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
- Chair Professor
Astronomy Department, Tsinghua University
- Chief Scientist
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) Project
- Chief Scientist
Radio Astronomy Division, National Astronomical Observatories of China
- 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 Grossmann Award-Individual Award
“For his groundbreaking contributions to the scientific definition of the most sensitive radio telescope and his numerous innovations in characterizing the dynamic universe, resulting in precise measurements of the interstellar magnetic field and advancing the field of fast radio bursts into a high-statistics era”, 2024
- 《China News Weekly》Annual Science and Technology Figure
“China News Weekly” Influential Person of the Year—Technology Person of the Year, 2023
- The 3rd National Innovation Award
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. 2023
“The National Innovation Award”
- No.1, Natural Science Award
Beijing Science and Technology Award, 2023
“FAST accurately depicts Fast Radio Burst and their surrounding environment”
- No.1, Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023
“Fast Radio Burst research collective”
- 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, National Key R&D Program of China
Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2017-2022
“A Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST Survey (CRAFTS)”
- PI, Distinguished Young Fellowship
National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018-2022
“Surveys with Large Radio Facilities and Evolution of the Interstellar Medium”
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018
“Research Group of Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) Project”
- Member
Major Facilities User-Guidance Council, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015-2018
- PI, International Partnership Key Program
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016-2021
- 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
- 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
“The Conditions of Isolated Dark Clouds with Signs of On Going H2 Formation", 2011
- PI, SOFIA Basic Science Program, ESA/NASA
“Mapping Dark Gas in Rho Oph A”, 2011
- Member of Group Achievement Award, NASA
Citation: “Outstanding achievements in the successful development of critical hardware”, 2010
- CoI of four Herschel Open Time Projects, ESA/NASA, 2010
- CoI of Herschel Open Time Key Projects, ESA/NASA
“GOT CPlus: State of the Diffuse ISM: Galactic Observations of the Terahertz CII Line”, 2008
“HOP: Herschel Oxygen Project”
- PI of Spitzer Proposal, NASA
“MIPS SED Observations of Massive Quiescent Cores in Orion”, 2007
- CoI of two Spitzer Proposals and Grants, NASA, 2006
- Resident Research Associateship Award
National Research Council, USA, 2005
Citation: “Awarded to postdoctoral scholars of outstanding ability as a result of national competition.”
