A researcher in Astrophysics
Bio
Dr. Lulu Fan
I am a professor at the Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). I received my bachelor degree from USTC in 2004 and my doctoral degree from International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in 2011. I worked as a postdoctoral scholar at USTC and Chalmers University of Technology during 2011 and 2015. On April of 2015, I worked as a full professor in Shandong University, Weihai. Since June 2019, I come back to USTC. I was supported by the Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shandong Province and the National Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of China in 2018. My main research interests are galaxy structure and co-evolution of galaxies and their central supermassive black holes. An academic profile including my publications can be found here.
My Research
Galaxy formation and co-evolution with SMBHs
Understanding the formation and co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes (SMBHs) within the framework of current CDM cosmology, has been one of the most fundamental questions in modern astrophysics. The quest for answers to this question has become one of the main driving forces in current astrophysical research. From the point of observational view, I focus my studies on multiwavelength observations of high-redshift galaxies and their central supermassive black holes.
Galaxy structure and morphology
1. Galaxy structure record the information how stars in galaxies assemble and distribute. An interesting discovery is that galaxy structure may experience a few evolution since z>3. Especially, for quiescent galaxies, the evolution seems dramatic. How to explain the structure evolution is still an open question.
2. Galaxy morphology provides a possible way to track the recent interaction/merger history. We studied host morphology of AGN/quasars in order to understand the role of interaction/merger in triggering their activities.
Data and observations
As an observer, I use multiwavelength astronomical data from various survey archive. I also obtained several international telescope time, such as ALMA, JCMT, VLT etc.
Research Team
Open positions
Postdocs, graduates, and undergraduates who are interested in galaxies/AGN are welcomed to contact me.
Post-doc
Graduates
Undergraduates
Contact Me
Department of Astronomy, USTC
N. 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, China
0551-63606719