Education
- 09.2021 -
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Northwestern University
PhD student
 
- 09.2021 - 06.2023
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Northwestern University
Master of Science
 
- 09.2016 - 06.2020
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Peking University
Bachelor of Science (Hon), Astronomy
 
Research Experience
09.2021 -
       09.2021 -
           PhD Student/Research Assistant
Northwestern University- Searching for peculiar SNe Ia from double detonations of sub-Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs in ZTF
 - Conducting the first systematic joint study of early light curves and late-time nebular spectra for SNe Ia
 - Running spectroscopic follow-up and data reduction for the CIERA transient group
 - Developing open-source softwares for precise data processing and analysis of supernova spectra
 
09.2020 - 07.2021
       09.2020 - 07.2021
           Research Assistant
Peking University- Searching 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- Using hydrodynamic simulations to model the mass transfer in ultra-compact white dwarf binaries
 - Modeling periodic nuclear transients with a repeating tidal disruption scenario
 
06.2019 - 08.2019
       06.2019 - 08.2019
           Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
California Institute of Technology- Systematically searching for white dwarf binaries using light curves from the Zwicky transient facility
 
07.2018 - 06.2020
       07.2018 - 06.2020
           Undergraduate Research Fellow
Peking University- Modeling the chemical impact of an accreting Sgr A* throughout the Milky Way
 
PDF Version
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