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EDUCATION

1990 - 1995: Ph.D. in Theoretical Astrophysics, Rice University
Dissertation: "Particle Acceleration Near Astrophysical Compact Object and Several Problems in High Energy Astrophysics''
Thesis Advisors: Charles D. Dermer (NRL) and Edison P. Liang (Rice)
1986 - 1990: B.S. in Physics, Beijing University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2002 - present: Adjunct Professor, Dept. Physics and Astron., Rice Univ.
2000 - present: Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1997 - 2000: J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1995-1997: Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1990-1995: Graduate Fellowship and Research Assistant, Rice University.

HONORS and AWARDS

2005  :   Fellow, American Physical Society.
1997 - 2000: J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1995 - 1996: Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1994 - 1995: Grants-in-Aid of Research Award from Sigma Xi Research Society.
1993 - 1994: William and Elva Gordon Fellowship, Rice University
1992: Best Student Presentation in APS Meeting, Texas Section.
1990 - 1991: Rice Graduate Fellowship.

SERVICES and SOCIETIES

• Executive Committee Member of APS/Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics (2003-2005)
• Chair, APS/Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics (2006-2007)
• Member of Amer. Astro. Soc.; Amer. Phys. Soc.

STUDENTS and POSTDOCS

• Mr. X. Sun (7/97-5/98) on X-ray flash search in ROSAT database.
• Mr. Y. Kazimura (7/99-10/99, Toyama Univ.) on PIC simulations of plasma micro-instability.
• Mr. O. Stawicki (8/00-12/00, Univ. of Bochum) on Solar wind MHD turb. and CR transport.
• Dr. K. Noguchi (1/01-present, UT-Austin) on magnetic fields in accretion disks.
• Dr. K. Nishimura (9/01-present, Kyoto Univ.) on particle acceleration by magnetic fields.
• Mr. J. Koller (06/01-present, Rice Univ.) on accretion disk flows.
• Dr. I. Tregillis (09/02-present, Univ. Minnesota) on astrophysical MHD.
• Dr. S. Li (09/02-09/04, Univ. Minnesota) on numerical MHD.
• Dr. M. Nakamura (08/05-present, JPL) on MHD modeling of astrophysical jets.
• Dr. S. Diehl (06/06-present, Ohio Univ.) on AGN feedback in galaxies.
• Mr. H. Xu (06/06-present, UCSD) on mangetic fields in IGM.