Li-Xin Li Professor at Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics/Department of Astronomy, Peking University Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Peking University Beijing 100871, P. R. China Phone: +86-10-62753661 Fax: +86-10-62767900 Email: lxl@pku.edu.cn, Prof.Li.Xin.Li@gmail.com

Education:

• Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA, 2001
• M.Sc., Physics, Beijing Normal University, China, 1993
• B.Sc., Physics, Peking University, China, 1990

Research Interests:

• High Energy Astrophysics: black hole physics, accretion processes, neutron star mergers, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae
• Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic waves and instabilities, radiation hydrodynamics
• Cosmology: gravitational lensing, dark matter and dark energy, structure formation, background radiation, axion cosmology
• General Relativity: closed timelike curves and causality, classical and quantum fields in curved spacetime, numerical relativity and gravitational waves
• Unified Theories: extra-dimensions, Kaluza-Klein theory, brane gravity, string theory
• Nuclear Astrophysics: r-process and nucleosynthesis

Professional History:

• Professor, Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics/Department of Astronomy, Peking University, China, 2008 - Present
• Visiting Scholar, South-Western Institute For Astronomy Research, Yunnan University, China, 2018
• Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Germany, 2014
• Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Germany, 2010
• Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Germany, 2009
• Visitor, International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Italy, 2007
• Long-Term Postdoc Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Germany, 2004 - 2008
• Visitor, Institute for Advanced Study, USA, 2002
• Chandra Fellow, Harvard University, USA, 2001 - 2004
• Research Assistant, Princeton University, USA, 1997 - 2001
• Visiting Researcher, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academia Sinica, China, 1994 - 1995
• Visiting Scientist, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy, 1994
• Lecturer, Beijing Normal University, China, 1993 - 1997
• Research Assistant, Beijing Normal University, China, 1990 - 1993
• Research Assistant, Peking University, China, 1989 - 1990

Honors and Awards:

• Chandra Fellowship, Chandra X-Ray Observatory (sponsored by NASA), USA, 2001
• Harold W. Dodds Fellowship, Princeton University, USA, 2000
• Presidential Award, Beijing Normal University, China, 1995
• First Award, Chinese Society of Gravity and Relativistic Astrophysics, China, 1994

Professional Affiliations:

• Member, American Astronomical Society, 2020 - Present
• Member, American Physical Society, 2020 - Present
• Member, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, 2016 - Present
• Member, Chinese Physical Society, 2016 - Present
• Member, Chinese Astronomical Society, 2011 - Present
• Member, International Astronomical Union, 2006 - Present
• Member, American Astronomical Society, 2000 - 2004
• Member, American Physical Society, 1998 - 2004
• Member, Chinese Society of Gravity and Relativistic Astrophysics, 1993 - Present

Hobbies:

• Playing go and cards, watching movies, swimming, photography.