Papers

Submitted Manuscripts

1. L. Li, J. Dong (Submitted). Do damaging earthquakes worldwide respond to lake storage changes?

2. J. D. Hernandez-Montenegro, A. Saez-Uribe, J. Dong, P. D. Asimow. (Submitted). No liquid water on Mars without active magmatism.

3. R. A. Fischer, T.-A. Suer, J. T. Gu, E. S. Bullock, A. J. Akey, K. K. M. Lee, J. Sheehan, M.J. Walter, J. Dong (submitted). Palladium partitioning at Earth’s core formation conditions reveals late accretion paradox.

4. J. T. Gu, T.-A, Suer, E. Bullock, K. K. M. Lee, F. Nimmo, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. Dong, M.J. Walter, R.A. Fischer (Submitted). Multi-chronometer constraints on the timing of volatile loss from Earth and its precursors.

5. J. ZhangZhou, J. Dong, S. Harðardóttir, K. Itano, M. G. Jackson, J. Lei, W.-R. Li, C.-T. Liu, J. Liu, X.-M. Liu, W. F. McDonough, M. Petrelli, B. Qin, R. Tamblyn, S. Tommasini, J. Warren, W. M. White, Y. Yang, C.-Y. Ye. (Submitted). Deep earth geochemistry expert data portfolio.

6. R. Iizuka-Oku, R. A. Fischer, J. T. Gu, J. Dong, J. Sheehan, G.-D. Mardaru, S. Chariton, V. Prakapenka, H. Sumino, Y. Takahashi (Submitted). Incorporation of heavy noble gases into potassium-rich silicate under lower mantle conditions.

7. Q. Yuan, P. D. Asimow, M. Gurnis, P. Antoshechkina, J. Dong (Submitted). IGyTheM: Integrating geodynamics with thermodynamics using machine learning.

8. J. Dong, L. P. Stixrude, P. D. Asimow, J. Li (Submitted). Metal saturation and the redistribution of hydrogen in Earth’s mantle. [arXiv]

Peer-reviewed Publications

(*student mentored)

1. J. Dong, G.-D. Mardaru*, P. D. Asimow, L. P. Stixrude, R. A. Fischer (2025). Structure and melting of Fe, MgO, SiO₂, and MgSiO₃ in planets: Database, inversion, and phase diagram. The Planetary Science Journal. [Publisher's version] [arXiv] [Database]

2. J. Dong, R. A. Fischer, L. P. Stixrude, M. C. Brennan, K. Daviau, T.-A. Suer, K. M. Turner, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka (2025). Nonlinearity of the post-spinel transition and its expression in slabs and plumes worldwide. Nature Communications. [Publisher's version] [arXiv] [Code] [News article from Science] [News article from Phys.org]

3. J. Dong (2023). A data science approach to water storage capacity in rocky planet mantles: Earth, Mars, and exoplanets. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (矿物岩石地球化学通报). [Publisher's version] [arXiv]

4. J. Dong, R. A. Fischer, L. P. Stixrude, C. R. Lithgow-Bertelloni, Z. T. Eriksen, M. C. Brennan (2022). Water storage capacity of the Martian mantle through time. Icarus. [Publisher's version] [arXiv]

5. J. Dong, R. A. Fischer, L. P. Stixrude, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni (2021). Constraining the volume of Earth's early oceans with a temperature-dependent mantle water storage capacity model. AGU Advances. [Publisher's version] [News article from Science] [News article from Harvard Gazette] [News article from SYFY] [Editor's highlight from Eos]

6. K. Daviau, R. A. Fischer, M. C. Brennan, J. Dong, T.-A. Suer, S. Couper, Y. Meng, V. B. Prakapenka (2020). Equation of state of TiN at high pressures and temperatures: A possible host for nitrogen in planetary mantles. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. [Publisher's version]

7. J. Li, F. Zhu, J. Liu, J. Dong (2020). Reactive preservation of carbonate in Earth's mantle transition zone. Carbon in Earth's Interior (AGU Geophysical Monograph 249, Chapter 15). [Publisher's version]

8. D. Zhou, J. Dong, Y. Si, F. Zhu, J. Li (2020). Melting curve of potassium chloride from in situ ionic conduction measurements. Minerals. [Publisher's version]

9. F. Zhu, J. Li, J. Liu, J. Dong, Z. Liu (2019). Metallic iron limits silicate hydration of Earth's transition zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. [Publisher's version]

10. J. Dong, J. Li, F. Zhu (2019). Wetting behavior of iron-carbon melt in silicates at mid-mantle pressures with implications for the Earth's deep carbon cycle. Frontiers in Earth Science. [Publisher's version]

11. J. Dong, J. Li, F. Zhu, Z. Li, R. Farawi (2019). Melting curve minimum of barium carbonate BaCO₃ near 5 GPa. American Mineralogist. [Publisher's version] [Author's copy]

Other

1. M. Hofstadter, R. Helled, D. Stevenson and B. Ehlmann (with contributions from J. Dong) (2024). The Mysterious Interior of Uranus. Keck Institute for Space Studies. [Publisher's version] [arXiv]

2. J. Dong (2024). Modeling the Early Earth: Idealization and Its Aims. EGU GeoLog. [Part I] [Part II] [Author's copy]