1、发展新的地震定位和地震成像算法.  

2、发展联合地球物理成像新算法（包括电磁、地震和重力）   

3、研究断层、火山、俯冲带以及地震活动区域速度结构   

4、研究油气开发过程诱发的微地震   

5、地球物理成像方法在地热资源勘探与开发中的应用        

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目“页岩气开发过程中人工水压裂诱发的微地震井下监测方法研究”

2.  国家自然科学基金面上项目“综合地震成像方法研究芦山地震震源区及其周边精细结构“

2015

Bennington, N.L., H. Zhang, C.H. Thurber, and P. A. Bedrosian (2015), Joint inversion of seismic and magnetotelluric data in the Parkfield region using the cross-gradient constraint, Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s00024-014-1002-9, 172(5): 1033-1052.

张佩,  张海江*, 刘影, 王华, M. Nafi Toksoz (2015), 美国Cove Fort-Sulphurdale地热区地震震源机制和各向异性研究，地震学报，37(6): 899-915, doi:10.11939/jass.2015.06.002 [Zhang P., Zhang H.J.*, Liu Y., Wang H., Toksoz M.N., (2015), Focal mechanisms and seismic anisotropy analysis of local earthquakes at the Cove Fort Surphurdale geothermal site, United States, Acta Seismologica Sinica, 37(6), 899-915, doi:10.11939/jass.2015.06.002，(in Chinese)］

Liu Y., H. Zhang*, X. Zhang, S. Pei, M. An, and S. Dong (2015), Anisotropic upper crust above the aftershock zone of the 2013 Ms 7.0 Lushan Earthquake from the shear wave splitting analysis, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed), 16, doi:10.1002/2015GC005972.

Zhang, X., and H. Zhang＊ (2015), Near real-time travel time tomography method and its application in imaging the Etna volcano in Italy, Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JB012182.

Sandra Bourguignon, Stephen Bannister, C. Mark Henderson, John Townend, Haijiang Zhang (2015), Structural heterogeneity of the midcrust adjacent to the central Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Inferences from seismic tomography and seismicity between Harihari and Ross, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi: 10.1002/2014GC005702.

Lin Y., E. M. Syracuse, M. Maceira, H. Zhang, and C. Larmat (2015), Double-Difference Travel-Time Tomography with Edge-Preserving Regularization and a Priori Interfaces, Geophysical Journal International, 201 (2):574-594.doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv047

Syracuse, E. M. , M. Maceira, H. Zhang, and C.H. Thurber (2015), Seismicity and structure of Akutan and Makushin Volcanoes, Alaska, using joint body- and surface-wave tomography, Journal of Geophysical Research－Solid Earth, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JB011616。

Fang, Hongjian, Huajian Yao, Haijiang Zhang, Yu-Chih Huang, and Rob van der Hilst (2015), Direct inversion of surface wave dispersion for 3-D shallow crustal structure: methodology and application to Taipei Basin, Geophysical Journal International, 201  (3):  1251-1263.  doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv080

2014

Froment B.,  J.J. McGuire, R.D. van der Hilst, P. Gouedard, E.C. Roland, H. Zhang, and J.A. Collins (2014), Imaging along-strike variations in mechanical properties of the Gofar transform fault, East Pacific Rise, Journal of Geophysical Research,119, 7175–7194, doi:10.1002/2014JB011270.

Zhang Jie, Haijiang Zhang, Enhong Chen, Yi Zheng, Wenhuan Kuang, Xiong Zhang (2014), Real-time earthquake monitoring using a search engine method, Nature Communications, 5:5664 doi: 10.1038/ncomms6664 (http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141204/ncomms6664/full/ncomms6664.html)

Fang, H., and H. Zhang* (2014), Wavelet-based double-difference seismic tomography with the sparsity regularization, Geophys. J. Int., 199, 944–955, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu305. (Corresponding author)

Bennington, N.L., H. Zhang, C.H. Thurber, and P. A. Bedrosian (2014), Joint inversion of seismic and magnetotelluric data in the Parkfield region using the cross-gradient constraint, Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s00024-014-1002-9, Published online 14 December 2014

Pei, S.*, H. Zhang*, J. Su, and Z. Cui (2014), Ductile Gap between the Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes Revealed from the Two-dimensional Pg Seismic Tomography, Scientific Reports 4, 6489; DOI:10.1038/srep06489. (Corresponding author)

He, R., X. Shang, C. Yu, H. Zhang*, and R. D. van der Hilst (2014), Detailed Moho Depth Mapping of Continental China by Receiver Function Analysis, Geophysical Journal International，199, 1910–1918, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu365

Zeng, X., H. Zhang*, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Liu (2014), Surface Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing of a Shale-Gas Reservoir Using Broadband Seismic Sensors, Seismological Research Letters, 85, 668-677, doi: 10.1785/0220130197. (Corresponding author).

Zhang, H., M. Maceira , P. Roux and C.H. Thurber, (2014), Joint Inversion of Body-Wave Arrival Times and Surface-Wave Dispersion for Three-Dimensional Seismic Structure Around SAFOD, Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s00024-014-0806-y, published online March 29, 2014.

Liao, P.-C., C.-C. Lii, U.-C. Lai, P.-Y. Chang, H. Zhang, and C. Thurber (2014), A GPU implementation and optimization for parallel double-difference seismic tomography, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 104, 10.1785/0120130121.

Li Z., H. Zhang*, and Z. Peng (2014), Structure-Controlled Seismic Anisotropy Along the Karadere-Düzce Branch of the North Anatolian Fault Revealed by Shear-wave Splitting Tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl2014.01.046. (*Corresponding author)

Pesicek, J.D., H. Zhang, and C.H. Thurber (2014), Multi-scale seismic tomography and earthquake relocation incorporating differential time data: Application to the Maule subduction zone, Chile, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 104, 10.1785/0120130121.

Han, L., X. Zeng, C. Jiang, S. Ni, H. Zhang, and L. Long (2014), Focal Mechanisms of the 2013 Mw 6.6 Lushan, China Earthquake and High-Resolution Aftershock Relocations, Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 85, doi: 10.1785/0220130083.