Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Department of Astronomy, Xiamen University
2019.08-present
Research interests: AGN/quasar Variability, Black Hole Astrophysics

Prior Appointments
  • Research Associate
    University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
    2019.02-2019.06
    Sponsor: Yongquan Xue

  • Postdoc
    University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
    2016.02-2019.02
    Supervisor: Yongquan Xue
Education
  • PhD in Astrophysics
    Xiamen University
    2010.09-2015.12
    Thesis: A Multi-messenger Study of Black Hole Accretion Systems, advisor: Wei-min Gu

  • Long-term visiting PhD student
    Penn State University
    2013.08-2015.08
    Supervisors: Niel Brandt, Jonathan Trump

  • Bachelor’s degree in Physics
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
    2006.09-2010.06
    Project: The Spectral Energy Distribution of ADAFs with Outflows, supervisors: Dingxiong Wang, Xinwu Cao, Shuangliang Li
Funding
  • The Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province for Distinguished Young Scholars
    The Science Foundation of the Fujian Province, China
    2022.08-2025.08

  • Nanqiang Young Top-notch Talents Supporting Program of Xiamen University
    Xiamen University
    2020.01-2024.12

  • NSFC General Program
    National Natural Science Foundation of China
    2020.01-2023.12

  • NSFC Youth Program
    National Natural Science Foundation of China
    2017.01-2019.12

  • China Postdoc General Program
    China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
    2017.01-2019.02

  • CSC Scholarship
    The China Scholarship Council
    2013.08-2015.08
Mentoring
  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU graduate student, Ms. Shuying Zhou (周淑英)
    2022.09-present

  • Sponsor
    XMU postdoc, Dr. Marcin Marculewicz
    2022.08-present

  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU Undergraduate Student, Mr. Shuo Liu (刘烁)
    2021.11-present

  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU Graduate Student, Ms. Danyang Li (李丹阳)
    2021.09-present

  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU Undergraduate Student, Ms. Jie Chen (陈洁)
    2021.04-present

  • Primary mentor
    WSU Graduate Student, Ms. Kexuan Wu (吴珂瑄)
    2020.09-2021.09

  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU Graduate Student, Mr. Guowei Ren (任国伟)
    2020.09-present

  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU Undergraduate Student, Mr. Jie Ma (马捷)
    Now at Fudan University as a graduate student
    2019.12-2020.5

  • Primary mentor & thesis advisor
    XMU Graduate Student, Ms. Ting Li (黎婷)
    One first-author paper published under my supervision (arXiv: 2104.12327)
    Now at a high school as a physics teacher
    2019.09-2022.06

  • Co-mentor & thesis advisor
    USTC Graduate Student, Dr. Jun Xu (徐骏)
    Two first-author papers published under my supervision (arXiv: 2003.10078; 2004.10372)
    Now at Anqing Normal University as a faculty
    2017.09-2019.05

  • Co-mentor & thesis advisor
    USTC Graduate student, Ms. Junyao Li (李俊瑶)
    One first-author paper published under my supervision (arXiv: 1905.06538)
    Now at UIUC as a postdoc
    2019.03-2019.06