Publications: ADS | arXiv | inSPIRE

Research Fields:

• Cosmology
• Extragalactic Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Galactic Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Computational Astrophysics

My research interests range from General Relativity to physics of the interstellar medium to cosmology. Right now, for most of the time I work on numerical cosmological simulations, including (but not limited to) simulating galaxy formation and evolution of the intergalactic medium. I like doing numerics and working with a computer. This often includes quite sophisticated visualization of the simulation results, so, I guess, I am a little bit a movie director as well.

• Clarke Esmerian (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
• Hanjue Zhu (

Past Graduate Students: Huanqing Chen (2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics); Alexander A. Kaurov (2016, Astronomy and Astrophysics)

Past courses:

• [ASTR 18100] The Milky Way: 2018 - 2019 (Spring); 2017 - 2018 (Autumn); 2016 - 2017 (Autumn); 2015 - 2016 (Winter); 2011 - 2012 (Autumn); 2010 - 2011 (Spring); 2009 - 2010 (Winter); 2008 - 2009 (Spring); 2007 - 2008 (Spring)
• [ASTR 18200] The Origin and Evolution of the Universe: 2013 - 2014 (Winter); 2012 - 2013 (Spring)
• [ASTR 28200] Current Topics in Astrophysics: 2006 - 2007 (Spring)
• [ASTR 32100] Cosmology II: 2014 - 2015 (Autumn)
• [PHSC 12610] Black Holes: 2020 - 2021 (Spring); 2019 - 2020 (Winter)

Past Department Committees:

• Graduate Admissions: 2017 - 2018
• Time Allocation: 2021 - 2022 | 2020 - 2021 | 2019 - 2020 | 2018 - 2019 | 2017 - 2018 | 2016 - 2017 | 2015 - 2016 | 2014 - 2015 | 2013 - 2014
• Undergraduate Committee: 2018 - 2019 | 2017 - 2018 | 2016 - 2017 | 2015 - 2016 | 2014 - 2015 | 2013 - 2014