About Me
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 PHANGS Multiscale Stellar Associations.
I graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 2024 with a B.A. with Honors in Astronomy, where I started working with the SPACE Program on exoplanet hosts' photometric monitoring for stellar activity.
I graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 2024 with a B.A. with Honors in Astronomy, where I 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. Official recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/u0T0KJVii0w?si=msPMZDkRLFODQRWr&t=2145.
- I presented at AAS 245 on January 14, 2025. Click for my slides.
- I presented at AAS 243 in January, 2024 and won a Chambliss Award Honorable Mention. Click here for 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
2023 – present, 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
2022 – present, 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. It is written as 田秋實 in traditional Chinese characters. Tian (田) is my family name, and it means a crop field. Qiushi (秋实) is my given name, roughly pronouced as "tsyu-shri," and it means autumn fruits. You can listen to the pronounciation on Google Translate. I always go by Chris when talking in 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. Oh gosh, it feels like many years ago and I don't remember exactly when!