Group Members

Group photo in 2025 (some of the members are missing)

My Black Hole Astrophysics group in TDLI started in 2021. Member’s research is a wide variety, covering from theory to observation related to black hole astrophysics. We have a weekly group meeting for students (Wednesday) and postdocs (Thursday).
This is the current member:

Postdocs:

  • Dr. Yehui Hou (Sep. 2025 -), TDLI-prized postdoctoral fellow
  • Dr. Abhishek Joshi (Sep. 2026 -), TDLI-prized postdoctoral fellow
  • Dr. Qingcang Shui (Sep. 2026 -), TDLI-prized postdoctoral fellow

Ph.D. Students:

  • Mingyuan Zhang (Sep. 2022 -), T.D. Lee PhD Program, CAST Young Scientific Talent Development Program (Doctoral Track)
  • Xufan Hu (Sep. 2023 -), CAST Young Scientific Talent Development Program (Doctoral Track)
  • Pengyu Qin (Sep. 2024 -)
  • Jingze Xia (Sep. 2024 -)
  • Yunming Zhu (Sep. 2025 -)
  • David Barrero-Gonzalez (Jul. 2026 – Sep. 2026), visiting PhD student from UNAM
  • Yongmeng Xie (Sep. 2026 -)
  • Welmoed Marit De Graaf (Sep. 2026 -), international PhD student

Undergrad Students:

  • None

External supervising Ph.D. students:

  • Saurabh (Sep. 2021-), master’s student at Charusat Univ., India (moved to Ph.D. at MPIfR, Germany)

Past Members:

  • Dr. Zhenyu Zhu (Oct. 2021- Jul. 2024), former postdoc, moved to the Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Yuzhu Cui (Dec. 2021- Feb. 2023), former postdoc, moved to Zhejiang Laboratory (current: faculty at Central China Normal Univ.)
  • Dr. Hongzhe Zhou (Sep 2022 – Aug. 2025), former postdoc, moved to Shanghai Polytechnic Univ. as a faculty member
  • Dr. Hai Yang (Sep 2023 – Aug. 2025), former postdoc, moved to the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
  • Dr. Indu Dihingia (Dec. 2022 – Dec. 2025), former postdoc, moved to Ningbo University as a faculty member
  • Si-Nan Long (Jul. 2025 – Dec. 2025), visiting PhD student from UCL
  • Dr. Hongxuan Jiang (Sep. 2022 – Jun. 2026), former PhD student, moved to the University of Hong Kong
  • Dr. Akhil Uniyal (Sep. 2023 – Jun. 2026), former Ph.D. student, moved to Heriot-Watt University
  • Dr. Yangyang Cai (Sep 2023 – Aug. 2026), former postdoc, moved to Tsinghua University
  • Dr. Cheng Liu (Mar. 2025 – Aug. 2026), former Ph.D. student, moved to the CAS Institute of High-Energy Physics

Join our research group:

I accept undergraduate and graduate students (Ph.D.) as a supervisor and seek a postdoc to work with me. Information follows:

If you are interested, please get in touch with me.