I have just finished my PhD. thesis (Title: Computer simulation studies of iron-bearing phases in the Earth’s deep interior) at Laboratory of Crystallography in ETH Zurich with Prof. Artem R. Oganov. I moved to Switzerland after my master course in University of Shanghai for Science and Technology at Feb. 2005. My research field is within the Computational Mineral Physics. Such studies do not only reveal a wealth of new structural chemistry and physics, but also advance the understanding of planetary interiors and processes occurring therein. My most significant contributions on the studies of the Earth’s deep interior are (a) Fe²⁺, Fe³⁺, Al³⁺ impurity mechanism in MgSiO₃ perovskite and post-perovskite; (b) Fe valence state in the lower mantle conditions; (c) Fe spin states and Fe partitions in MgO, MgSiO₃ perovskite and post-perovskite with or without Al bearing. (d) Effects of Fe and Al in the MgSiO₃ post-perovskite phase transition. (e) Equation of states (EOS), elasticity of lower mantle minerals. (f) Plasticity of MgO in the Earth’s mantle; (g) Metastable iron phases in the Earth inner core; (h) Structures of iron silicides under the pressures of the Earth inner core. Now I was invited to work with Prof. Shun'ichi Nakai et al. at ERI, Tokyo University on the project of “Chemical Reactions on the Earth’s Core-Mantle Boundary”. After visiting ERI, I will move to Perth, Australian and join in Prof. Kate Wright and Julian Gale’s group to start another research project.

Webpage: http://olivine.ethz.ch/~feiwu

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