ZHIJIE QU (屈稚杰)

Assistant Professor

Tsinghua University, 2025-

KICP Associate Fellow

University of Chicago, 2021-2025

Ph.D. in Astrophysics

University of Michigan, 2015-2021

B.S. in Astronomy (Graduate with Honors)

Peking University, 2011-2015

2021 -- The IAU PhD Prize (Galaxies and Cosmology), IAU

2021 -- The ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, The University of Michigan

2020 -- Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, the University of Michigan

2015 -- Weiming Physics Scholarship, School of Physics, Peking University

2015 -- Xingcheng Undergrad Research Forum, First Prize, Peking University

2014 -- NAOC Scholarship, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS

2026 Spring, THU, instructor -- Advanced Observational Astrophysics

2025 Fall, THU, instructor (with Chris Ormel) -- Special Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics

Wenhao Wang (XMU → THU), 2025–present

Yuqian Gui (THU), Co-advised w/ Dandan Xu, 2025–present

Yuanzhen Han (PMO), Co-advised w/ Shuinai Zhang & Li Ji, 2025–present

Zeyang Pan (UCAS), Co-advised w/ Joel Bregman & Jifeng Liu, 2021–present

Junle Wang (BNU), 2025–present

Jinglun Dai (THU), 2025–present

Eliana Schiller (UChicago), Co-advised w/ Hsiao-Wen Chen, 2024–present