About

Dr. Jianwei Lyu

Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona

09/2014 - 03/2020, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Astronomy & Astrophysics, The University of Arizona
Supervisor: Prof. George H. Rieke, Thesis Download

09/2011 - 06/2014, Master of Science (M.S.)
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS

09/2007 - 06/2011, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
The University of Science and Technology of China

Research Interest

  • extragalactic survey and IR astronomy
  • search and characterization of elusive AGN
  • AGN IR properties and unification; interplay between the AGN and host ISM
  • black hole/galaxy connection; high-z AGN and quasars
  • optical and IR time-domain astronomy
  • dust, PAH and star formation

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Research Professor, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona (2023-now)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona (2020-2023)
  • Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona (2014-2020)
  • Research Assistant, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (2011-2014)

Honors and Awards

  • GPSC Travel Grant (December 2019)
  • The 2019 AAS Doxsey Travel Prize (December 2018)
  • Annual Scholarship of National Astronomical Observatories, CAS (December 2010)
  • The Second Prize Scholarship, USTC (November 2010)
  • The Third Prize Scholarship, USTC (November 2009)

Service and Outreach

  • Referee for Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A), Publications of Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA), Planetary and Space Science, Galaxies
  • Volunteer for poster evaluation of Undergraduate WOmen in Physics (CUWiP), Tucson, AZ (2024)
  • subject-matter expert reviewer in a NASA peer review (2023)
  • NASA-designated subject matter expert of the offical James Webb Space Telescope Community Event
  • Member of International Scholar Task Force, Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ (2021–2022)
  • Member of 2022 Graduate Admission Committee, Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ (2022)
  • Public Talk - Mysteries and Marvels of Supermassive Black Holes, Coffee at the Cosmos, Virtual (2022 JWST Community Event)
  • Podcast Guest Speaker - The Influence of James Webb Space Telescope and Starlink on Astronomy, (2022 Silicon Valley 101, S2E64, in Mandarin)
  • Public Talk - Why We Need James Webb Space Telescope in Space?, The Middle School Attached To Qinghai Normal University, Virtual (2021)
  • Local Organizing Committee member of the conference “Dusting the Universe”, Tucson, AZ (2018)
  • Senita Valley Elementary School Family Science Night, Tucson, AZ (Jan, 2015)
  • Volunteer of the Dissecting Galaxies with 2D Wide-field Spectroscopy conference, Lijiang, China (March, 2013)
  • Host of USTC Students' Journal Club, USTC, Hefei, China (2011)
  • Tour guide of USTC Observatory Open Day, USTC, Hefei, China (2007-2011)
  • Local organizer of the IYA2009 “100 Hours of Astronomy” activity, Hefei, China (2009)