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- 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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