Education
Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Jun. 2014
M.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Jun. 2011
B.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics, Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China, Jun. 2009
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles, Jul. 2022 – present
Research Associate Harvard University, Sep. 2017 – Jun. 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar California Institute of Technology, Aug. 2014 – Sep. 2017
Visiting Positions
Simons Fellow Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, 2022
Associate Harvard University, Jul. 2022 – present
Academic Visitor in Physics Imperial College London, Feb. 2018 – present
Visitor in Planetary Science California Institute of Technology, Sep. 2017 – Sep. 2020
Research Interests
Planetary magnetism and natural dynamos.
Gravitational and electromagnetic sounding of planetary interiors.
Atmosphere-interior coupling of giant planets.
Planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres.
Planetary explorations (space missions, space-based magnetometry).
Participation in Space Missions
Co-Investigator NASA TRACERS Mission, Feb. 2024 – present
Co-Investigator ESA JUICE J-MAG Team, Jan. 2016 – present
Member Juno Science Team, Aug. 2014 – present
Cassini Participating Scientist Cassini Mission, Mar. 2015 – Sep. 2017
Member Cassini MAG Team, Jun. 2014 – Sep. 2017
Honors and Awards
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Mar. 2022
NASA Group Achievement Award, Cassini MAG Team, NASA, Aug. 2018
Eugene B. Waggoner Scholarship, UCLA, Sep. 2012
NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA, May 2012
Invited Seminars and Colloquia
Caltech, Planetary Science Seminar, Feb. 2023
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ICE Seminar, Jan. 2023
University of Washington Seattle, ESS Colloquium, Apr. 2022
UCLA, Space Physics Seminar, Feb. 2022
ETH Zürich, Department of Earth Sciences ERC Seminar, Jan. 2021
UC Berkeley, Astronomy/EPS Joint Colloquium, Nov. 2019
Boston University, Center for Space Physics Seminar, Mar. 2019
Georgia Institute of Technology, EAS Seminar, Feb. 2019
Imperial College London, Space & Atmospheric Physics Seminar, Mar. 2018
University of Leicester, Astro Seminar, Mar. 2018
University of Cambridge, DAMTP Astrophysics Seminar, Feb. 2018
MIT, EAPS Planetary Lunch, Feb. 2018
Cornell, Astronomy and Space Sciences Special Seminar, Feb. 2018
Cornell, Astronomy and Space Sciences Colloquium, Feb. 2018
Harvard, EPS GSPD Seminar, Feb. 2018
Carnegie DTM, Astro Seminar, Jan. 2018
Imperial College London, Space & Atmospheric Physics Seminar, Nov. 2017
UT Austin, Institute of Geophysics Seminar, Nov. 2016
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Science Seminar, Sep. 2016
UC Santa Cruz, Whole Earth Seminar, Feb. 2016
UCLA, Planet Lunch, Jan. 2016
High Altitude Observatory (HAO), Boulder, Colloquium, Apr. 2015
Caltech, Yuk Lunch Seminar, Mar. 2015
UCLA, iPLEX Lunch Seminar, May 2013
Professional Services
Journal Referee: Nature; Nature Astronomy; Nature Geosciences; Space Science Reviews; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.; Astrophys. J; Icarus; Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets; Geophys. Res. Lett.; Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.; Progress in Earth and Planet. Sci.; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Scientific Reports; Advances in Space Research; Atmosphere; Earth and Planetary Physics; Frontiers in Physics;
SOC Member: DPS55/EPSC, San Antonio, TX, 2023
Session Chair: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2023;
DPS55/EPSC, San Antonio, TX, 2023
AGU Fall Meeting, D.C., 2018;
DPS48/EPSC11, Pasadena, 2016
UCLA Representative: Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Feb. 2023 – present