
Education
Ph.D., Theoretical Nuclear Physics, August 2009
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
− Thesis: “QCD quantum correlation and multi-parton dynamics”
− Supervisor: Prof. Jian-Wei Qiu
M.S., Theoretical Physics, July 2003
Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
B.S., Physics, July 2001
Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
Professional Experience
Positions held
Assistant Professor, November 2016 – present
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California Los Angeles
Staff Scientist (level 3, affiliated), February 2016 – present
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow, March 2013 – February 2016
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, April 2012 – February 2013
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Research Associate, September 2009 – April 2012
RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Other professional activities
Seminar organizer for group T-2, June 2013 – August 2015
Group T-2 (Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology), Theoretical Division, Los
Alamos National Laboratory
Organizer for RIKEN lunch seminar, September 2011 – March 2012
RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Member of Nuclear Theory/RIKEN seminar committee, October 2010 – September 2011
Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Visiting Scholar, March 31 – April 29, 2011
Theoretical Division (T-2), Los Alamos National Laboratory
Visiting Scholar, October 11–23, 2009, and March 20–25, 2011
Nuclear Theory Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory