Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates and Visiting Scholars:

• Stefan Immler 3/2000-8/2002 (Program Scientist and Program Officer in the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters)
• Cornelia Lang 2000-2002 (professor and  associate dean for undergraduate education at U. of Iowa)
• Fangjun Lu 2001-2002 (professor at Institute for High-Energy Physics, China)
• Rosa Williams 2001-2003 (professor at Columbus State University, Georgia)
• Yu Gao 2002-2003 (professor at Purple Mountain Observatory, China)
• Yang Chen, 2002-2003 (professor at Nanjing U., China)
• Donald Honer, 2003-2004 (staff at GSFC)
• David Smith 2003-2004 (returned to England; lost contact)
  
• Yangsen Yao, 2003-2005 (postdoc at MIT and U. of Colorado)
• Jiren Liu, 2008-2010 (2008-2010; astrophysicist at National Astronomical Observatory of China)
• Shiyin Shen 2011 (professor, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China)
• Qiang Yuan 2014-2016 (astrophysicist at Purple Mountain Observatory, China)
• Shuinai Zhang 2017-2018 (astrophysicist at Purple Mountain Observatory, China)
• Renyi Ma 2017-2018 (associate professor at Xiamen University, China)
• Xiao-jie Xu 2019 (associate professor at Nanjing University, China)

Ph.D. Students:

• Li Ji 2006 Ph.D. (postdoc at MIT; currently on faculty of Purple Mountain Observatory, China)
• Zhiyuan Li 2008 (postdoc at CfA, UCLA, professor of Nanjing University  (NJU))
• Shikui Tang 2009 (postdoc at Mass. General, residency at U. Penn; medical physicist)
• Bing Jiang 2009 (jointly supervised by Yang Chen at NJU; currently on faculty of NJU)
• Jiangtao Li 2010 (jointly supervised by Yang Chen at NJU; research associate prof. at U. of Michigan; on faculty of Purple Mountain Observatory)
  
• Hui Dong 2011 (postdoc at National Optical Astronomical Observatory and at Instituto de Astrofsica de Andaluca - CSIC, Granada, Spain;  Senior Data Analyst at Washington State Department of Transportation)
• Chong Ge 2015 (jointly supervised by Qiusheng Gu at NJU; now on faculty of Xiamen University)
• Shawn Roberts (2016; data scientist at U.S. Census Bureau)
• Jun Li (2022; jointly supervised by Biwei Jiang, Beijing Normal University; now postdoc at Zhongshan U.)
  

Master's Student

• Yuzuan Zeng (2023, jointly supervised by Prof. dr. Filippo Fraternali, University of Groningen)
  

Graduate students who did other research projects with me:

• Aimee D'Onofrio (2000-2001; 2nd-year project; MIT Lincoln Lab)
  
• Chow-Choong Ngeow (2000-2001; 1st-year project; National Central University, Taiwan)
• Tara Chevas (2001-2002, visiting student from Queen's University, Canada)
• Shikui Tang (2003-2004; 1st-year project) 
• Zhiyuan Li (2004-2005; 2nd-year project) 
• Hui Dong (2005-2006; 1st-year project) 
• Bing Jiang (2006-2008; visiting graduate student from NJU)
• Zhaoyu Zuo (2007-2008; visiting graduate student from NJU)
• Seth Johnson (2007-2008; 1st-year project)
  
• Roger Ledgister (2008-2009; 1st-year project) 
• David Welch (2008-2009; 1st-year project)
  
• Zhankui Lu (2009-2010; 1st-year project)
• Xiaojie Xu (2010-2012; visiting student from NJU)
• Shuinai Zhang (2011; visiting student from NJU)
  
• Michael Petersen (2010-2011; 1st-year project)
• Frank Ripple (2011-2012; 2nd-year project)
• Seunghwan Lim (2013-2014; 1st-year project)
• Yaping Li (visiting student from Xiamen University; 2014)
• Patrick Kamieneski (2015-2016; 1st-year project)
• Zhiyuan Ji (2017-2018; 2nd-year project)
• Luan Luan (2018-; 1st-year project)

Undergraduates (who conducted research under my supervision):

• Ted Markowsky (2003; Fox Broadcasting)
  
• Wakako Fukui (Mt. Holyoke College; 2003)
  
• Ben Farley  (2004, graduate student at American University)
• Kate Whitaker (2004; Yale University graduate student, NASA postdoc, Hubble fellow), winner of  the Mary Dailey Irvine Prize and the College Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award for Academic Excellence
• Chris Duston (2003-2005, Penn State University graduate student, Florida State Univ), winner of the David J. Van Blerkom Research Scholarship in Astronomy
• Pat Dragon (2005)
  
• Mike Okrochkov (2007)
• Jake McCoy (2010-2011; U.of Iowa graduate student; NASA Space Technology Research Fellow at Penn State University), winner of the David J. Van Blerkom Research Scholarship in Astronomy
• Aaron Dunbrack (2014-2015), 2015 Goldwater Scholar
• Dylan Pare  (2015-2017, University of Iowa graduate student)
• Kendall Sullivan (2015-2016, University of Texas at Austin graduate student)
• Yuxuan (Mark ) Zeng (2017-2020)
• Leo Drake (2020-2021; 2022-)
• Alex Miller (2021 Spring)
• Shamus Flynn (2021-2022)
• Liam Yanulis (2022)
• Giselle Hoermann (2022)
• Andrew Wright (2021-2023)
  

High-school students whom I mentored:

• Dan Hussain (Richland Senior High School in Johnstown; Siemens Westinghouse National Science Award, MIT undergraduate; now an inventor, entrepreneur and patent agent)
  
• Sam Cabot (Berkshire School, Sheffield; Princeton U. undergraduate; Cambridge and Yale graduate students)