I am a scientist studying stars, planets, and black holes. I am currently a Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Departmemt of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. I'm particularly interested in stellar tides, and how they could affect the rotational evolution of stars, the spins of compact objects and the orbital migration of exoplanet systems. I am also interested in other topics of astrophysics theory, and have worked on galactic dynamics, dynamical friction, and stellar variability observations.
I earned my PhD in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 2024, where I was advised by Prof. Jim Fuller. I earned my Bachelor's degree in physics at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2019, where I worked on angular momentum transport mechanisms in massive stars, and a non-equilibrium statistical field theory on cosmic structure formation.
In addition to science, I enjoy classical music and opera, especially the works from the late-romantic to the modernist era. When I was in Southern California, I sometimes used my Thirty Centimeter Telescope (TCT) to do stargazing. I am also a frequent traveler, and have traveled to 20 countries so far.
