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Welcome

I joined the Department of Astronomy and Center for Space Physics at Boston University as an assistant professor in Fall 2016. Before that I was an associate researcher in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UCLA, where I received my M.S. and Ph.D.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Space plasma waves

  • Earth's radiation belt physics

  • Solar wind magnetospheric coupling

  • Energetic particle precipitation

  • Jupiter's magnetosphere and aurora

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EDUCATION

2005 - 2010

University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)

2001 - 2005

University of Science and Technology of China (B.S.)

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow (2019)

  • NSF CAREER Award (2019)

  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics (2018)

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) James B. Macelwane Medal (2017)

  • AGU Fellow (2017)

  • Young Scientists Awards in the International Union of Radio Science (2014, 2015, 2016)

  • Air Force Young Investigator Award (2015)

  • Jacob A. Bjerknes Award (2009)

  • Outstanding Student Paper Award in the Fall AGU meeting (2008, 2009)

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AWARDS AND HONORS to Mentored Students and Postdocs

  • Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) Award: Alec Daly (2023)

  • Young Scientists Award in International Union of Radio Science General Assembly and Scientific Symposium: Miroslav Hanzelka (2023)

  • Best Student Poster Award: Sheng Huang, 2023 Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop

  • Young Scientists Award in International Union of Radio Science Atlantic/Asia-Pacific Radio Science Meeting: Murong Qin (2022)

  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Outstanding Student Award: Yulu Peng (2021)

  • AGU Fred L. Scarf Award: Luisa Capannolo (2021)

  • Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) Award: Sheng Huang (2021)

  • Young Scientists Award in General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science: Qianli Ma (2021)

  • Young Scientists Award in General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science: Luisa Capannolo (2021)

  • Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) Award: Longzhi Gan (2020)

  • Hariri Institute Graduate Student Fellow: Sheng Huang (2020)

  • NASA Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowship: Murong Qin (2020)

  • BU Center for Space Physics Undergraduate Research Award: Alex Green (2020)

  • Best Student Poster Award: Longzhi Gan, 2019 Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop

  • Outstanding Student Presentation Award: Luisa Capannolo, 2018 AGU Fall Meeting

  • Best Student Poster Award: Luisa Capannolo, 2018 GEM Summer Workshop

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RECENT NEWS

Research Assistant Positions Available

I am currently very interested in working with graduate or undergraduate research assistants on various interesting research projects in space physics. If you are interested in, please contact Dr. Wen Li for more information.

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Graduate Program Application Requirements

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