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    A Brief Resume

    Education

       2008: Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
       2003: M.S. in Astrophysics, School of Physics, PKU
       2000: B.S. in Astrophysics, School of Physics, PKU
                 B.S. in Economics, China Center for Economic Research, PKU

    Academic Appointments

       2024 – current: Associate Director, KIAA, PKU
       2023 – current: Professor, School of Physics and KIAA, PKU
       2020 – current: Associate Director, China Space Station Telescope PKU Science Center
       2014 – 2022: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, KIAA, PKU
       2011 – 2014: Hubble Fellow, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University
       2008 – 2011: Postdoctoral researcher, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

    Research Highlights

       Research interests: extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology
          – High-redshift quasars and super-massive black holes
          – High-redshift galaxies, galaxy clusters and protoclusters
          – Cosmic reionization
          – Low-redshift quasars/AGNs and galaxies
       Publications (as of 2025/01)
          – A total of 200+ peer-reviewed papers in major astronomical journals
          – A total of 30,000+ citations (SAO/NASA ADS)

    Peer Review

       Referee for major astronomical journals, including AJ, ApJ, MNRAS, RAA, etc.
       Observing proposal reviewer: HST, NAOJ, NAOC, etc.
       Grant reviewer: NSF of China, MOE of China, NAOC, etc.

    Collaboration (2015–)

        Mauna-kea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE; 2018–): Member of science working teams
                (the ‘AGN’ and ‘Galaxy’ teams).
       The 12m Large Optical Telescope (LOT; 2016–2017): Member of the science advisory
               committee, and leader of the first science working group.
       Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS; 2016–): Member.
       Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI; 2016–): Member.
       Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT; 2015–): Member of two International Science Development
               Teams (the ‘Supermassive Black Holes’ and ‘Early Universe’ teams).

    Awards and Honors

       2022: The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (杰青)
       2019: Top 10 achievements in Astronomy in China, 2018
       2015: Youth Qianren award, China (千青)
       2011: Hubble Fellowship (哈勃学者), NASA/STScI, USA


    Our Research Group

    Graduate students

          Danyang Jiang, Zijian Zhang, Jie Chen, Kaiyuan Chen, Shengxiu Sun, Shuqi Fu,
                Gaocheng Yin, Weiyang Liu, Yuchen Liu, Zhiwei Pan;
          Yuanhang Ning (➙ MUST Fellow at Tsinghua University),
          Yucheng Guo (➙ Postdoc at Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon),
          Shu Wang (➙ Postdoc at Seoul National University),
          Jin Wu (➙ Postdoc at PKU)

    Undergraduate students

          Kunyu Cai;
          Yujia Tian (➙ Left academia),
          Danyang Jiang (➙ Ph.D. student at PKU),
          Kaiyuan Chen (➙ Ph.D. student at PKU),
          Yushan Liu (➙ Ph.D. student at PKU),
          Zhengrong Li (➙ Ph.D. student at PKU),
          Yixiao Liu (➙ Ph.D. student at NAOC),
          Weiyang Liu (➙ Ph.D. student at PKU),
          Zhiwei Pan (➙ Ph.D. student at PKU),
          Fengwu Sun (➙ Ph.D. student at Steward Observatory),
          Zhefu Yu (➙ Ph.D. student at Ohio State Univ.),
          Xiao Han (➙ Ph.D. student in Economics at PKU),
          Minghao Yue (➙ Ph.D. student at Steward Observatory)

    Postdoctoral fellows

          Masafusa Onoue (KIAA-IPMU fellow);
          Jin Wu (➙ Left academia)
          Weiwei Xu (➙ Researcher at NAOC),
          Siwei Zou (➙ MUST Fellow at Tsinghua University),
          Yongjung Kim (➙ Sejong Science fellow at Kyungpook National University)