Research Interests

• Cosmology, large-scale structure, and galaxy clustering
  
• Galaxy formation and evolution, Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies
  
• Radiative transfer of Lyman-alpha photons and applications in astrophysics
• Gravitational lensing
  
• Broad research interests in other fields of astrophysics

Education

• Ph.D., 2004, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University
• M.S., 1999, Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• B.S., 1996, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China

Experience

• YCAA Prize Fellow, Yale University, 2009 -
• Long-term member (John N. Bahcall fellow), Institute for Advanced Study, 2008 - 2009
• Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 2004 - 2009
• Hubble Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, 2004 - 2007

Honors and Awards

• YCAA Prize Fellowship, Yale University, 2009
• John N. Bahcall Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, 2008 - 2009
• Hubble Fellowship, Space Telescope Science Institute (IAS host), 2004-2007
  
• Presidential Fellowship, Ohio State University, 2003
  
• Presidential Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999
  
• Liu Yongling Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999
  
• Honor Graduate, Peking University, 1996
  
• Baogang Scholarship for Excellent Student, Peking University, 1995
  

Miscellaneous

• Referee for ApJ, MNRAS, A&A, New Astronomy, and Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  
• Member of the American Astronomical Society
• LSST Science Collaborations member (2009 - current)
• LAMOST-PLUS Collaboration member (2008 - current)
• SDSS Collaboration Council member (Institute for Advanced Study representative, 2006-2008)
• Co-organizer of CCAPP workshop on Lyman-alpha Emitters (April, 2010)
• Co-organizer of Astro-Lunch Discussion at Yale University (2009 - )
• Co-organizer of Cosmology Seminar at Yale University (2010 - )
• Co-organizer of Astrophysics Colloquium at the Institute for Advanced Study (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)
• Co-organizer of Astrophysics Seminar Series at the Institute for Advanced Study (2006)
• Co-organizer of Princeton-IAS Postdoc Astrophysics Seminars (Fall 2007)