing, with applications to earthquakes, volcanoes, tectonic deformation, and environmental change. I use InSAR, GNSS, and other geodetic observations to measure surface deformation and investigate the physical processes that drive it. I am particularly interested in earthquake-cycle deformation and fault behavior, volcanic unrest, land subsidence and coastal hazards, and in integrating satellite observations from missions such as Sentinel-1 and NISAR with geophysical modeling, data assimilation, and machine-learning approaches.
Research Interests
- InSAR and Satellite Geodesy
- Active Tectonics
- Natural Hazards
- Environmental Geophysics
Education
Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, University of Leeds
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Recent Publications
Zhu, Y., Wang, K., Shen, L., & Nissen, E. (2026). Replacing the elastic model with a simple viscoelastic model for more reliable estimation of geodetic locking depths of strike-slip faults. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 693, Article 120228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120228
Li, P., Bai, J., Shen, L., Tang, W., Liang, C., Zhao, B., Li, Z., & Wang, H. (2026). Large-scale high-resolution coastal subsidence mapping in eastern China with Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2: Heterogeneous patterns and primary drivers. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 146, Article 105047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.105047
Wright, T. J., Houseman, G. A., Fang, J., Maghsoudi, Y., Hooper, A. J., Elliott, J. R., Evans, L., Lazecky, M., Ou, Q., Parsons, B. E., Rollins, J. C., Shen, L., Wang, H., & Wang, D. (2026). High-resolution geodetic velocities reveal role of weak faults in deformation of Tibetan Plateau. Science, 391(6784), 499-503. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi3552
Chong, J. H., Oryan, B., Shen, L., Steckler, M. S., & Lindsey, E. O. (2025). Interseismic Uplift of Anticlines Above the Rakhine-Bangladesh Megathrust From ALOS-2 InSAR. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(1), Article e2024JB030003. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030003
Shen, L., Hooper, A., Elliott, J.R., & Wright, T. J. (2024). Variability in interseismic strain accumulation rate and style along the Altyn Tagh Fault. Nature Communications 15, 6876 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51116-z
Lazecky, M., Ou, Q., Shen, L., McGrath, J., Payne, J., Espin, P., Hooper, A., & Wright, T. (2024). Strategies for improving and correcting unwrapped interferograms implemented in LiCSBAS. Procedia Computer Science, 239, 2408-2412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.435