Research Experience

Sep., 2017-present, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow at Dep. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, UCLA

  • Investigate the characteristics of whistler mode waves at high latitudes and dayside region using Cluster and MMS data

  • Investigate the ring current features and the relative contributions from different species with different energies, including H+, He+, O+, and electrons based on Van Allen Probe observations and ground observations

Sep., 2015-Sep. 2017, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and Dep. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, UCLA

  • Investigate the IP shock impacts on the low energy protons and the whistler mode waves based on Van Allen Probe observations

  • Statistically analyze the proton pitch angle and transitional behaviors with energy from 1eV to 600 keV based on Van Allen Probe observations

  • Statistically study the macroscopic state of electrons and the properties of chorus waves observed by the Van Allen Probes

Sep., 2011-August 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Research Assistant in Dep. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, UCLA

  • Developed 2D plasma sheet pressure model and 3D magnetic field models under different Kp index and solar wind dynamic pressure and substorm growth phase

  • Investigated the model plasma pressure distributions and magnetic field configurations and compared with observations under different Kp and solar wind dynamic pressure and during the substorm growth phase

June-August, 2014, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Los Alamos National Lab Space Weather Summer School

  • Developed 2D plasma sheet pressure model by using Support Vector Regression Machine technique.

  • Modified the 3D self-consistent magnetic field modeling by incorporating the 2D plasma sheet pressure model

June-August, 2013, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Los Alamos National Lab Space Weather Summer School

  • Applied 3D self-consistent magnetic field modeling to calculate ion isotropy boundaries and compared with FAST observations

June- July, 2012, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Los Alamos National Lab Space Weather Summer School

  • Worked with Dr. Sorin Zaharia and adopted his 3D self-consistent magnetic field to model substorm growth phase plasma and magnetic field

  • Developed 2D plasma sheet pressure model using nonlinear square fitting technique

  • Investigated the plasma pressure distributions and magnetic field configurations during the substorm growth phase

June-July, 2009, Nanjing, China

China-UK Joint Summer School on Solar-Terrain Research

  • Worked on and presented research of magetospheric response to interplanetary shock

Sep., 2008-June, 2011, Beijing, China

Research Assistant in Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Peking University

  • Analysis of the response of plasma characteristics and magnetic field in the inner magnetosphere to interplanetary (IP) shocks

  • Analysis the solar wind parameters and geomagnetic activity related to IP shocks

2005-2007, Wuhan, China

The 8th National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest

  • In charge of the hardware design and documentation

  • Designed several electronic products, such as temperature controller devices, electric smart car, and many other devices Won second place award in Hubei Province for this contest