I work on astrophysics, machine learning, and causality. I got my Ph.D. in Physics at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) in 2025. My next step is a postdoc fellowship at Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (CfAA), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

I work on a wide range of topics, from stars to galaxies, in terms of both real observations and simulations, with tools ranging from traditional statistical methods to causal discovery, symbolic regression, and neural networks. See more about my research here.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics, New York University Abu Dhabi, supervised by Andrea Macciò & Joseph Gelfand
  • B.Sc. in Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, supervised by Gilbert Holder

Some Fun Facts

  • I grew up in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China (江苏常州). We ride dinosaurs to school.
  • I play Dota2, a game that partically inspired OpenAI (OpenAI Five).
  • I play acoustic and electric guitar, check out my collection of guitars: