Summary of all members

Students marked with * are still in my group now (having regular weekly meetings with me).

Postdocs and Research Scientists

Jan. 2024-, Xiaodi Yu*, Purple Mountain Observatory, High redshift universe (HIERACHY project).

Oct. 2023-, Shu Niu*, postdoc jointly supervised with Prof. Li Ji at the Purple Mountain Observatory. X-ray observations of AGN.

Jan. 2022-, Yang Yang*, postdoc jointly supervised with Prof. Li Ji at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Multi-wavelength observations of nearby galaxies.

Sep. 2020-Sep. 2022, Qiong Li, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Multi-wavelength observations of the high redshift Universe; Postdoc at the University of Manchester since Sep. 2022.

Jun. 2020-Dec. 2020, Wei Sun*, postdoc jointly supervised with Prof. Li Ji at the Purple Mountain Observatory, Multi-wavelength observations of nearby galaxies, Visited me at the University of Michigan from Jan. 2020 to Aug. 2020; Administrator at the Purple Mountain Observatory since Jan. 2021. 

Graduate Thesis Students 

May 2024-, Normahmad Normahmedov*, Tajikistan Institute of Astrophysics, Optical imaging observations of AGN; visit me at the Purple Mountain Observatory from Sep. 2024 to Aug. 2025 supported by the USTC international visiting student program.

Jul. 2023-, Mingxuan Xu*, Purple Mountain Observatory, HIERACHY project, optical imaging observations of high-z objects.

Jun. 2023-, Jinghao Miao*, jointly supervised with Prof. Xi Kang at Zhejiang University, X-ray observations of the hot CGM around nearby galaxies.

Feb. 2023-, Huiyang Mao*, Purple Mountain Observatory, HIERACHY project, optical spectroscopy observations of high-z objects.

Feb. 2021-, Jianghui Xu*, jointly supervised with Prof. Guilin Liu at the University of Science and Technology of China, JVLA S-band observations of CHANG-ES galaxies, becomes a graduate student at the University of Science and Technology of China in Sep. 2021.

Mar. 2019-, Liyuan Lu*, jointly supervised with Prof. Taotao Fang at Xiamen University, Optical observation of the extraplanar diffuse ionized gas of nearby galaxies.

May 2018-, Yan Jiang*, jointly supervised with Prof. Yu Gao at the Purple Mountain Observatory, mm-wave molecular line observations of nearby galaxies.

Dec. 2018-Dec. 2023, Rui Huang*, jointly supervised with Prof. Wei Cui at Tsinghua University, XMM-Newton Legacy Survey of the M31 Halo and the Hot CGM of Nearby Galaxies, Visited me at University of Michigan from Oct. 2019 to Oct. 2020, at PMO from Feb. 2024 to Apr. 2024; Postdoc at the University of Michigan since Apr. 2024.

Mar. 2019-Aug. 2021, Xiaodi Yu*, Xiamen University, graduated student jointly supervised with Prof. Tao- tao Fang, PhD summer 2021; Thesis title: “Spectroscopy Study of Distant Quasars: Outflows, He II reionzation, and Hot Gas around the Milky Way”, Postdoc at Tsinghua University working with Prof. Zheng Cai from Sep. 2021 to Jan. 2024.

Undergraduate Thesis Students

Aug. 2024 -, Wei Hu*, Chengdu University of Technology, HIERACHY project IFUM observations 

Aug. 2024 -, Yu Huang*, Nanjing University, CO-MASS

Jan. 2024 - Jun. 2024, Feifan Gu, Nanjing Normal University, Ionized gas around the nearby edge-on disk galaxy M82, Physics teacher at Zhenjiang No.3 Middle School since August 2024.

Feb. 2020-May 2021, Yuchen (Elina) Zhang, University of Michigan, Chandra observations of high redshift quasars, Master student at the University of College London from 2021 to 2022; Graduate student at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa since fall 2023.

Nov. 2017-Jun. 2018, Haochuan Li, Nanjing University, Bachelor of Science, 2018.06, Thesis Advisor: Dr. Li Jiangtao and Prof. Wang Fayin, Multi-wavelength observations of tidal disruption events, Graduate student at Queen’s University, Canada since Sep. 2018. 

High School Students

Jun. 2021-, Shua Hahm*, Novi High School, Novi, Michigan, IRAM 30m observations of supernova remnants and molecular clouds.

Other Students

Mar. 2023-Mar. 2024, Hanxiao Chen, Nanjing University, Imaging and spectroscopy observations of the HIERACHY project.

Oct. 2023-, Qinghui Lao, Nanjing University, X-ray variability of high-z AGN. 

Oct. 2023-, Huafeng Yu, Nanjing University, X-ray variability of high-z AGN. 

Oct. 2023-, Wenran Cai, Nanjing University, X-ray variability of high-z AGN. 

Oct. 2023-, Zelin Wei, Nanjing University, X-ray variability of high-z AGN.

Oct. 2023-, Yifan Shen, Nanjing University, X-ray variability of high-z AGN. 

Oct. 2023-, Hanle Zhang, Nanjing University, X-ray variability of high-z AGN.

Jan. 2022-Jun. 2023, Tiancheng Yang, Nanjing University, HIERACHY project, optical imaging observations of high-z objects.

Jan. 2022-Dec. 2022, Zihao Lin, Nanjing University, Swift X-ray and MDM optical spectroscopy observations of high redshift quasars.

Jan. 2022-Feb. 2022, Qinnan Zhu, Nanjing University, HIERACHY project, optical spectroscopy observations of high-z objects.

Oct. 2021-Dec. 2021, Yijia Wang, undergraduate, Nanjing University, Swift X-ray observations of high-z quasars.

Oct. 2021-Dec. 2021, Jia Guo, undergraduate, Nanjing University, Swift X-ray observations of high-z quasars.

Oct. 2021-Dec. 2021, Peiyuan Wang, undergraduate, Nanjing University, Swift X-ray observations of high-z quasars.

Sep. 2018-Apr. 2019, David Torrejon, undergraduate, University of Michigan, UROP student.

Sep. 2018-Apr. 2019, Kyle LaChance, undergraduate, University of Michigan, UROP student. 

Oct. 2017-Mar. 2019, Zhuyun Zhuang, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Nearby galaxies. Graduate student in Caltech since Sep. 2019

Oct. 2017-Jan. 2019, Yingjie Cheng, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Nearby galaxies. Graduate student in UMASS, Amherst since Sep. 2019

Jan. 2018-Jun. 2018, Andrew Nassab, undergraduate, University of Michigan, Supernova remnants. 

Oct. 2017-Mar. 2018, Sai Zhai, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Nearby galaxies. Graduate student in Nanjing University since Sep. 2019

Nov. 2017-Jan. 2018, Yi Zhang, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Tidal Disruption Events. Graduate student in Nanjing University since Sep. 2018

Nov. 2017-Jan. 2018, Ke Xu, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Tidal Disruption Events.

Nov. 2017-Jan. 2018, Nan Jiang, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Tidal Disruption Events.

Nov. 2017-Jan. 2018, Yijia Li, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Tidal Disruption Events. Graduate student in the Pennsylvania State University since Sep. 2018

Oct. 2017-Jan. 2018, Suinan Zhang, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Nearby galaxies. Graduate student in University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK since Sep. 2018

Oct. 2017-Jan. 2018, Xue'er Chen, undergraduate, Nanjing University. Nearby galaxies.

Sep. 2016-Feb. 2017, Shangjia Zhang, undergraduate, University of Michigan. CGM-MASS. Graduate student in University of Nevada, Las Vegas since Sep. 2018.

Jul. 2015-Sep. 2019, Xiaochuan Jiang, Xiamen University, graduated student jointly supervised with Prof. Taotao Fang and Prof. Q. Daniel Wang, X-ray observations of nearby galaxies. Postdoc at Xiamen University since Sep. 2019.