About Me
I am a first-year MSc Astronomy student at Leiden University. I am expected to graduate in 2027.
From 2024–2025, I was a post-baccalaureate Research Assistant at the Johns Hopkins University. I worked on stellar populations in nearby galaxies with the PHANGS collaboration, specifically the Multiscale Stellar Associations with PHANGS-HST-JWST.
I graduated from Wesleyan University in 2024 with a B.A. with Honors in Astronomy, where I operated the automated 24-inch PlaneWave telescope at Van Vleck Observatory and started working with the SPACE Program on exoplanet hosts' photometric monitoring for stellar activity.
From 2024–2025, I was a post-baccalaureate Research Assistant at the Johns Hopkins University. I worked on stellar populations in nearby galaxies with the PHANGS collaboration, specifically the Multiscale Stellar Associations with PHANGS-HST-JWST.
I graduated from Wesleyan University in 2024 with a B.A. with Honors in Astronomy, where I operated the automated 24-inch PlaneWave telescope at Van Vleck Observatory and started working with the SPACE Program on exoplanet hosts' photometric monitoring for stellar activity.
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- I presented at the STScI Spring Symposium on May 12, 2025. Watch the official recording on YouTube.
- I presented at AAS 245 in January 2025. Click here for my slides.
- I presented at AAS 243 in January 2024 and won a Chambliss Award Honorable Mention. See my iPoster.
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- Jump to my galaxy work in PHANGS
- Jump to my exoplanet / stellar activity work
- View my CV
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- Check out my works in ADS
- Check out my ORCID record
Highlights
PHANGS-HST and JWST
Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Johns Hopkins University.
Mentors: Kirsten Larson (STScI), David Thilker, Janice Lee (STScI)
Mentors: Kirsten Larson (STScI), David Thilker, Janice Lee (STScI)
SPACE Program Exoplanet Host Photometric Monitoring
Astronomy Department and Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University
Advisor: Seth Redfield
Advisor: Seth Redfield
What's here?
I'm from Beijing, China. My Chinese name is 田秋实 (in traditional Chinese characters: 田秋實). Tian 田 is my family name, and it means a crop field. Qiushi 秋实 is my given name, roughly pronounced as "tsyou-shri," and it means autumn fruits. You can listen to the pronunciation on Google Translate. I go by Chris when speaking English.
I took the banner photo of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) myself! With my own 4-inch reflector and my dad's Canon 5D Mark II when I was... little ;)