EDUCATION

2005: PhD on Astronomy, Harvard University

CAREER

2022-present: Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville

2018-2022: Associate Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville

2014-2018: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville

2012-2013: Scientist VI, Eureka Scientific

2011-2012: Rsearch Scientist, University of Virginia

2008-2011: Research Associate, University of Virginia (with Dr. Sarazin)

2005-2008: Research Associate, Michigan State University (with Dr. Donahue and Dr. Voit)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cosmology, galaxy evolution, AGN feedback, high-energy astrophysics, SNRs and data mining

My current research group (Sep. 30, 2023):

Postdocs: Juhi Tiwari, Prathamesh Tamhane, Will Waldron (in the summer)

Undergraduate students (paid): Nathanael Pichette, Kokoro Hosogi, Huan Le, Duncan Barbour 

(past postdocs: Rongxin Luo 2019-2023, Chong Ge 2017-2021, Wenhao Liu 2017-2020, Hao Chen 2017 - 2019, Sarthak Dasadia 2017, Andrea Morandi 2014-2018)

(past graduate students: Will Waldron 2022 PhD, Sunil Laudari 2022 PhD, Tim Edge 2019 MS, Sarthak Dasadia 2017 PhD)

Public media coverage of my research

1) UGC 6697 in A1367 (also featured on space.com, Jan. 31, 2005) 

2) ESO 137-001 in A3627 (Orphan stars) (also featured on ScienceNOW, MSNBC, Science Daily, Sky and Telescope, space.com, Science@NASA, NOAO frontpage, HEASARC Picture of the Week and ESPN!)

   ESPN page 2 (search for "geek", oh I mean search for "Ming Sun"). Yes, politics, girls and geeks make a good combination

3) ESO 137-001 in A3627 (Two tails) also shown on NOAO news (also featured on HEASARC Picture of the Week, NASA image of the day, "Day in photos" on Washington Post)

4) Hubble Heritage release on March 4, 2014

Also, this beautiful Hubble image is based on my data of ESO 137-002