Curriculum Vitae
CV
A PDF version is available to download (last updated October 2026). My publication record is also on Google Scholar and in my NASA ADS library.
Academic appointments
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge — Cambridge, UK
Supervisor: Prof. Roman Rafikov
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University — Evanston, IL, USA
Independent fellowship
CSES Graduate Student Fellow
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory — Los Alamos, NM, USA
Mentor: Dr. Hui Li
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University — Ithaca, NY, USA
Advisor: Prof. Dong Lai
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough — Toronto, ON, Canada
Supervisor: Prof. Artur Izmaylov
Education
Cornell University
Ph.D. in Astronomy and Space Sciences (May 2023) · M.S. in Astronomy (December 2019)
Dissertation: Dynamical Evolution of Multi-Orbiter Systems: Application to Planets, Protoplanetary Disks, and Black Holes
Advisor: Prof. Dong Lai
University of Toronto Scarborough
Honours B.Sc. in Physics (Specialist) and Mathematics (Major)
Selected honors and awards
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Northwestern University
CSES Student Fellowship
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Graduate Student Fellowship
Cornell University
Governor General’s Silver Medal Nomination
University of Toronto Scarborough
Samuel Beatty In-Course Scholarship
University of Toronto
University of Toronto Excellence Award
University of Toronto
A. D. Allen Memorial Scholarship
University of Toronto Scarborough
Professional service
- Referee for The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023–present.
- Proposal-review panelist, NASA Exoplanets Research Program (XRP), 2024.
- Scientific Organizing Committee, CIERA Fellows at 15 conference, 2025.
- Organizer, CIERA Journal Club and summer arXiv discussions, 2024–2025.
- Session chair, AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) meeting, 2024; CIERA Fellows conference, 2025.
Research & methods
Interests. Theoretical and computational astrophysics: nonlinear disk hydrodynamics, orbital dynamics, and planet–disk interactions — applied to exoplanets, black holes, accretion processes and distorted accretion disks, the dynamical formation of gravitational-wave sources, and black-hole dynamics in active galactic nuclei. Additional interests in machine learning and large language models.
Numerical methods. N-body integration · grid-based hydrodynamics · smoothed-particle hydrodynamics · molecular dynamics.
Analytical methods. Secular and resonant perturbation theory · linear mode analysis of disks.
Programming. Python · Fortran · C++ · MATLAB.