PEOPLE
ZHANG Jichen
ZHANG Jichen / PHY-PhD (2023)
Supervised by Prof. YAN Renbin
Education
- PhD student, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2023-present
- B.S. in Physics with a Minor in Music, University of California Santa Barbara, 2019-2023
Research Interest
- Observational Astronomy
Research and Professional Experience
- Visiting Scholar, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, 2023
- Research Intern, National Astronomical Observatories of China, 2019
- Predoctoral Fellow, Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2018
- Student Researcher, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 2016-2018
- Selector, RISE Scholarship, Schmidt Futures, Rhodes Trust, 2022-present
- Judge, Scientific Review Committee, Regeneron Sichuan Science Fair, 2021-present
- Admission Interviewer, United World College China Selection Committee, 2020-present
- Judge, Chinese National Astronomical Olympiad, 2023
- Session Chair, American Astronomical Society 241st Meeting, 2023
Awards and Honors
- American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy Micro-Grant, 2022
- Beijing Mayor’s Award for Young Scientist, 2018
- Finalist, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, 2018
- First Award, The Awarding Program for Future Scientists, 2017
- Bronze Medal, The 10th International Earth Science Olympiad, 2016
- Bronze Medal, The 20th International Astronomy Olympiad, 2015
- Bronze Medal, The 12th International Junior Science, Olympiad, 2015
- Gold*2 Silver*2 Bronze*3 Medals, Chinese National Astronomical Olympiad, 2010-2017
Publications
- Peng, Zixuan, Crystal L. Martin, Pierre Thibodeaux, Jichen Zhang, Weida Hu, and Yuan Li. “Using KCWI to Explore the Chemical Inhomogeneities and Evolution of J1044+0353.” The Astrophysical Journal 954, no. 2 (September 2023): 214. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace9c0.
- Zhang, Jichen. “Using KCWI to Disclose the Star Formation History of a Nearby Dwarf Galaxy J1044+0353.” In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 55:277.09. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 2023.
- Rui, Liming, Wenxiong Li, Zhihao Chen, Danfeng Xiang, Xiaofeng Wang, Tianmeng Zhang, Jichen Zhang, et al. “Spectroscopic Classification of MASTER OT J081506.13+381123.3 as a Type Ia Supernova.” The Astronomer’s Telegram 9984 (January 2017): 1.
- Zhang, Jichen, and Xiuhai Zhang. Steam ironing brush. China National Intellectual Property Administration CN203065853U, filed July 10, 2012, and issued July 17, 2013.
Conference Presentations
- Poster: American Astronomical Society 241st Meeting 2023
- Poster: Keck Science Meeting 2022
- Oral and Poster: Annual Meeting of the Chinese Astronomical Society 2017
Other Skills
- Orchestral conducting