Assistant Professor at University of California, Los Angeles
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California in Los Angeles 2023-
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science 2017-2022 Mentor: Anat Shahar and Steven B. Shirey
Education
Ph. D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2011-2017 Dissertation: Cu diffusion in silicate melts and melt inclusion study on volatiles in the lunar interior. Advisor: Youxue Zhang
B.S., Geoscience, Peking University 2007-2011 Thesis: Phase equilibria of eclogites from South Dabieshan Terran, Central China. Advisor: Chunjing Wei
Academic Awards
John Dorr Graduate Academic Achievement Award, class of 2017 2018
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship 2017
Scott Turner Award (three times) 2014, 2015, 2016
Rackham Summer Fellowship 2015
1st Prize, Michigan Graduate Union poster competition 2015
Rackham Travel Grant (twice) 2014, 2015
May Fourth Scholarship (twice) 2009, 2010
Kwang-hua Scholarship 2008
Invited talks
University of California in San Diego, La Jolla, CA June 2023
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA April 2023
University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA March 2022
West Washington University, Bellingham, WA November 2021
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI October 2021
Goldschmidt conference July 2021 (virtual)
Natural History Museum of London, UK March 2021 (virtual)
Arizona State University, Arizona November 2020 (virtual)
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas April 2020 (virtual)
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 2020 (virtual)
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland March 2020
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC March 2020
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC Jan 2020
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York Sept 2019
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China May 2018
The Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China April 2018
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China March 2018
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China March 2018
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland February 2018
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China July 2016
Teaching experiences
Mini Courses, Graduate Student Instructor Winter 2017
Principle of Geochemistry, Graduate Student Instructor Winter 2016
Principle of Geochemistry, Graduate Student Instructor Winter 2015
Introduction to Linux Computation, Graduate Student Instructor Fall 2014
Introduction to Physical Geology, Graduate Student Instructor Winter 2014
Principle of Geochemistry, Graduate Student Instructor Fall 2013
Introduction to Linux Computation, Graduate Student Instructor Winter 2013
Public service
AGU Fall Meeting Program Committee 2022
Session convener and chair, Goldschmidt 2022
Panelist, NASA proposal review panel Multiple years
Invited panelist, virtual career panel for international students in Earth Sciences, University of Michigan December 2020
Representative for Carnegie Institution Postdoc Association 2017 – 2019
Attending scientist at donor event “Lunch with a Scientist”, Carnegie Institution for Science July 2019
Session convener and chair at AGU December 2018
Volunteer for USA Science and Engineering Festival, Washington DC April 2018
Judge for Dwornik Student Presentation Award at Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 2018
President of Peking University Alumni Association in Ann Arbor 2013 – 2015
Reviewer for Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
