Do you want to do PhD in planet formation theory? 🪐 If yes, you should apply to join my group at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research! The deadline is on October 1st, 2024. Details here: mps.mpg.de/phd/planetary-…

It is officialy out! mardigras: A Visualization Tool of Theoretical Mass–Radius Relations in the Context of Planetary Science doi.org/10.3847/2515-5… via AAS Publishing

T.D. Lee passed away last month at 97. The Nobel laureate proposed my undergrad program in China and taught Mao about symmetry. For @npr, I reflect on the physicist's work and contributions to US-China scientific exchange, and the questions he left behind: npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…

🚨 Student paper accepted!! 🚨We offer new solutions to explain the atmospheric observations of habitable sub-Neptune K2-18 b and LHS 1140 b: arxiv.org/abs/2407.09009. A thread 🧵 (0/10):

Two teams of scientists measuring the universe’s expansion rate are finally seeing eye-to-eye on one piece of the measurement. sciencenews.org/article/cosmol…

I started my PhD when Clipper was still at Phase-B, and now it's just a month before the launch. I feel emotional that it is real and it is happening!!

It was a pleasure to be a small part of the team behind this nice work exploring the possibility of a supercritical ocean on K2-18b 😊

The paper gets accepted! arxiv.org/abs/2410.10197 This is my first single-author paper. The paper argues the compositions of exoplanetary hazes, which we conventionally postulated soot/tholin-like substances. I discussed alternative possibility: CVD diamonds.

A new potential answer to the puzzling mystery of the Sun's composition mismatches between spectroscopy and helioseismology led by me! phys.org/news/2024-11-t…

I survived Black Friday by staying home, saving 100% and to top it off, my recent article is now featured in the Most Read section of The Astrophysical Journal! Looks like many academics decided to shop for articles instead of deals today... iopscience.iop.org/.../10.3847/15…