CV

CV #

Education & Employment #

2026-present
Lise-Meitner Research Group Leader, MPIA, Germany
2023-2026
51 Pegasi b postdoctoral fellow, Caltech, USA
Advisor: Dimitri Mawet
2019-2023
PhD, Astrophysics, cum laude, Leiden University, NL
Thesis: Isotopes and the characterization of extrasolar planets
Advisor: Ignas Snellen
2017-2019
MSc, Astronomy and Data Science, cum laude, Leiden University, NL
Thesis: Effects of dust evolution and gap formation on multi-wavelength continuum observations of TW Hydrae disk
Advisor: Michiel Hogerheijde
2013-2017
BSc, Astronomy, Nanjing University, China
Thesis: Planet formation in highly inclined binary systems
Advisor: Jiwei Xie
2016.06-08
Summer intern, European Southern Observatory
Thesis: Dipper stars in the Upper Sco and ρ Oph star forming regions identified from the K2 mission
Advisor: Valentin Ivanov

Honours & awards #

  • 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, Heising-Simons Foundation, 2023

  • NHFP Sagan Fellowship, NASA, 2023 (declined)

  • Minerva Fast Track Fellowship, Max Planck Society, 2023 (declined)

  • Oort scholarship to excellent Master’s students, Leiden Observatory, 2017-2019

  • Annual scholarship of National Astronomy Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science, 2014

Talks #

Invited talk #

  • Bridging It: Connecting Observations and Models of Exoplanets and their Formation, Heidelberg

  • Planetary Formation and Exoplanets in the ELT Era (ExoELT2025), Garching

  • Fractionation of isotopes in space II: from the Solar System to galaxies, Florence

  • Planetary science seminar at Caltech

  • Exoplanet seminar at University of Cambridge

  • Exoplanet seminar at ETH Zurich

  • Exocoffee journal club at MPIA/APEx Heidelberg

  • Exoplanets and Disks Meeting at API Amsterdam

Contributed talk #

2026.07.07
High-Resolution Exoplanet and Stellar Characterization Today and in the ELT Era, Granada
Title: Extreme winds on the emerging dayside and hydrogen airglow in an ultra-hot Jupiter
2026.03.19
Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026, Denver
Title: Extreme winds on the emerging dayside and hydrogen airglow in an ultra-hot Jupiter
2025.12.10
Exoplanets and Planetary Formation, Shanghai
Title: Phase-resolved atmospheric dynamics and hydrogen emission in an ultra-hot Jupiter
2024.06.27
AOGS, South Korea
Title: Atmospheric characterization and formation of super-Jovian exoplanets with high-resolution spectroscopy
2024.06.20
Exoplanets 5, Leiden
Title: Atmospheric characterization of super-Jovian exoplanets through the high-res eyes of CRIRES+ and KPIC
2022.10.03
From clouds to planets II: the astrochemical link, Berlin
Title: Isotopologue ratios in exoplanet atmospheres
2022.06.29
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting: Exoplanets in the 2020s, Valencia
Title: Transmission spectroscopy of ultra-hot Jupiters - disentangle the hydrostatic and exospheric regimes
2022.05.03
Exoplanets IV, Las Vegas
Title: Isotopologue ratios in exoplanet atmospheres
2021.11.26
NOVA network II meeting, Leiden
Title: Isotopologue ratios in exoplanet atmospheres as potential tracers of planet formation
2021.07.01
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting: Exoplanets in the 2020s, Virtual
Title: The 13CO-rich atmosphere of a young accreting super-Jupiter
2021.04.21
STScI Spring Symposium: Towards the comprehensive characterization of exoplanets, Virtual
Title: The 13CO-rich atmosphere of a young accreting super-Jupiter

Awarded telescope time #

JWST

  • Combining isotopic and elemental abundances to unveil the formation and accretion history of a cold Jupiter. Program ID: 8714, 20 hours (co-PI)
  • Spectroscopic characterization of the lowest-mass imaged Jupiter analog. Program ID: 5342, 13 hours (co-PI)

Keck/KPF, HIRESr

  • High-resolution phase curve of ultra-hot Jupiters. ~6 nights (PI)

Keck/KPIC

  • Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC): young giant exoplanets and substellar companions spectroscopic survey. ~20 nights (co-I)

VLT/CRIRES+

  • Comparative study on diverse origin and fate of planetary-mass objects in β Pictoris young moving group: brown dwarf members. Program ID: 111.24KV, 3 hours (PI)
  • The ESO SupJup Survey: Disentangling formation pathways of Super Jupiters, free-floating planets, and Brown Dwarfs. Program ID: 110.23RW, 109 hours (co-I)
  • Comparative study on diverse origin and fate of planetary-mass objects in β Pictoris young moving group. Program ID: 109.23D8, 6 hours (PI)
  • CO isotopologue ratios in super-Jupiter atmospheres as a tracer of planet formation. Program ID: 108.222Y, 3.2 hours (PI)
  • Isotope inventory in an L dwarf: a benchmark for isotopologue ratios in exoplanets. Program ID: 107.22TG, Science Verification (PI)

Teaching & Mentoring #

  • Yurou Liu, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program, Caltech, 2024. Chemistry and Isotope Ratios of Substellar Atmospheres in the β Pictoris Young Moving Group

  • Merel Reitsma, Master’s research project, Leiden University, 2021-2022 The 12CO/13CO ratio in the atmospheres of super-Jupiters AB Pic b, DH Tau b, and GQ Lup b.

  • Rosa Hoogenboom, Master’s research project, Leiden University, 2020-2021 Search for Helium airglow emission in the atmosphere of τ Boo b.

  • Teaching assistant of Exoplanet Interiors and Atmospheres, Leiden University, 2020-2023

Service #

  • Reviewer/panelist for AAS journal, NASA, JWST, CFHT, and GEMINI proposal
  • SOC of Hors3s conference
  • Organizer of exoplanet group meetings, Leiden University

Outreach #

Press releases
First measurement of isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet: a potential new tracer of exoplanet formation
Volunteer
Mentoring high school student’s research project in astronomy, 2024
Volunteering IAU100 Flagship Programmes, 2018
Calendar September 27, 2026