Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA, Jun. 2014
  • M.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA, Jun. 2011
  • B.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Jun. 2009

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Jul. 2026 – present
  • Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Jul. 2022 – Jun. 2026
  • Research Associate, Harvard University, Sep. 2017 – Jun. 2022
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Aug. 2014 – Sep. 2017

Visiting Positions

  • Simons Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, Sep. – Dec. 2022
  • Associate, Harvard University, Jul. 2022 – Jul. 2024
  • Academic Visitor in Physics, Imperial College London, Feb. 2018 – present
  • Visitor in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, Sep. 2017 – Sep. 2020

Research Interests

  • Planetary geophysics and space environment
  • Planetary magnetism and dynamos
  • Gravitational and electromagnetic sounding of planetary interiors
  • Planetary exploration, including space missions and space-based magnetometry

Participation in Space Missions

  • Deputy Instrument Lead / Co-Investigator, NASA TRACERS MAG Team, Feb. 2024 – present
  • Co-Investigator, ESA JUICE J-MAG Team, Jan. 2016 – present
  • Member, Juno Science Team, Aug. 2014 – present
  • Cassini Participating Scientist, Cassini Mission, Mar. 2015 – Sep. 2017
  • Member, Cassini MAG Team, Jun. 2014 – Sep. 2017

Scientific Instrument Development

  • Principal Investigator, NASA DALI Project L-MAG (Lunar Magnetometer), Apr. 2024 – present

Honors and Awards

  • Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2025
  • Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, March 2022
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, Cassini MAG Team, NASA, Aug. 2018
  • Eugene B. Waggoner Scholarship, UCLA, Sep. 2012
  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA, May 2012

Service on Committees and Councils

Member of the JUICE-Clipper Steering Committee ESA JUICE Project and NASA Europa Clipper Project, Apr. 2025 – present

UCLA Representative to the Council of Institutions (COI) Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Mar. 2023 – May 2026

Invited Seminars and Colloquia

  • Caltech, Planetary Science Seminar, Apr. 2026
  • Imperial College London, Physics Department Seminar, Nov. 2025
  • UC Berkeley, CIPS Seminar, Apr. 2025
  • Caltech, Planetary Science Seminar, Feb. 2023
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ICE Seminar, Jan. 2023
  • University of Washington Seattle, ESS Colloquium, Apr. 2022
  • UCLA, Space Physics Seminar, Feb. 2022
  • ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences ERC Seminar, Jan. 2021
  • UC Berkeley, Astronomy/EPS Joint Colloquium, Nov. 2019
  • Boston University, Center for Space Physics Seminar, Mar. 2019
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, EAS Seminar, Feb. 2019
  • Imperial College London, Space & Atmospheric Physics Seminar, Mar. 2018
  • University of Leicester, Astro Seminar, Mar. 2018
  • University of Cambridge, DAMTP Astrophysics Seminar, Feb. 2018
  • MIT, EAPS Planetary Lunch, Feb. 2018
  • Cornell, Astronomy and Space Sciences Special Seminar, Feb. 2018
  • Cornell, Astronomy and Space Sciences Colloquium, Feb. 2018
  • Harvard, EPS GSPD Seminar, Feb. 2018
  • Carnegie DTM, Astro Seminar, Jan. 2018
  • Imperial College London, Space & Atmospheric Physics Seminar, Nov. 2017
  • UT Austin, Institute of Geophysics Seminar, Nov. 2016
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Science Seminar, Sep. 2016
  • UC Santa Cruz, Whole Earth Seminar, Feb. 2016
  • UCLA, Planet Lunch, Jan. 2016
  • High Altitude Observatory (HAO), Boulder, Colloquium, Apr. 2015
  • Caltech, Yuk Lunch Seminar, Mar. 2015
  • UCLA, iPLEX Lunch Seminar, May 2013

Professional Service

Journal referee: Nature; Nature Astronomy; Nature Geosciences; Space Science Reviews; Nature Communications; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; The Astrophysical Journal; Icarus; Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets; Geophysical Research Letters; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Progress in Earth and Planetary Science; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Scientific Reports; Advances in Space Research; Atmosphere; Earth and Planetary Physics; Frontiers in Physics.

  • SOC Co-chair, NASA TRACERS Science Team Meeting, Sep. 2024
  • SOC Member, DPS55/EPSC, San Antonio, TX, 2023
  • LOC Co-chair, Russell Symposium 2024, Sep. 2024
  • Session Convener/Chair, AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 and 2023 – 2025
  • Session Convener/Chair, DPS55/EPSC, San Antonio, TX, 2023
  • Session Convener/Chair, DPS48/EPSC11, Pasadena, 2016