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Wang-Ping Chen is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States and primarily conducts research in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields including Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics such as Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Wang-Ping Chen has contributed to numerous recent papers, notably:

  • Cardiac Fibroblasts and Myocardial Regeneration, 2021, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Single Nucleus Transcriptomics: Apical Resection in Newborn Pigs Extends the Time Window of Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Myocardial Regeneration, 2022, Circulation
  • miR-199a Overexpression Enhances the Potency of Human Induced-Pluripotent Stem-Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes for Myocardial Repair, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • TT-10-loaded nanoparticles promote cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac repair in a mouse model of myocardial infarction, 2021, JCI Insight
  • Visualization and Identification of Bioorthogonally Labeled Exosome Proteins Following Systemic Administration in Mice, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Publication venues where Wang-Ping Chen frequently publishes include:

  • Circulation (6 publications)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2 publications)
  • Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (1 publication)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wang-Ping Chen are:

  • Chengming Fan (11 collaborations)
  • Jinfu Yang (10 collaborations)
  • Chukwuemeka Daniel Iroegbu (8 collaborations)
  • Yang Zhou (7 collaborations)
  • Jianyi Zhang (7 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Focal depths of intracontinental and intraplate earthquakes and their implications for the thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere

    Wang-Ping Chen;Peter Molnar

  • Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in central Asia

    Wang-Ping Chen;Peter Molnar

  • Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau

    Peter Molnar;Wang-Ping Chen

  • The Chi-Chi Earthquake Sequence: Active, Out-of-Sequence Thrust Faulting in Taiwan

    Honn Kao;Wang-Ping Chen

  • Source parameters of earthquakes and intraplate deformation beneath the Shillong Plateau and the northern Indoburman ranges

    Wang-Ping Chen;Peter Molnar

  • The Azores-Gibraltar Plate Boundary: Focal mechanisms, depths of earthquakes, and their tectonic implications

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  • Earthquakes Beneath the Himalayas and Tibet: Evidence for Strong Lithospheric Mantle

    Wang-Ping Chen;Zhaohui Yang

  • Constraints on the seismic wave velocity structure beneath the Tibetan Plateau and their tectonic implications

    Wang-Ping Chen;Peter Molnar

  • Seismogenic strike-slip faulting and the development of the North China Basin

    Wang-Ping Chen;John Nábelek

  • The Tangshan Earthquake Sequence and its implications for the evolution of the North China Basin

    John Nábělek;Wang-Ping Chen;Hong Ye

  • Present-day deformation of the Qaidam basin with implications for intra-continental tectonics

    Wang-Ping Chen;Chu-Yung Chen;John L. Nábelek

  • Earthquakes along the East African Rift System: A multiscale, system‐wide perspective

    Zhaohui Yang;Wang-Ping Chen

  • Evidence for a Large-Scale Remnant of Subducted Lithosphere Beneath Fiji

    Wang-Ping Chen;Michael R. Brudzinski

  • Northward thinning of Tibetan crust revealed by virtual seismic profiles

    Tai-Lin Tseng;Tai-Lin Tseng;Wang-Ping Chen;Robert L. Nowack

  • Calculated temperatures in overthrust terrains and possible combinations of heat sources responsible for the Tertiary granites in the greater Himalaya

    Peter Molnar;Wang-Ping Chen;Elaine Padovani

  • Seismic evidence of negligible water carried below 400-km depth in subducting lithosphere

    Harry W. Green;Wang-Ping Chen;Michael R. Brudzinski

  • Alternative state space formulations for magnetoelectric thermoelasticity with transverse isotropy and the application to bending analysis of nonhomogeneous plates

    W.Q. Chen;Kang Yong Lee

  • Correlation between seismic anisotropy and Bouguer gravity anomalies in Tibet and its implications for lithospheric structures

    Wang-Ping Chen;Serdar Özalaybey

  • Shear-wave birefringence and current configuration of converging lithosphere under Tibet

    Wang-Ping Chen;Michael Martin;Tai-Lin Tseng;Robert L. Nowack

  • Correlation of seismic and petrologic thermometers suggests deep thermal anomalies beneath hotspots

    Anna M. Courtier;Matthew G. Jackson;Jesse F. Lawrence;Zhengrong Wang

  • Seismic anisotropy in the mantle transition zone beneath Fiji-Tonga

    Wang-Ping Chen;Michael R. Brudzinski;Michael R. Brudzinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder
Honn Kao
Honn Kao Geological Survey of Canada
Bor-Shouh Huang
Bor-Shouh Huang Academia Sinica
John Nabelek
John Nabelek Oregon State University
Matthew G. Jackson
Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara
Cin-Ty A. Lee
Cin-Ty A. Lee Rice University
Sun-Lin Chung
Sun-Lin Chung National Taiwan University
Harry W. Green
Harry W. Green University of California, Riverside
Marc M. Hirschmann
Marc M. Hirschmann University of Minnesota

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