Curriculum Vitae
This is my full CV (updated 04/20/2026).
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Texas at San Antonio, (2025 - Present)
Advisor: Dr. Thayne Currie
Research Areas: Exoplanet, Direct ImagingB.S. in Astronomy, Yunnan University, (2018 - 2022)
Advisor: Dr. Zhongxiang Wang & Dr. Yang Huang
Research Areas: AGN, TDE
Research experience
Project: Using Astrometry and RV to Identify New Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs Amenable to High-Contrast Imaging From the Ground and Space (2025 - Present)
Advisor: Dr. Thayne Currie
Collaborator: Dr. Yiting Li, Dr. Mona El Morsy
- Searched for stars exhibiting significant astrometric accelerations using the Hipparcos–Gaia Catalogue of Accelerations (HGCA).
- Identified systems with both astrometric acceleration signals and long-term radial-velocity trends.
- Jointly modeled radial-velocity measurements and precision astrometry from HGCA using the orbit-fitting code orvara, constraining the dynamical masses and orbital parameters of the companions.
- Evaluated the detectability of these companions with current and future direct imaging facilities, including ground-based extreme adaptive optics systems and space-based high-contrast imaging missions.
Project: Understanding Long-Term Large Flux Variations Seen in AGNs (2021 - 2024)
Advisor: Dr. Zhongxiang Wang
Collaborators: Mr. Litao Zhu, Dr. Sisi Sun, Dr. Dong Zheng et al.
- Identified Fermi-LAT blazars counterparts based on the correlation of gamma and optical light curves.
- Discovered three AGNs with optical periodic modulation based on ZTF and CRTS light curves, suggesting merging supermassive black hole binaries. One of the AGNs even showed potential periodic modulation in X-rays.
- Identified a rare candidate AGN TDE based on the light curves from ZTF, ATLAS, and NEOWISE, which exhibited the emergence of coronal lines after an optical flare.
- Identified four changing-look AGNs. Several of them were previously classified as type 2 AGNs in SDSS spectra but exhibited bluer-when-brighter behavior in recent light curves, which is the characteristic of type 1 AGNs.
- Proposed a new method to identify changing-look AGNs by searching for type 2 AGNs in SDSS spectra that exhibit bluer-when-brighter behavior in recent light curves (Color-magnitude Pattern). Follow-up observations demonstrated its high efficiency.
Project: Systematic Searching for Dual AGNs (2020 - 2022)
Advisor: Dr. Yang Huang
Collaborator: Dr. Yangwei Zhang
- Searched for optical dual-core objects accompanied by radio or X-ray radiation as dual AGN candidates.
- Applied the Lijiang 2.4m telescope to obtain two-dimensional spectra of dual AGN candidates.
- Identified three new dual AGNs.
Project: Development of LHAASO-WFCTA Camera (2020 - 2022)
Advisor: Dr. Maomao Ge
Collaborators: Ms. Zhengya Gu, Mr. Yunao Xiao, Mr. Siyuan Wang et al.
- Tested SiPM linearity and assembled the LHAASO-WFCTA camera.
- Proposed the potential impact of skylight background on SiPM linearity.
- Constructed the SiPM linearity function under varying skylight background conditions.
Teaching experience
- Spring 2026: Algebra-based Physics I Laboratory
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Supervisor: Mr. Christopher Dunn
- Fall 2025: Algebra-based Physics I Laboratory
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Supervisor: Mr. Christopher Dunn
- Fall 2021: Introduction to High Energy Astrophysics
- Yunnan University
- Teaching Assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Zhongxiang Wang
Skills
- Language: Mandarin, English
- Astronomical tool: Linux, LaTeX, IRAF, HEASoft, CIAO, Fermi, CLOUDY, TOPCAT, DS9, ORVARA
- Programming Language: Python, SQL, Docker