Welcome to Xianyu Tan’s homepage

I am a tenure-track faculty of Astronomy at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. I am constantly seeking postdocs and PhD students who are interested in planetary atmospheres to join my group.

Appointments

• 2023 – current: Associate Professor of Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• 2019 – 2022: Postdoc researcher, Planetary Physics, Oxford University

Education

• 2018, Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
• 2013, Master in Planetary Sciences, University of Hong Kong
• 2010, B.S. in Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China

Research Interests:

General circulation modeling, hot Jupiter atmospheres, substellar atmospheres, dynamics of jets and vortices, climate modeling, convection modeling, and spectroscopic modeling.

My email: xianyut[at]sjtu.edu.cn

My webpage at the home institute: TDLI official page