CV

You can download my full CV here and my thesis here.
A compiled publication list that I try to keep up to date can be found at ADS and ORCHID.

Academic Appointments

  • Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago: Assistant Professor, October 2018 -- present
  • Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP), University of Chicago: Senior Member, October 2018 -- present
  • Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago: Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, October 2018 -- September 2023
  • Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP), University of Chicago: KICP Fellow, October 2016 -- October 2018
  • Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich: Postdoctoral Fellow, September 2013 -- September 2016

    • Education

  • Department of Physics, Stanford Univerisity: PhD in Physics, September 2007 -- June 2013
  • Department of Physics, National Taiwan Univeristy: BS in Physics, September 2003 -- June 2007

    • Collaborations

  • The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC): 2024 –- present, Builder
  • The Dark Energy Survey (DES): 2013 –- present, Builder
  • LSST DESC: 2016 –- present, Full Member
  • The South Pole Telescope (SPT): 2016 –- present, through DES-SPT MOU
  • The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): 2018 –- present, through DES-ACT MOU

    • Service and Leadership

  • Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago: Equity Diversity and Inclusion Deputy Chair (2020 -- present)
  • DES: Science Committee Co-Chair (2021 -- present); Management Committee (2018 -- 2021); Membership Committee (2018 -- 2021); Weak Lensing Mass Mapping Analysis Group Co-convener (2016 -- 2020)
  • LSST DESC: Deputy Analysis Coordinator [Static Probes] (2021 -- 2023); Collaboration Council (2019 -- 2021); Weak Lensing Working Group Co-convener (2018 -- 2020)
  • Journal Reviewer: MNRAS, ApJ, Nature Astronomy, DES Collaboration, DESC Collaboration
  • Snowmass 2021: Topical Group Co-Convener, CF6 [Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration: Complementarity of Probes and New Facilities] (2020 -- 2021)

    • Teaching

  • ASTR 340 (UChicago) Statistical Methods in Astrophysics: Winter 2024
  • ASTR 18850 (UChicago) Interpreting Nature -- on the Relation between Art and Science: Spring 2023, 2024
  • ASTR 406 (UChicago) Gravitational Lensing: Fall 2020
  • ASTR 133 (UChicago) Introduction to Astrophysics: Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • PHYS 372 (UChicago) Space Physics and Astrophysics, Guest Lecturer: Fall 2016, 2018
  • Astrophysics I (ETH), Substitute Lecturer: Fall 2015, 2014

    • Press

  • Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
  • Less clumpy universe may suggest existence of mysterious forces
  • Cosmological Parameters Improved by Combining Data
  • Largest ever map of dark matter is created using light from 100 MILLION galaxies - and it could help to answer fundamental questions about the Universe
  • Four named to DOE Early Career Research Program
  • June 10th Strike4BlackLives
  • Connecting the dots in the sky could shed new light on dark matter
  • Fermilab press release on DES Y1 cosmology results
  • BBC article on DES Y1 results
  • Quanta magazine on DES Y1 results
  • KICP highlight on SDSS splashback results
  • UPenn press coverage of SDSS splashback results
  • German newspaper "Spiegel" coverage on DES SV mass map
  • BBC coverage on DES SV mass map
  • KIPAC alumini interview