Yingwei Fei examines materials at high pressure and temperature. He is interested in phase transitions, element partitioning, melting relations, chemical reactions and physical properties with applications to geophysics, petrology, mineral physics, geochemistry and planetary sciences. He obtained a Ph.D. in geochemistry from City University of New York in 1989 and a B.S. in geochemistry from Zhejiang University, China in 1982.