Xinting Yu (updated 09/15/24, complete CV in pdf is here)
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Texas at San Antonio
1 UTSA Circle, AET 3.352
San Antonio, TX 78249
Education
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
PhD in Planetary Sciences, 2014-2019
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
BS in Space Physics with honors, 2010-2014
Research Experience
University of California, Santa Cruz
51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow (Supervisor: Xi Zhang), 2019-2022
Laboratory characterization of planetary materials, modeling cloud-haze interactions and cloud formation on Titan and exoplanets, photochemical modeling in sub-Neptune atmospheres
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Sarah Hörst), 2014-2019
Laboratory production and characterization of Titan aerosol analogs (“tholins”) and the effect on sediment transport and dune formation on Titan
NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, USA
Visiting Student (Collaborators: Nathan Bridges, Devon Burr, James Smith), 2015 & 2016 Summer
Sediment transport on Titan using the Titan Wind Tunnel
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing, China
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Jun Zhang), 2013-2014
Investigation of cyclones in the quiet Sun using SDO/AIA and HMI data
Honors and Awards
- NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award (ECA), 2023-2028
- Outstanding mentorship of 2 UCSC undergraduate students, Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards (2 out of 15 awardees at UCSC)
- UCSC Graduate Division Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award, 2022
- 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019-2022
- Stephen E. Dwornik Award at the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference – Best Graduate Oral Presentation, 2018
- JHU EPS Journal Club Long Presentation Award, 2018
- Johns Hopkins University 2018-19 Technology Fellowship ($5000)
- Johns Hopkins University 2018-19 Dean’s Teaching Fellow ($11,500)
- Johns Hopkins University Shark Tank Education Innovation Competition ($3000), Winner, 2016
- Johns Hopkins University Owen Scholars Award ($6000/yr, 3yrs), 2014
- University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Outstanding Bachelor Thesis, 2014
- USTC, Outstanding Award in Undergraduate Research Program, 2013