I am Zhijie Qu, a KICP Associate Fellow working with Hsiao-Wen Chen at the University of Chicago. I am working on the gaseous components in galaxies: the gaseous halo (circumgalactic medium), the gaseous disk (interstellar medium ), and the surrounding intergalactic medium (beyond the galaxy halo). These gasesous contents in galaxies are related to various substantial topics in galaxy formation and evolution: galactic feedback, gas accretion, and gas recycling. My research focuses on characterizing the gas in galaxy at multi-wavelengths (UV, optical, and SZ) and constructing a self-consistent model .

Before coming to Chicago, I received my Ph.D. degree from the Univeristy of Michigan (advisor: Joel N. Bregman) in 2021 and B.S. degree from the Peking University , China in Jul. 2015.