Education
- Ph.D.: Astrophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Bachelor of Science: Nuclear Physics, Beijing University, Beijing, China
- Graduation Certificate: Computer Science, Beijing University, Beijing, China
Work Experience
- Chief Scientist
The Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) project
- Chief Scientist
Radio Astronomy Division, National Astronomical Observatories of China
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FAST Project Scientista
- Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology
- National Research Council Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology
- Astronomer
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Selected Awards, Grants, Committee Memberships
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Marcel Grossman Award, 2024
citation: “For his groundbreaking contributions to the scientific definition of the most sensitive radio telescope and his numerous innovations in characterizing the dynamic universe”
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Leader, FRB Research Group
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2022
"Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize"
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2022 Top 10 Scientific Advances in China
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2021 Top 10 Scientific Advances in China
- Member, Basic Science Center
National Natural Science Foundation of China , 2020-2024
"LAMOST and FAST: A Study of the MilkyWay and the Local Universe"
- PI, Distinguished Young Fellowship
National Natural Science FOUNDATION of China , 2017-2022
"Surveys with Large Radio Facilities and Evolution of the Interstellar Medium"
- Honorary Research Fellow
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South African, 2020-2023
- PI, National Key R&D Program of China
Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2017-2022
"A Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST Survey (CRAFTS)"
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Major Contributor, Research Group of FAST Project
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
"Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize"
- Member, Major Facilities User-Guidance Council
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015-2018
- PI, International Partnership Key Program
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017-2022
- CoI, Gravitational Wave and General Relativity
Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China , 2017-2022
- Chair, Cradle of Life Science Working Group
The Square Kilometer Array Organization, 2015-2016
- PI, COsmology and Molecule Explorer (COME)
concept study, "Pilot-A" Space Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015
- Member, Australia Telescope National Facility Steering Committee (ATNF)
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, 2012-2014
- PI, Fundamental Science Key Program (973)
Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2012-2016
"The Frontiers of Radio Astronomy and FAST Early Sciences"
- Member, Stratospheric Observatory for Far Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Science User Group
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), 2012-2014
- Member of the Judge Panel, Chinese National Science and Technology Achievement Award
Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2012
- PI, Herschel Open Time Project, ESA/NASA, 2011
"The Conditions of Isolated Dark Clouds with Signs of On Going H2 Formation"
- PI, SOFIA Basic Science Program, USRA/NASA, 2011
"Mapping Dark Gas in Rho Oph A"
- Member of Group Achievement Award, NASA, 2010
citation:"Outstanding achievements in the successful development of critical hardware"
- CoI of Herschel Open Time Key Projects, ESA/NASA, 2008-2010
"GOT CPlus: State of the Diffuse ISM: Galactic Observations of the Terahertz CII Line"
"HOP: Herschel Oxygen Project"
- PI of Spitzer Proposal, NASA, 2007
"MIPS SED Observations of Massive Quiescent Cores in Orion"
- Resident Research Associateship Award, National Research Council, USA, 2005
citation: "awarded to postdoctoral scholars of outstanding ability as a result of national competition."
