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Academic Positions

  • Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
      2019.01 - present: Associate Director for Science
      2017.12 - present: Associate Professor
      2011.12 - 2017.11: Assistant Professor
  • Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
      2008.09-2011.11; supervisor Ewine van Dishoeck
  • Postdoc, Caltech
      2005.08-2008.08; supervisor Lynne Hillenbrand
  • Visiting Astronomer, 2019.01-present
  • Visiting Astronomer, LERMA (Paris), 2013; host Sylvie Cabrit

  • Education

  • Ph.D in Astrophysics, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2005, advisor Jeffrey Linsky
  • M.S. in Astrophysics, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2005
  • B.S. in Physics and Honors Mathematics (cum laude), University of Notre Dame, 1999

  • Academic Appointments

  • 2020.01 - present: Science Editor, AAS Journals
  • 2020.04-2022.09: Chair, Science Advisory Committee, Thirty Meter Telescope
  • 2015.01-present: Science Advisory Committee of Thirty Meter Telescope, representative of China
  • 2019: Hubble Space Telescope Ultraviolet Legacy Working Group, sponsored by Space Telescope Science Institute
  • 2013-2018: Telescope Access Program: co-organizer, frequent chair of time allocation committee
  • Time allocation committees: HST, Chandra, ESO
    • External Panelist: ALMA, HST, Subaru
    • External Reviews: GMRT, HST, Subaru, etc.