Curriculum Vitae

Education

09.2021 -

Northwestern University

PhD student

09.2021 - 06.2023

Northwestern University

Master of Science

09.2016 - 06.2020

Peking University

Bachelor of Science (Hon), Astronomy

Research Experience

09.2021 -
09.2021 -

PhD Student/Research Assistant

Northwestern University
  • Investigating double-detonation SNe Ia from sub-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs using ZTF data
  • Leading the first systematic joint analysis of SNe Ia early light curves and late-time nebular spectra
  • Developing open-source software for precise transient spectrum extraction and analysis
09.2020 - 07.2021
09.2020 - 07.2021

Research Assistant

Peking University
  • Searched for microlensing signals from free-floating stellar-mass black holes in the Galactic disk
09.2019 - 01.2020
09.2019 - 01.2020

Undergraduate Research Intern

University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Modeled mass transfer in ultra-compact white dwarf binaries using hydrodynamic simulations
  • Modeled periodic nuclear transients via repeating partial tidal disruption events
06.2019 - 08.2019
06.2019 - 08.2019

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

California Institute of Technology
  • Conducted systematic searches for white dwarf binaries using ZTF light curves
07.2018 - 06.2020
07.2018 - 06.2020

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Peking University
  • Modeled the chemical impact of an accreting Sgr A* across the Milky Way


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