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.
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Highlights

PHANGS-HST and JWST

Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Johns Hopkins University.
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

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 ;)

Contact


Qiushi Tian



Leiden Observatory / Sterrewacht Leiden

Leiden University / Universiteit Leiden



Leiden, The Netherlands / Nederland



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