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ABOUT ME

EDUCATION HISTORY

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Planetary Science

  • The sources, dynamics and evolutions of the neutral and plasma environment in the Solar system (e.g. Mercury and the Moon, the icy satellites in the Jovian and Saturnian magnetosphere);

  • The interactions of planetary magnetospheric plasma with the atmospheres of planets, comets, satellites (i.e. Enceladus and Titan) and rings;

  • The evolutions of planetary atmospheres as a result of exterior sources such as magnetospheric ion sputtering and charged dust impact.

Sep. 2002 – Oct. 2009

National Central University, Taiwan

Ph.D., Astronomy

Astrochemistry

  • The sources, dynamics and evolutions of the neutral exospheres of the small bodies in the Solar system (i.e. Europa, Enceladus and comets);

  • The origins and evolutions of organic molecules from ISM to solar system and cometary atmospheres.

Instrumentation

  • Neutral and ion mass spectrometry

Data Analysis and Computer Simulation

  • Topic 1: Understanding of the evolution and dynamics of Saturn’s atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere

  • Topic 2: Neutral H2 and H2+ ions in the Saturnian magnetosphere

  • Topic 3: The hydrogen atoms in the inner Saturnian magnetosphere

  • Topic 4: The composition, distribution and dynamics of plasma in the inner Saturnian magnetosphere between 2.5 and 3.5 Rs

  • Topic 5: The updated seasonal variations of the Saturn’s ring atmosphere and plasma variations (e.g. ion densities and temperatures) in inner region

  • Topic 6: Exospheric heating by pickup ions at Titan

  • Topic 7: Charge Exchange and Ion Chemistry in the Gas Coma of Enceladus

Sep. 1997 – Jun. 2001

National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

B.S., Earth Sciences

Jan. 2012 – July 2014

Division of Space Science and Engineering,

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA

Research Scientist, Supervisor: Dr. Stefano Livi 

RESEARCH TOPICS

Radio Astronomy

  • Topic 1: Cometary water expansion velocity from OH line shapes

  • Topic 2: Interstellar Glycine

Instrumentation

  • Topic 1: The preliminary calibration results of Strofio for measuring the energy distribution of parent molecules and their fragments: Strofio is a neutral mass spectrometer utilizing with electron-impact ionization, onboard BepiColombo mission, to explore Mercury’s exosphere.

  • Topic 2: Improvement of an air-sampling instrument “AirCore” to measure the neutral composition in Earth’s mesosphere and lower thermosphere

POST-DEGREE APPOINTMENTS

Dec. 2009 – Nov. 2011

Department of Materials Science and Engineering,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

Research Associate (Postdoc), Supervisor: Prof. Robert E. Johnson

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Astronomical Society of the Republic of China (ASROC) Membership

  • International Astronomical Union (IAU) Individual Membership

  • International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) National Committee

  • Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Membership

RESEARCH PROJECTS

科技部計畫

  • 土星環大氣在土星系統中的重要性 (2年期) (主持人)

  • 大學聯合ALMA科學創進中心 (科創中心) 與用 ALMA干涉儀陣列望遠鏡尋找星際的嘧啶 (共同主持人)

校內申請補助計畫

  • 量測地球高層大氣 (主持人)

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