S. Shawn Wei, 2010 cohort Scholar of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, is featured in The Record as one of the lead scientists with a surprising discovery in the South Pacific, beneath the ocean floor.
His three-dimensional seismic image of mantle beneath the Lau Basin in the South Pacific was featured in the online Feb 2 issue of Nature. Shawn is a PhD student in Earth & Planetary Sciences, in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He is an alum of Peking University, one of the 28 partner universities that comprise the McDonnell Academy.