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Updated July 2023

Ziyan Xu

Education

Peking University @ Beijing, China
2015 - 2021
  • Ph.D in Astrophysics (Advisor: Gregory Herczeg)
  • Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peking University @ Beijing, China
2010 - 2015
  • B.S in Astronomy, specializing in Astrophysics
  • Department of Astronomy

Publications ADS

Fang M. et al. (including Xu, Z.) 2022, "High-resolution [O I] line spectral mapping of TW Hya supportive of a magnetothermal wind", Nature Astronomy, Advanced Online Publication

Xu Z. & Bai X.-N., 2022, "Turbulent Dust-trapping Rings as Efficient Sites for Planetesimal Formation", ApJL, 937, 4

Espaillat C. C. et al. (including Xu Z.) 2022, "The ODYSSEUS Survey. Motivation and First Results: Accretion, Ejection, and Disk Irradiation of CVSO 109", AJ, 163, 114

Xu Z. & Bai X.-N., 2022, "Dust Settling and Clumping in MRI-turbulent Outer Protoplanetary Disks", ApJ, 924, 3

Xu Z., Herczeg G. J., et al., 2021, "Probing Protoplanetary Disk Winds with C II Absorption", ApJ, 921, 181

Lee Y.-H. et al. (including Xu Z.) 2021, "The JCMT Transient Survey: Four-year Summary of Monitoring the Submillimeter Variability of Protostars", ApJ, 920, 119

Xu Z., Bai X.-N., & Murray-Clay R. A. 2017, "Pebble Accretion in Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks", ApJ, 847, 52

Research Experience

Post-doctoral Researcher @ Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France
2021 - present
  • "Implementation of local spherical collapsing box in Athena++" (with Guillaume Laibe & Elliot Lynch)
  • "Dust dynamics and planetesimal formation in dust rings in turbulent protoplanetary disks" (with Xue-Ning Bai)
Ph.D Researcher @ Peking University, Beijing, China
2015 - 2021
  • "Probing protoplanetary disk wind with absorption line spectroscopy" (Advisor: Gregory Herczeg)
  • "Dust settling and clumping in MRI turbulent protoplanetary disks" (Advisor: Xue-Ning Bai)
Student Intern @ University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2014 - 2015
  • "The effect of MRI turbulence on pebble accretion - data analysis" (Advisor: Ruth Murray-Clay)
Student Researcher @ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
2014 - 2015
  • "The effect of MRI turbulence on pebble accretion - simulation setup" (Advisor: Xue-Ning Bai)

Selected Conference Presentations

Athena++ Workshop @ New York, NY
May 2023
  • Contributed talk , "Dust Coagulation in Athena++"
  • Poster, "Local Collapsing Boxes"
Protostars and Planets VII @ Kyoto, Japan
April 2023
  • Poster, "Turbulent Dust-trapping Rings as Efficient Sites for Planetesimal Formation"
MIAPP Workshop @ Garching, Germany
June 2022
  • Contributed talk, "Dust Dynamics and Planetesimal Formation in Ring-like Disk Substructures"
Lorentz Center Workshop (Virtual)
September 2021
  • Contributed talk, "Dust Dynamics and Planetesimal Formation in Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks and Dust Rings"
National Conference of Planetary Science @ Suzhou, China
June 2021
  • Contributed talk, "Dust Dynamics and Implications for Planetesimal Formation in Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"
Five Years after HL Tau: a New Era in Planet Formation (Virtual)
December 2020
  • Poster, "Dust Dynamics and Planetesimal Formation in MRI Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"
5th Workshop of the Network of Ultraviolet Astronomy (Virtual)
October 2020
  • Contributed talk, "Probing Protoplanetary Disk Winds with FUV Absorption Lines"
Planet Formation Workshop @ NAOJ Tokyo, Japan
November 2019
  • Contributed talk, "Dust Settling and Clumping in MRI Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"
Great Barriers in Planet Formation @ Palm Cove, Australia
July 2019
  • Contributed talk, "Probing Protoplanetary Disk Wind with Absorption Line Spectroscopy"
  • Poster, "Dust Settling and Clumping in MRI Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"
Formation & Evolution of Solar System & Exoplanetary Systems @ Urumqi, China
July 2019
  • Poster, "Dust Settling and Clumping in MRI Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"
Astrochemistry 2018: Past, Present and Future @ Caltech, CA
July 2018
  • Poster, "C II Absorption Lines as a Possible Probe of Disk Photoevaporative Wind"
Exoplanets and Planet Formation @ Shanghai, China
December 2017
  • Poster, "Pebble Accretion in Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"
OWL Summer Program @ University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
July 2017
  • Contributed talk, "Pebble Accretion in Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks"