ZHANG Jichen | Department of Physics

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

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

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

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.