Dr. Yunhua Wu is an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor. She received her B.S. (Geology, National Training Base for Geosciences) and M.S. in Geology from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), and her Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Her research lies at planetary geology and geochemistry, analyzing meteorites and returned lunar samples. She applies integrated petrological, mineralogical, and isotopic geochemical techniques to address fundamental questions about basaltic magmatism, shock metamorphism, chronology, and crust-mantle differentiation on planetary bodies. She has led research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Guangdong Provincial Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund, and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

Email：wuyh76@mail.sysu.edu.cn

 

Selected Publications：

  1. Wu, Y., Che, X., Pan, L., Yan, P. and Xiao, Z. (2025) Early partial melting and formation of Na-rich asteroidal crust revealed by the albite-rich achondrite Erg Atouila 001. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130, e2024JE008856.
  2. Wu, Y., Yan, P., Pan, L., Pan, Q., Wang, Y. and Xiao, Z. (2025) Petrological and geochemical modifications during impact melting and cooling in shocked lunar regolith: Insights from heterogeneous Chang’E-5 impact melt-bearing particle. Journal of Earth Science.doi.org/10.1007/s12583-024-0151-8
  3. Wu, Y., Yan, P., Pan, Q. and Xiao, Z. (2025) Petrogenesis of the gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 12241: Insights into the common intrusive process of shergottites. Earth and Planetary Physics 9, 879-890.
  4. Wu, Y., Xiao, Z., Wu, Y., Pan, L., Yan, P., Liao, S., Pan, Q., Li, S., Li, Y. and Hsu, W. (2024) Hydrothermal fluid activity on Mars recorded in phosphates of the gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 13581. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129, e2024JE008412.
  5. Wu, Y., Hsu, W., Liao, S., Xiao, Z., Che, X., Pan, L., Li, Y. and Li, S. (2023) Petrology and mineralogy of the Martian olivine gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 13581: Insights into the enriched martian mantle source. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 358, 108-125.
  6. Wu, Y., Liao, S., Yan, P., Xiao, Z., Yin, Z., Yang, W., Wang, H., Tian, H., Hui, H., Pan, L., Ma, H., Wu, S. and Hsu, W. (2023) Impact-related chemical modifications of the Chang’E-5 lunar regolith. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 363, 94-113.
  7. Wu, Y., Hsu, W., Li, Q.-L., Che, X. and Liao, S. (2021) Heterogeneous martian mantle: Evidence from petrology, mineral chemistry, and in situ U-Pb chronology of the basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 8653. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 309, 352-365.
  8. Wu, Y. and Hsu, W. (2020) Mineral chemistry and in situ U-Pb geochronology of the mare basalt Northwest Africa 10597: Implications for low-Ti mare volcanism around 3.0  Ga. Icarus 338, 113531.
  9. Wu, Y. and Hsu, W. (2019) Petrogenesis and in situ U-Pb geochronology of a strongly shocked L-melt rock Northwest Africa 11042. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124, 893-909.
  10. Cao, Z., Xiao, Z.*, Wu, Y.*, Yan, P., Wu, Y., Ying, Z., Chen, Z. and Wu, S. (2025) A submillimeter iron particle in Chang’e-6 lunar soil. Journal of Earth Science 36, 2359-2364.