Cosmological Tensions
Is Flat-LambdaCDM the complete model?
What do I do?
I am currently a postdoc at Durham University. I finished my PhD in Physics (cosmology) with my supervisor Prof George Smoot in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Cosmology is an exciting and a rapid developing subject - 60 years ago, cosmology was still a speculative science; in the modern day, cosmology has become a precise, quantifiable science. Apart from the ground breaking progress, there are still many open questions to be addressed with different methodologies.
Instead of expertising in some specific methodologies, my research style is more science focused. Every methodology has its strength in revealing some particular aspects of the science question, so my approach is:
Why not use all the methodologies and assess them on equal footing?
As a result, my research broadly uses theory, observations, simulation and instrumentation. Among all the interesting physical questions about our universe, I am more interested in answering questions that can be experimentally verified within a reach of 10 years. This essentially narrows down the range of scientific questions of interest.
Nature of Dark Matter & Gravitational Lensing
How to implement cold dark matter?
Brief CV
Employment
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institute for Computational Cosmology & Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University - UK
Research: Gravitational Lensing
Collaboration Service: TBC
Institute for Computational Cosmology & Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University - UK
Research: Gravitational Lensing
Collaboration Service: TBC
2024-Now
Education
PhD in Physics
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
Thesis: New Methods for Gravitational Lensing to Study Properties of Dark Matter on Sub-galactic Scales
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. George Smoot;
Administrative Supervisor: Prof. Tao Liu;
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
Thesis: New Methods for Gravitational Lensing to Study Properties of Dark Matter on Sub-galactic Scales
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. George Smoot;
Administrative Supervisor: Prof. Tao Liu;
2019-2024
BEng in Computer Science
The University of Hong Kong - Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Research supervisors (Physics):
Prof. Jeremy J.L. Lim;
Prof. Thomas Broadhurst (external)
The University of Hong Kong - Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Research supervisors (Physics):
Prof. Jeremy J.L. Lim;
Prof. Thomas Broadhurst (external)
2015-2019
Professional Service
Assistant and grader of the Pan-Pearl area Physics Olympiad 2024
Feb 2024
Official scientific interpreter for Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2023
- Facilitated the communication between local media and the Shaw Laureates
- Delivered close-door popular science lecture for journalists
- Facilitated the communication between local media and the Shaw Laureates
- Delivered close-door popular science lecture for journalists
Nov 2023
Organization Assistant of HKUST-IAS High energy program international conference
- Coordinated the run-down of the conference
- Coordinated the run-down of the conference
Jan 2020, 2023
Contributor to HKUST weekly particle physics phenomenology and cosmology Journal Club
- Delivered 1 hour seminars to introduce latest research, at least one per term
- Delivered 1 hour seminars to introduce latest research, at least one per term
2019-2024
Teaching
Teaching Assistant for PHYS 1114 General Physics II @ HKUST
- Taught introductory electromagnetism and optics
- Experimented the integration of Feynmann's Lecture on Physics into the regular university physics textbook flow
- Prepared course materials and held weekly tutorials
- Taught introductory electromagnetism and optics
- Experimented the integration of Feynmann's Lecture on Physics into the regular university physics textbook flow
- Prepared course materials and held weekly tutorials
Spring 2022
Teaching Assistant for PHYS1003 Energy and Related Environmental Issues @ HKUST
- Taught basic thermodynamics and electromagnetism for students with minimal physics background
- Prepared for in-class demo
- Held weekly help desk
- Taught basic thermodynamics and electromagnetism for students with minimal physics background
- Prepared for in-class demo
- Held weekly help desk
Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Outreach
Easy Radio astronomy
Address
OCW223, Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics West,Durham University, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE
UK